Deans' stroke musings: MUSC first in state to receive advanced stroke certification

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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.

Thursday, April 7, 2016

MUSC first in state to receive advanced stroke certification - South Carolina

This means absolutely nothing because they are touting processes NOT RESULTS.
Call that hospital president(David J. Cole, M.D. President)
general number 1-843-792-1414 and demand to know what the RESULTS are; 30 day deaths, 100% recovery, tPA efficacy?
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 article here:
http://www.moultrienews.com/article/20160405/MN01/160409899/1088/MN

Joint Commission, American Heart/Stroke Association recognize complex care providers

The Medical University of South Carolina has been recognized by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association as meeting The Joint Commission’s standards for Disease-Specific Care Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification. The first hospital in South Carolina to receive this certification, MUSC is part of an elite group of 100 stroke care centers nationwide focused on complex stroke care. Complex Stroke Centers are recognized as industry leaders and are responsible for setting the national agenda in highly-specialized stroke care.

“Earning comprehensive certification speaks to MUSC’s commitment to stroke patients in South Carolina,” said Christine Holmstedt, M.D., co-director of the MUSC Comprehensive Stroke & Cerebrovascular Center. “We have all of the critical components to handle the most complex of stroke patients and provide the most advanced level of care(not results) achievable.”

Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification recognizes those hospitals that have state-of-the-art infrastructure, staff and training to receive and treat patients with the most complex strokes. MUSC underwent a rigorous onsite review in 2015. Joint Commission experts reviewed MUSC’s compliance with the Comprehensive Stroke Center standards and requirements, including advanced imaging capabilities, 24/7 availability of specialized treatments, and staff with the unique education and competencies to care for complex stroke patients.

“By achieving this advanced certification, MUSC has thoroughly demonstrated the greatest level of commitment to the care of its patients with a complex stroke condition,” said Mark R. Chassin, M.D., The Joint Commission president. “Certification is a voluntary process and The Joint

Commission commends MUSC for successfully undertaking this challenge to elevate the standard of its care for the community it serves.”

Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification was developed in collaboration with the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association and derived from the Brain Attack Coalition’s “Recommendations for Comprehensive Stroke Centers,” (Stroke, 2005), and“Metrics for Measuring Quality of Care in Comprehensive Stroke Centers,” (Stroke, 2011),and on recommendations from a multidisciplinary advisory panel of experts in complex stroke care.

“The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association congratulates MUSC on its Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification,” said Mark J. Alberts, M.D., American Heart Association/American Stroke Association spokesperson and incoming vice-chair of neurology and neurotherapeutics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. “Comprehensive Stroke Centers offer a high level of care for patients with the most severe and challenging types of strokes and cerebrovascular disease.”

Bruce Ovbiagele, M.D., MUSC chairman of neurology, said, “We have been providing this type of high-level stroke care for a while. This recognition from the Joint Commission will make awareness of our profound stroke expertise much better known in the state, thereby allowing more patients to benefit from disability-preventing and life-saving therapies.” To read more about MUSC’s comprehenisve stroke program, visit http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/pr/newscenter/2016/MUSC-comprehensive-stroke-center.html#.VwK0_JwrK72 .