Deans' stroke musings: A Practical Model for Improving Post-Acute Stroke Treatment

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.

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

A Practical Model for Improving Post-Acute Stroke Treatment - NSA seminar

Highly unlikely that this training contains anything newer than 15-20 years old.
http://support.stroke.org/site/R?i=Ixc-qnIGRGlqhF7QJbgVAw

We are pleased to introduce another educational offering in the REACH Health telestroke series. This webinar features two experts on stroke follow-up care. Their presentation will examine the current state of ongoing stroke care and the COMprehensive Post-Acute Services (COMPASS) model for post-acute stroke care. Join REACH Health on Tuesday, April 12 at 2 p.m. EDT.

A 2010 study found that two-thirds of acute stroke patients are readmitted within one year. A more recent study in 2015 determined that 65% of acute stroke patients under age 65 are discharged without post-acute services. Today, stroke is the most costly condition in the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for post-acute management yet no stroke performance indicators exist for the processes of care after hospital discharge. Additionally, bundled payments are now being implemented by CMS and many policy experts believe stroke treatment will be targeted next.
Specific learning points for attendees include:

Review the current state of post-acute stroke care and identification of the gaps
Opportunities for improved care of stroke patients over the next decade
Improving outcomes and reducing readmissions through new care protocols defined in the COMPASS model
Integrating COMPASS with new health care reimbursement models and CMS recommendations for care
Addressing the data requirements for CMS bundled payments in stroke care
Opportunities for streamlining post-acute care using telemedicine

The session will allow ample time for audience questions to be addressed by the presenters.
Who Should Attend:

Stroke and telestroke program directors, managers and coordinators
Neuroscience medical directors and chiefs of neurology
Intensivists and hospitalists
Chief medical officers and chief nursing officers
Quality and strategy officers
Clinic and rehab directors

About the Presenters:

Pamela W. Duncan PhD, FAPTA
Professor of Neurology at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Senior Policy Advisor for Transitions and Outcomes
Cheryl Bushnell, MD, MHS
Professor of Neurology at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Director, Wake Forest Baptist Health, Comprehensive Stroke Center

CEU Credits:
We are unable to provide CEUs or CPEs for this educational broadcast. However, REACH is happy to provide a certificate of attendance (COA), upon request. To qualify for a COA, attendees must register, attend the full educational broadcast including the live Q&A, and participate in all polling and survey questions. You may use your COA with certification bodies, professional societies, governmental licensing boards and/or your employer as documentation of having received an hour of live, on-line education.
About REACH Health:
REACH Health's enterprise telemedicine software combines real-time audio and video with vital patient data, clinical workflow, and documentation to recreate the bedside experience for both doctor and patient. By securely connecting physicians anytime, anywhere, REACH Health enables remote consultations, connects patients with specialists, and supports collaboration by clinical care teams. Many of the nation's most powerful telemedicine networks run on the REACH Health platform.