UnityPoint Bettendorf, Muscatine win stroke care award

 

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:

UnityPoint Bettendorf, Muscatine win stroke care award

UnityPoint Health – Trinity Bettendorf and Muscatine were honored with the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines – Stroke quality achievement awards for their commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment. 

The recognition is based on nationally recognized, research-based guidelines that ultimately lead to more lives saved and reduced disability.

UnityPoint Health announced these awards in a news release Wednesday, July 31: 

• Trinity Bettendorf – Get With The Guidelines GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll.
• Trinity Muscatine – Get With The Guidelines – Rural Stroke BRONZE; Get With The Guidelines – Rural Stroke SILVER; and Get With The Guidelines – Rural Stroke SILVER PLUS.

This marks the first year that Trinity Muscatine has been recognized by the American Heart Association for stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!). It’s the sixth year for Trinity Bettendorf.

According to UnityPoint, stroke is the fifth leading cause of death. And it is a leading cause of disability in the United States. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is blocked by a clot or bursts. 

When that happens, UnityPoint said, 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 is aligned with the latest research and evidence-based guidelines. 

The partnership is an in-hospital program for improving stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!), which can minimize the long-term effects of a stroke and even prevent death.

Patients recover faster

“Putting proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis helps patients recover better and faster,” said Dr. Mohammad Sajed. He is medical director of the Stroke and Neurohospitalist program at UnityPoint Health – Trinity. “Our team strives to recognize and treat stroke symptoms in less than 45 minutes. This evidence-based approach to care(NOT RECOVERY!) gives providers the tools they need to effectively treat stroke patients and place them on the best path for recovery and rehabilitation.”

Each year, program participants qualify for the award by demonstrating how their organization has committed to providing quality care(NOT RECOVERY!) for stroke patients. 

“We are incredibly pleased to recognize UnityPoint Health – Trinity for its commitment to caring for stroke patients,” said Dr. Steven Messe, 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 systems, families and communities.”

To learn more about stroke treatment, recovery and support at Trinity, visit unitypoint.org.