Deans' stroke musings: Local rehab hospital earns Gold Seal of Approval - Rehabilitation Hospital of Southwest Virginia

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

What this blog is for:

My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Friday, July 31, 2015

Local rehab hospital earns Gold Seal of Approval - Rehabilitation Hospital of Southwest Virginia

There is absolutely nothing in here that tells me that the RESULTS are better in this hospital than other hospitals. I don't give a crap about how well you do processes. Call that hospital CEO(Georgeanne Cole, CEO) and demand to know what the RESULTS are; tPA efficacy, 30 day deaths, 100% recovery.
Big f*cking whoopee.

You can check out Joint Commission standards here:

http://www.jointcommission.org/assets

I saw absolutely nothing about what should be done the first week or anything about measuring 30-day deaths and 100% recovery. God, these people are worse than worthless. Complacent good-for-nothings.

The puffery piece here:
http://www.heraldcourier.com/workittricities/business_news/local-rehab-hospital-earns-gold-seal-of-approval/article_70b5f97e-36ee-11e5-8bfa-83f3b244168b.html

he Rehabilitation Hospital of Southwest Virginia has earned certification for Disease-Specific Care in stroke rehabilitation. The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approva was awarded to the hospital for its compliance with the organization’s national standards for healthcare quality and safety for stroke rehabilitation.
“By choosing to have The Joint Commission evaluate our stroke program, we are making a significant investment in the quality of patient care. The Joint Commission certification provides us a framework to take our hospital to the next level and helps create a culture of excellence,” said Georgeanne Cole, CEO of the Rehabilitation Hospital of Southwest Virginia. “This is a major step toward continually improving the care we provide and offering patients peace of mind knowing they are getting quality care at the industry’s highest standard.”

To earn the certification, the Rehabilitation Hospital of Southwest Virginia underwent a rigorous on-site survey on June 6, 2015. A surveyor with expertise in the care of patients with neurological issues from the Joint Commission evaluated the hospital’s stroke rehabilitation program for compliance with standards of care specific to the needs of patients and families, including the provision and quality of care, medical staff, leadership and medication management.
"In achieving Joint Commission certification, the Rehabilitation Hospital of Southwest Virginia has demonstrated its commitment to the highest level of care for its patients that suffered from a stroke," says Jean Range, M.S., R.N., C.P.H.Q., executive director, Disease-Specific Care Certification, The Joint Commission. “Certification is a voluntary process and I commend them for successfully undertaking this challenge to elevate its standard of care and instill confidence in the community it serves.”
Studies indicate that 60 percent of stroke survivors can benefit from comprehensive rehabilitation. Eighty percent of patients receiving this level of therapy return to their homes, work, schools or active retirement, according to the National Rehabilitation Caucus. The Joint Commission’s acknowledgement of the Rehabilitation Hospital of Southwest Virginia’s continuum of care for stroke offers patients and families peace of mind in knowing they are getting quality stroke care for maximized results. (But they don't say how many of their patients return to their former lives)