Deans' stroke musings: Arkansas Department of Health Recognizes Healthcare Providers for Stroke Care Performance

Changing stroke rehab and research worldwide now.Time is Brain! trillions and trillions of neurons that DIE each day because there are NO effective hyperacute therapies besides tPA(only 12% effective). I have 523 posts on hyperacute therapy, enough for researchers to spend decades proving them out. These are my personal ideas and blog on stroke rehabilitation and stroke research. Do not attempt any of these without checking with your medical provider. Unless you join me in agitating, when you need these therapies they won't be there.

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My blog is not to help survivors recover, it is to have the 10 million yearly stroke survivors light fires underneath their doctors, stroke hospitals and stroke researchers to get stroke solved. 100% recovery. The stroke medical world is completely failing at that goal, they don't even have it as a goal. Shortly after getting out of the hospital and getting NO information on the process or protocols of stroke rehabilitation and recovery I started searching on the internet and found that no other survivor received useful information. This is an attempt to cover all stroke rehabilitation information that should be readily available to survivors so they can talk with informed knowledge to their medical staff. It lays out what needs to be done to get stroke survivors closer to 100% recovery. It's quite disgusting that this information is not available from every stroke association and doctors group.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Arkansas Department of Health Recognizes Healthcare Providers for Stroke Care Performance

This is the whole problem in stroke enumerated in one word; 'care'; NOT RECOVERY!

Once again not looking to deliver stroke recovery, just stroke 'care' and treatment.

YOU have to get involved and change this failure mindset of 'care' to 100% RECOVERY! Survivors want RECOVERY, NOT 'CARE'!

ASK SURVIVORS WHAT THEY WANT, THEY'LL NEVER RESPOND 'CARE'! This tyranny of low expectations has to be completely rooted out of any stroke conversation!

RECOVERY IS THE ONLY GOAL IN STROKE! GET THERE!

Arkansas Department of Health Recognizes Healthcare Providers for Stroke Care Performance

Little Rock, Ark. – The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) recognizes 40 hospitals, 45 ambulance services, one regional team, and four individuals for excellence in stroke patient care(NOT RECOVERY!).

The hospital awards are based on stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!) performance as documented in the Arkansas Stroke Registry for July 2023 and June 2024 patient discharges. They are given to hospitals based on the following measures: defect-free stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!), documentation of stroke bands, and door to CT times. Defect-free care(NOT RECOVERY!) is an aggregated metric based on the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) Coverdell metrics to ensure stroke patients receive appropriate care(NOT RECOVERY!). 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.

The EMS awards are based on documentation of stroke bands as well as pre-notification. When hospital teams are alerted that a suspected stroke patient is en-route by EMS, this helps expedite the patient’s care(NOT RECOVERY!) upon arrival.

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

The transition of care(NOT RECOVERY!) award honors organizations or individuals for the exceptional work they did with stroke patients and/or their families as part of the transition of care(NOT RECOVERY!) for the patient.

“We commend our Arkansas healthcare providers for their dedication to excellence to stroke patient care(NOT RECOVERY!) and patient outcomes,” said Bala Simon, MD, DrPH, Deputy Chief Medical Officer and State Chronic Disease Director at Arkansas Department of Health.

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