National and International Quality Initiatives to Improve Stroke Care

Fedder, Wende

doi:10.1016/j.ncl.2008.06.002

Cited by 15 publications

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“…In the 1990s and early 2000s, several organizations and healthcare bodies recognized the uneven distribution of stroke care, and the need to standardize approaches 26. Born from the efforts of the Brain Attack Coalition (BAC) with certification offered through the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), PSC began in 2004 27. Later partnership with the AHA/ASA led to widespread adoption and by 2011, there were over 800 PSC hospitals 26…”

Section: Stroke Systems Of Care and Elvo Strokementioning

confidence: 99%

Prehospital care delivery and triage of stroke with emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO): report of the Standards and Guidelines Committee of the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery

Pride

Fraser

Gupta

et al. 2016

J NeuroIntervent Surg

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Section: Stroke Systems Of Care and Elvo Strokementioning

confidence: 99%

Prehospital care delivery and triage of stroke with emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO): report of the Standards and Guidelines Committee of the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery

Pride

Fraser

Gupta

et al. 2016

J NeuroIntervent Surg

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“…Now, we embark on a discussion of the history of organized stroke care in the United States (US) in the modern era. In the US organization of stroke care was heightened by two key national prevention initiatives that were brought about by the need to address almost 900,000 stroke-related hospitalizations annually, over $50 billion in lost productivity and health care costs, and the personal ravages of physical and psychosocial devastation associated with stroke 4. The initiatives were sponsored by the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention and were designed to improve stroke health.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…They included Healthy People 2010 and the Paul Coverdell Stroke Registry. The former initiative was developed to identify substantial preventative health threats to US citizens, increase the quality and years of life, and eliminate health disparities 4. Sixteen of a total of 467 objectives were established to address heart disease and stroke.…”

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Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers: History, Value and Certification Criteria

Gorelick

2013

J Stroke

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In the United States (US) stroke care has undergone a remarkable transformation in the past decades at several levels. At the clinical level, randomized trials have paved the way for many new stroke preventives, and recently, several new mechanical clot retrieval devices for acute stroke treatment have been cleared for use in practice by the US Federal Drug Administration. Furthermore, in the mid 1990s we witnessed regulatory approval of intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator for administration in acute ischemic stroke. In the domain of organization of medical care and delivery of health services, stroke has transitioned from a disease dominated by neurologic consultation services only to one managed by vascular neurologists in geographical stroke units, stroke teams and care pathways, primary stroke center certification according to The Joint Commission, and most recently comprehensive stroke center designation under the aegis of The Joint Commission. Many organizations in the US have been involved to enhance stroke care. To name a few, the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, Brain Attack Coalition, and National Stroke Association have been on the forefront of this movement. Additionally, governmental initiatives by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and legislative initiatives such as the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry program have paved the way to focus on stroke prevention, acute treatment and quality improvement. In this invited review, we discuss a brief history of organized stroke care in the United States, evidence to support the value of primary and comprehensive stroke centers, and the certification criteria and process to become a primary or comprehensive stroke center.

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“…Stroke quality improvement efforts worldwide have included a major focus on development and implementation of a core set of quality indicators 1 2. The most common and most uniformly assessed are indicators for inpatient stroke care quality; in the USA, a ‘harmonised’ set of stroke inpatient indicators measuring processes of care among eligible patients has been developed and endorsed by the Joint Commission (JC), the National Quality Forum and the Meaningful Use programme.…”

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A cluster-randomised quality improvement study to improve two inpatient stroke quality indicators

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National and International Quality Initiatives to Improve Stroke Care

Cited by 15 publications

References 25 publications

Prehospital care delivery and triage of stroke with emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO): report of the Standards and Guidelines Committee of the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery

Prehospital care delivery and triage of stroke with emergent large vessel occlusion (ELVO): report of the Standards and Guidelines Committee of the Society of Neurointerventional Surgery

Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers: History, Value and Certification Criteria

A cluster-randomised quality improvement study to improve two inpatient stroke quality indicators

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