Notice the word 'care' NOT results. Why do you allow such blatant misdirection? Call that president and demand to know why they are so fucking lazy and incompetent. If we don't call them out they will keep the failed status quo.
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/general-news/20180129/kaiser-vallejo-among-those-recognized-for-stroke-care
All Northern California Kaiser Permanente hospitals —
including the Vallejo and Vacaville medical centers — received the
American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The
Guidelines-Stroke Quality Achievement Awards, health plan officials
said.
Also, 20 hospitals earned a place on the
Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll-Elite Plus, the organization’s award for
excellence in rapid stroke care.
Vallejo received both, a spokeswoman said.
The
American Heart Association distinction recognizes each of the Kaiser
Permanente Northern California hospitals for reaching an aggressive goal
of achieving 85 percent or higher of all program indicators for two or
more consecutive years, she said.
The award recognizes Kaiser Permanente’s commitment to
providing the most appropriate stroke treatment according to nationally
recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific
evidence, officials said.
“It’s
proven that getting treatment for stroke quickly is critical to
survival and recovery,” Kaiser Permanente Northern California president
Janet Liang said in a statement. “In our Northern California hospitals,
we are more than twice as fast as the national average in delivering the
clot-dissolving medication for new stroke patients. That’s why this
recognition is so meaningful to us — it represents better outcomes and
lives saved.”
American Heart Association and American Stroke
Association guidelines recommend “door-to-needle” times of 60 minutes or
less for intravenous r-tPA, the medication that dissolves the
stroke-causing clot and restores blood flow to the brain.(So fucking what? We still don't know how fast tPA needs to be delivered to get 100% recovery, 22 years later.) However,
studies show that fewer than 30 percent of acute ischemic stroke
patients in the United States are currently being treated within this
window.
A recently published Kaiser Permanente study in
the journal Stroke, looked at the adoption of a telemedicine program and
standardized treatment protocol for stroke care across Kaiser
Permanente’s 21 Northern California hospitals and found that the average
treatment time for intravenous r-tPA was 34 minutes — more than twice
as fast as the national average.
“What differentiates our program is our integrated
approach to care delivery — as we leveraged with this nation-leading
stroke care. Our model allows for the quick spread of cutting-edge
innovations across all our hospitals,” The Permanente Medical Group
executive director and CEO Richard S. Isaacs said. “We have also widely
adopted new technology, like telemedicine. This means our patients have
access to highly-trained specialists regardless of their physical
location.”
All Kaiser Permanente emergency departments in
Northern California are equipped with telestroke carts, which include a
video camera and access to scans and test results. This technology
enables access to a dedicated, specially-trained neurologist who
conducts a patient’s neurologic physical exam remotely via video,
officials said.
The awards were presented to representatives of each of
the Kaiser Permanente medical centers during the International Stroke
Conference in Los Angeles on Jan. 25.
For more information about recognizing the signs of stroke, visit kp.org/stroke.
Contact Rachel Raskin-Zrihen at (707) 553-6824.
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