Deans' stroke musings: Midland hospital's stroke center recognized for quality care

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, January 6, 2021

Midland hospital's stroke center recognized for quality care - Midland, MI

And just why the fuck should we go to a 'care' center rather than a 'results' center? If you can't tell us your results you are hiding how fucking bad you are. We have to completely change how stroke is discussed, every single article on stroke should be mentioning exactly what the failures are and what is being done to fix them. Notice they don't tell us;

tPA full recovery better than 12%?
Full stroke recovery better than 10%?
30 day stroke deaths better than your competitors?

Midland hospital's stroke center recognized for quality care - Midland, MI

Patients who are experiencing warning signs of a stroke have one more reason to make MidMichigan Medical Center – Midland their go-to place for treatment. The medical center was awarded Primary Stroke Center Certification by HFAP, the nation’s original independent, accreditation program. This certification confirms that the program is providing high quality care as determined by an independent, external process of evaluation.

“We’re proud to achieve this prestigious certification that recognizes our commitment to excellent patient outcomes,” said Faith Fuentes, neurohospitalist and medical director for the stroke program at MidMichigan Health. “We’ve built a comprehensive program based on the latest clinical protocols and our team of experts includes emergency medicine physicians, neurohospitalists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, critical care specialists and rehabilitation specialists. Through the Telestroke program, all of MidMichigan’s Emergency Departments have 24/7 access to collaborate with highly specialized stroke experts from Michigan Medicine. Together, we provide rapid diagnosis and treatment planning that can save lives and preserve vital functionality.”

According to Fuentes, the medical center’s stroke team also provides community outreach to help patients and their families recognize the warning signs of stroke so they can take action quickly when every second counts.

“MidMichigan clearly demonstrates a commitment to quality and patient safety,” said HFAP Vice President Meg Gravesmill. “We based our decision on the findings of an extensive and thorough onsite review of their stroke capabilities against standards for organizational operations and clinical services that drive patient safety and continuous quality improvement. MidMichigan has earned the distinction of HFAP certification through its performance in successfully meeting those standards.”

Those who would like to learn more about MidMichigan’s options for care and treatment of stroke may visit www.midmichigan.org/stroke or contact Gordon Siu, stroke program director, and Tammy Albrecht, neuroscience services manager, via email at stroke@midmichigan.org.