11 facilities receive recognition for post-acute care for stroke patients

 

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:

11 facilities receive recognition for post-acute care for stroke patients - Montana

Participating centers create confidence in the quality-of-care stroke patients receive during rehabilitation and recovery

 BILLINGS, MT, September 17, 2024 — 11 facilities across Montana have received recognition for participation in the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline Stroke post-acute care(NOT RECOVERY!) initiative to enhance guideline-based care(NOT RECOVERY!) for stroke patients, ultimately improving and prolonging lives.

Stroke is a leading cause of serious long-term disability in the U.S. and approximately 795,000 people each year experience a new or recurrent stroke, according to the American Heart Association’s 2023 statistical update. Participation in the American Heart Association’s post-acute care(NOT RECOVERY!) initiative can help facilities support faster and more effective recovery from stroke through standardized coordination, adherence and implementation of evidence-based care(NOT RECOVERY!).

Evidence-based rehabilitation and secondary prevention interventions improve recovery after stroke and reduce secondary complications. However, stroke rehabilitation expertise, processes of care(NOT RECOVERY!), and educational resources vary among sites where post-acute care(NOT RECOVERY!) is delivered. The American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health for all, developed quality standards based on the Association’s 2016 Guidelines for Adult Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery to address these gaps.

The post-acute care(NOT RECOVERY!) initiative provides a framework for assisting facilities to improve care(NOT RECOVERY!) according to the American Heart Association’s rigorous science-based requirements for stroke rehabilitation, including program management, patient and caregiver education and support, care(NOT RECOVERY!) coordination, clinical management and quality improvement.

“Participation in this program benefits the patient and the facility by standardizing care(NOT RECOVERY!) practices,” said Gary W. Myers, MS, American Heart Association National Director, Healthcare Quality Initiatives Quality, Outcomes, Research and Analytics (QORA). “When there are evidence-based processes during every phase of care(NOT RECOVERY!), patients have the best opportunity for positive outcomes. This initiative helps patients and their loved ones know participating facilities follow these important best practices.”

Facilities participating in the post-acute care(NOT RECOVERY!) initiative receive a participation stipend and site-specific quality improvement support and process improvement ideas surrounding quality standards for stroke recovery, rehabilitation and secondary prevention. Facilities also have the opportunity to be part of a learning collaborative, working with experts in stroke rehabilitation to build tools and share and create best practices. Participation improves collaboration between post-acute care(NOT RECOVERY!) facilities and others involved in stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!), including hospitals and outpatient providers.

Certificate of achievement recipients have committed to establishing a stroke-specific rehab program, providing stroke education to all staff members, implementing evidence-based protocols and policies, and continuous quality improvement.

Sites receiving achievement awards are:

• Beartooth Billings Clinic, Red Lodge
• Glendive Medical Center, Glendive
• Logan Health Inpatient Rehabilitation, Kalispell
• Roundup Memorial Healthcare, Roundup
• Sidney Health Center, Sidney
• Stillwater Billings Clinic, Columbus

Sites receiving recognition awards are:

• Bitterroot Health-Daly Hospital, Hamilton
• Central Montana Medical Center, Lewistown
• Copper Ridge Health and Rehab Center, Butte
• Logan Health Brendan House. Kalispell
• Missoula Health and Rehabilitation, Missoula

Mission: Lifeline Stroke is the American Heart Association’s community-based initiative to develop systems of care(NOT RECOVERY!) to improve outcomes for stroke patients. Made possible with a grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, the post-acute stroke program seeks to implement American Heart Association’s post-acute stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!) quality standards program in rehabilitation facilities across Montana, Nebraska and North Dakota. The initiative has a goal of giving all patients the best chance at independent life after stroke.

This work builds on the Mission: Lifeline Stroke Montana initiative launched in 2020. The goal of Mission: Lifeline stroke is to bring together hospitals, emergency medical services and first responders, rehabilitation facilities, communications and regulatory agencies, state and local government, and payers to forge a proactive system of stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!) that saves and improves lives.