Anytime I see 'care' in any stroke press release I know the hospital is not
willing to disclose actual results because they are so fucking bad, it
wouldn't look good, so misdirection is used. Don't fall for that
misdirection!
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?
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.
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tPA full recovery? Better than 12%?
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30 day deaths? Better than competitors?
rehab full recovery? Better than 10%?
rehab full recovery? Better than 10%?
You'll want to know results so call that hospital president(whomever 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 this award 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 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
up on the guidelines yourself.
“What's measured, improves.” So said management legend and author Peter F. Drucker
Hospitals recognised for excellence in stroke care - Victoria, Australia
Three
Victorian hospitals have been officially recognised for their
excellence in caring for and treating patients with stroke.
Announced at the Joint Annual Scientific Meeting of the Stroke Society of Australasia and Smart Strokes Conference in Melbourne, the hospitals proudly accepted an Australian Stroke Coalition Quality Stroke Service Excellence Award.
The awards recognised hospitals
that achieved best-practice stroke clinical care across several
indicators, including treatment with thrombolysis within 60 minutes of
hospital arrival, the provision of stroke unit care, and the provision
of a discharge care plan.
The top performing hospitals recognised were:
- Royal Melbourne Hospital
- West Gippsland Hospital
- Alfred Hospital
Australian Stroke Coalition Co-Chair, Professor Tim Kleinig, congratulated the winning hospitals.
Stroke Foundation CEO, Dr Lisa Murphy, says the winning hospitals are leading the way in treatment and care.
“This is an exceptional achievement that should be celebrated and used as the benchmark for others to work towards in future. These hospitals demonstrate the impact of multidisciplinary teams working together to improve outcomes for patients with stroke, she said”
It is estimated more than 27,400 Australians every year will have a stroke for the first time and there are almost 450,000 people living with the effects of stroke in the community.
Dr Murphy says receiving specialist treatment is critical to stroke recovery and gives survivors the best chance of living well after stroke and returning to doing the things they love.
“We know that patients with stroke who get to hospital quickly and are treated in dedicated stroke units will have the best chance of survival, recovery and prevention of secondary stroke.”
To see the full list of hospitals that have achieved best-practice stroke clinical care, visit the website
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