Blessing Hospital receives national recognition for stroke care

 

Big fucking whoopee.

 

 But you tell us NOTHING ABOUT RESULTS. They remind us they 'care' about us multiple times but never tell us how many 100% recovered.  You have to ask yourself why they are hiding their incompetency by not disclosing recovery results. ARE THEY THAT FUCKING BAD?

Anytime I see the word 'care' in stroke I know that we don't have the right goals anywhere in stroke. 100% recovery is the only goal in stroke. NOT 'care'.

 

Three measurements will tell me if the stroke hospital is possibly not completely incompetent; DO YOU MEASURE ANYTHING?  I would start cleaning the hospital by firing the board of directors, you can't let incompetency continue for years at a time.

There is no quality here if you don't measure the right things.

1. tPA full recovery? Better than 12%?
2. 30 day deaths? Better than competitors?

3. rehab full recovery? Better than 10%?

 

You'll want to know results so call that hospital president(Whoever that is) RESULTS are; tPA efficacy, 30 day deaths, 100% recovery. Because there is no point in going to that hospital if they are not willing to publish results.

 

In my opinion Get With the Guidelines allows stroke hospitals to continue with their tyranny of low expectations and justify their complete failure to get survivors 100% recovered. Prove me wrong, I dare you in my stroke addled mind. If your stroke hospital goal is not 100% recovery you don't have a functioning stroke hospital.

All you ever get from hospitals are that they are following 'Get With the Guidelines'; these are way too static to be of any use. With thousands of pieces of stroke research yearly it would take a Ph.D. level research analyst to keep up, create protocols, and train the doctors and therapists in their use. 

If your stroke hospital doesn't have that, you don't have a well functioning stroke hospital, you have a dinosaur. 

Read the guidelines yourself here:  You'll see they say they improve outcomes but give no proof that it is happening. I find nothing in here that states they are even measuring results or recovery. Since neither seems to occur, it is in my opinion invalid recognition.

“What's measured, improves.” So said management legend and author Peter F. Drucker 

Get With The Guidelines® Stroke

 The latest invalid chest thumping here:

Blessing Hospital receives national recognition for stroke care

QUINCY — The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has confirmed Blessing Hospital delivers stroke care that meets or exceeds national standards by awarding it with Get With The Guidelines® — Stroke GOLD PLUS recognition for 2022. This is the second consecutive year Blessing has earned GOLD PLUS recognition based on its delivery of stroke care over the previous 24-month period.

Blessing also was named to the Target: Stroke Honor Roll for meeting or exceeding nationals
standards regarding the administration of blood clot-busting medication in appropriate stroke cases and to the Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll for meeting or exceeding national standards of care to diabetes patients. Diabetes is a risk factor for stroke.

Stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted by a blood clot or a tear in an artery. When blood flow to the brain is interrupted, brain cells die. Brain cells do not replace themselves nor recover. When too many brain cells are lost, the person becomes disabled or dies. Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the U.S.

The Blessing Hospital stroke committee, consisting of caregivers from different departments, is responsible for ensuring their fellow caregivers are educated regarding national standards of care and they face no barriers in the timely delivery of quality stroke care. Dr. Chris Solaro, chief medical officer, is the Stroke Committee physician champion. Rachel Buckmeier is the committee’s clinical quality coordinator.

Between May 1, 2020, and May 31, 2022, 546 patients were diagnosed and treated for stroke at Blessing Hospital. During that same period, 208 patients were diagnosed and treated for transient ischemic attacks, or TIAs, also known as mini-strokes. TIAs often occur shortly before a complete stroke.

“Stroke care is a partnership,” Solaro said in a press release. “That partnership starts with the patient or their loved ones recognizing the signs of stroke and calling 911 immediately so a patient’s condition can be assessed and care can begin before reaching the hospital.”

“That time is precious. Even the best healthcare may not help if a stroke is too far advanced by the time the patient reaches the hospital.”(Well then solve that fucking problem! Don't just give up, survivors can never give up like that. How dare you give up!)

To learn more about stroke, its risk factors and symptoms to know, go to blessinghealth.org/stroke.