Bridgeport Hospital Recognized For High-Quality Stroke Care

I wouldn't go there if all they are offering is 'care'; NOT RECOVERY!

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! By touting 'care' they are not telling you about results or recovery which survivors want! Survivors don't care about your 'care'; you FUCKING BLITHERING IDIOTS; they want 100% recovery! Why aren't you providing that?

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 'care' guidelines yourself. Survivors want RECOVERY not 'care'

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

The latest invalid chest thumping here:

Bridgeport Hospital Recognized For High-Quality Stroke Care

Information from Bridgeport Hospital:

BRIDGEPORT, CT — Bridgeport Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines ® –Stroke Silver Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.

Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the U.S. A stroke
occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a
clot or bursts. When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood and oxygen it needs,
so brain cells die. Early stroke detection and treatment are key to improving survival, minimizing
disability and accelerating recovery times.

Get With The Guidelines puts the expertise of the American Heart Association and American
Stroke Association to work for hospitals nationwide, helping ensure patient care(NOT RECOVERY!) is aligned with
the latest research and evidence-based guidelines. Get With The Guidelines – Stroke is an in-
hospital program for improving stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!) by promoting consistent adherence to these
guidelines, which can minimize the long-term effects of a stroke and even prevent death.

“Bridgeport Hospital is committed to providing world class quality stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!) by adhering to the
latest treatment guidelines and streamlining processes to ensure timely, safe and quality care(NOT RECOVERY!)
for stroke patients on a daily basis. This allows us to ensure more people in our Bridgeport
community experience longer, healthier lives,” said Jennifer Reynolds, MSN, RN, stroke
program manager at Bridgeport Hospital.

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Each year, program participants qualify for the award by demonstrating how their organization
has committed to providing quality care(NOT RECOVERY!) for stroke patients. In addition to following treatment
guidelines, Get With The Guidelines participants also educate patients to help them manage
their health and recovery at home.

“We are incredibly pleased to recognize Bridgeport Hospital for its commitment to caring for
patients with stroke,” said Steven Messe, MD, volunteer chairperson of the American Heart
Association Stroke System of care(NOT RECOVERY!) Advisory Group and professor of neurology and director of
fellowships of neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. “Participation in Get
With The Guidelines is associated with improved patient outcomes, fewer readmissions and
lower mortality rates – a win for health care(NOT RECOVERY!) systems, families and communities.”

Bridgeport Hospital also received the American Heart Association’s Target: Stroke Elite award.
To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet specific criteria that reduce the time between
an eligible patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with thrombolytic therapy.

The hospital was also awarded the American Heart Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes™
Honor Roll award. Target: Type 2 Diabetes aims to ensure patients with Type 2 diabetes, who
might be at higher risk for complications, receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care(NOT RECOVERY!)
when hospitalized due to stroke.