Unity Health, NorthStar recognized for stroke patient care - Arkansas

Anytime I see 'care' in any stroke press release I know the stroke medical world 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 medical world is possibly not completely incompetent; DO YOU MEASURE ANYTHING?  I would start cleaning the hospitals 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(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 partnership 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 

The latest invalid chest thumping here:

 

Unity Health, NorthStar recognized for stroke patient care - Arkansas

The Arkansas Department of Health has recognized 39 hospitals, 48 ambulance services, two regional teams and two individuals for excellence in stroke patient care. Those recognized included Unity Health-White County Medical Center and NorthStar EMS.

The hospital awards are based on stroke care performance as documented in the Arkansas Stroke Registry for July 2022 and June 2023 patient discharges. They are given to hospitals based on the following measures: defect-free stroke care, documentation of stroke bands and door to CT times.

Defect-free care is an aggregated metric based on the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Coverdell metrics to ensure stroke patients receive appropriate care. Stroke bands allow for improved data collection for quality improvement, and faster door to CT times improve the likelihood of better patient outcomes. To qualify for this award, a hospital must be designated through ADH or a national accreditation body.

White County Medical Center is listed under door to CT times for stroke band documentation in the Pearl award category (85-89 percent level of adherence).

The EMS awards are based on documentation of stroke bands and pre-notification. When hospital teams are alerted that a suspected stroke patient is en route by EMS, this helps expedite the patient’s care upon arrival.

NorthStar is listed as a Diamond award recipient for stroke bands (95 percent-plus level of adherence).

Regional recognition is awarded to those geographical areas in Arkansas in which health-care teams demonstrate the highest level of performance for pre-notification, stroke band documentation and door to CT times.

The transition of care award honors organizations or individuals for the exceptional work they did with stroke patients and their families as part of the transition of care for the patient. NorthStar was one of three recipients of the award.

“We are delighted to see the improvement in stroke care as demonstrated by these hospitals,” said Dr. Bala Simon, deputy chief medical officer and state chronic disease director at the Department of Health. “Through our work with the communities, EMS and hospitals we hope to improve quality of stroke care among Arkansans with this devastating condition.”

Visit https://www.healthy. arkansas.gov/programs -services/topics/arkansas -stroke-registry for a complete listing of all award winners.