Deans' stroke musings: South Texas Health System Edinburg Awarded Stroke Rehabilitation Certification from The Joint Commission

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.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

South Texas Health System Edinburg Awarded Stroke Rehabilitation Certification from The Joint Commission

So fucking what? It tells you NOTHING about;

tPA full recovery? Better than 12%?
30 day deaths? Better than competitors?
rehab full recovery? Better than 10%?

http://www.edinburgreview.com/news/20180925/south-texas-health-system-edinburg-awarded-stroke-rehabilitation-certification-from-joint-commission

South Texas Health System announces it has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for Stroke Rehabilitation Certification at South Texas Health System Edinburg. The Gold Seal of Approval® is a symbol of quality that reflects an organization’s commitment to providing safe and effective patient care. (NOT RESULTS!)

South Texas Health System Edinburg underwent a rigorous on-site review in July 2018. Joint Commission experts evaluated compliance with national disease-specific care standards(NOT RESULTS!) as well as with stroke rehab-specific requirements. Clinical practice guidelines and performance measures also were assessed.

Established in 2002 and awarded for a two-year period, The Joint Commission’s Disease-Specific Care Certification evaluates clinical programs across the continuum of care and addresses three core areas:(NOT RESULTS!)
Compliance with consensus-based national standards;

Effective use of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to manage and optimize care; and An organized approach to performance measurement and improvement activities.(NOT RESULTS!)
“South Texas Health System Edinburg has thoroughly demonstrated a high level of care for patients who have suffered a stroke,” said Patrick Phelan, executive director, Hospital Business Development, The Joint Commission. “We commend the rehab team at South Texas Health System Edinburg for becoming a leader in stroke rehabilitation care, potentially providing a higher standard of service for stroke patients in its community.”

“South Texas Health System Edinburg is pleased to receive Disease-Specific Care Certification from The Joint Commission, the premier health care quality improvement and accrediting body in the nation,” added Lance Ames, CEO for South Texas Health System Edinburg. “The certification provides us with the framework to create a culture of excellence for those in our community.”
(NOT RESULTS!)