These are NOT result awards so they don't tell you anything about how good the program is. Call the leadership
Teresa A. Sullivan
President, University of Virginia
Richard P. Shannon, MD
Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, University of Virginia
David S. Wilkes, MD
Dean, UVA School of Medicine
Pamela M. Sutton-Wallace
CEO, UVA Medical Center
Tel: 434.924.0211 (Operator).
and demand to know what the RESULTS are; 30 day deaths, 100% recovery, tPA efficacy?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.
Big fucking whoopee.
Guidelines here: You can see how this is nothing to be impressed about. This is all indirect action, not results.
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthcareResearch/GetWithTheGuidelinesHFStrokeResus/GetWithTheGuidelinesStrokeHomePage/Get-With-The-Guidelines-Stroke-Overview_UCM_308021_Article.jsp
The puffery article here:
http://www.nbc29.com/story/32468778/uva-stroke-program-honored-with-2-national-quality-awards
Release from the University of Virginia Health System:
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 18, 2016 - For meeting national guidelines to provide fast, high-quality stroke care, the University of Virginia Health System’s stroke program received two national awards from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.
UVA earned the 2016 Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and was also named to the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite. According to the American Heart Association, the awards recognize UVA’s commitment to providing stroke care using nationally recognized guidelines based on the most recent research.
Exceeding National Quality Standards
To receive the Gold Plus Achievement Award, UVA demonstrated a compliance rate of 85 percent or more for 24 consecutive months with the core standard levels of care outlined by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. UVA also demonstrated a compliance rate of 75 percent or more with five of eight stroke quality measures in the most recent 12-month period.
Some of the measures met or exceeded by UVA include:
Quality Stroke Care Takes a Team
Excellent stroke care requires help from a large team, said UVA stroke program coordinator Beth Hundt. It begins with a family member or friend who recognizes stroke symptoms and calls 911, followed by the rescue squads that assess patients and transport them to UVA, where care begins in the Emergency Department and encompasses a large team.
“Nurses and physicians, pharmacists, radiology technicians, social workers, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists all work together to provide the best possible care to our stroke patients,” Hundt said. “At UVA, we care about our patients. That’s why we’ve made a commitment to turn treatment guidelines into lifelines.”
My response:
There is nothing here that tells you if the results are any good. tPA efficacy? 100% recovery? 30-day deaths? All compared to other stroke hospitals. Processes and guidelines do not guarantee results.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., July 18, 2016 - For meeting national guidelines to provide fast, high-quality stroke care, the University of Virginia Health System’s stroke program received two national awards from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association.
UVA earned the 2016 Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and was also named to the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite. According to the American Heart Association, the awards recognize UVA’s commitment to providing stroke care using nationally recognized guidelines based on the most recent research.
Exceeding National Quality Standards
To receive the Gold Plus Achievement Award, UVA demonstrated a compliance rate of 85 percent or more for 24 consecutive months with the core standard levels of care outlined by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. UVA also demonstrated a compliance rate of 75 percent or more with five of eight stroke quality measures in the most recent 12-month period.
Some of the measures met or exceeded by UVA include:
- 95 percent of patients who arrived at the hospital within two hours of their stroke symptoms beginning received tPA - a clot-busting stroke treatment drug - within three hours of their symptoms beginning. Treatment with tPA is most effective when given within three hours of the start of stroke symptoms.
- 99 percent of patients were given medications to help prevent blood clots, which are often the cause of a stroke.
- 99 percent of patients with hyperlipidemia (excess cholesterol and fat in their blood) - a risk factor for stroke and heart disease - were given statins, a group of medications designed to lower cholesterol.
- 99 percent of patients were assessed for stroke rehabilitation services before being released from the hospital.
Quality Stroke Care Takes a Team
Excellent stroke care requires help from a large team, said UVA stroke program coordinator Beth Hundt. It begins with a family member or friend who recognizes stroke symptoms and calls 911, followed by the rescue squads that assess patients and transport them to UVA, where care begins in the Emergency Department and encompasses a large team.
“Nurses and physicians, pharmacists, radiology technicians, social workers, speech therapists, occupational therapists, and physical therapists all work together to provide the best possible care to our stroke patients,” Hundt said. “At UVA, we care about our patients. That’s why we’ve made a commitment to turn treatment guidelines into lifelines.”
My response:
There is nothing here that tells you if the results are any good. tPA efficacy? 100% recovery? 30-day deaths? All compared to other stroke hospitals. Processes and guidelines do not guarantee results.
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