Stroke Quality Measures

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Stroke Quality Measures

Stroke center: availability and type: stroke services

The American Stroke Association recommends systems of care that ensure organized and effective stroke prevention and care within a given region. This approach requires collaboration among community members, emergency medical response teams, and hospitals within relatively close geographic range. Written protocols for stroke treatment and MRI or CT scan availability are helpful tools for improving stroke care.

Using current treatment guidelines every hospital can provide excellent stroke care by working together so that stroke survivors get the care they need as quickly as possible.

St. Mary's Hospital Medical Center offers the following services for the treatment of stroke survivors:

• Acute stroke team
• Written care protocols
• Stroke unit
• Access to neurosurgical services
• Neuroimaging
• Lab services
• Outcomes / quality improvement program specifically for stroke
• Educational programs for physicians and staff