$6.5 million pledged to enhance Nebraska's stroke care; 'The main goal is to save lives and change lives'

Someone needs to step up and say this is fucking worthless. 'Care' NOT results. No one in stroke even wants to solve all the problems in stroke. They'd rather put out useless press releases like this. 
https://www.omaha.com/livewellnebraska/health/million-pledged-to-enhance-nebraska-s-stroke-care-the-main/article_d6d912a8-79d2-5a00-b221-0e517e0664be.html
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association on Tuesday announced a $6.5 million statewide commitment over three years to enhance Nebraska’s system for responding to and caring for people with strokes.
Kevin Harker, executive vice president of the heart association’s Midwest Affiliate, said the initiative will include a public awareness campaign based on the American Stroke Association’s early warning signs. People are still less likely to call 911 if they’re experiencing stroke symptoms than if they’re suffering from a heart attack.
With stroke, there is a four-hour window for patients to receive a drug that can bust clots and minimize permanent brain damage. A call to 911 starts that countdown, he said, which is why it’s important to call for help rather than to drive a loved one to the hospital.
The initiative also is aimed at strengthening collaboration among those involved in stroke care across the state, with a focus on measuring and tracking the effort’s success and creating a model for other states. It was launched in North Dakota last year.
To do so, the initiative will support part-time employees to measure and track the progress of patients as they go through the system, from the onset of symptoms to the end of rehabilitation. That kind of data will allow officials to see what kind of rehabilitation patients needed if they got treatment within the first hour, for example.
“The main goal is to save lives and change lives,” Harker said. “But we know that measuring the data will help us in that focus.”
The initiative also will focus on innovation and on rehabilitation.
The foundation of the new effort, called the Mission: Lifeline Stroke, is a three-year grant of $5.35 million from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Trust.

Harker said the initiative will build on the existing system of stroke care in the state “in a significant way.”
A law establishing the stroke system took effect in 2017, although an advisory council appointed by the State Health Department had begun working on it about a decade ago. It designated hospitals according to their ability to provide various elements of stroke treatment and established protocols to help emergency responders evaluate patients and select the hospital that can provide the appropriate care.
Walter Panzirer, a trustee with the Helmsley Trust, said the new initiative “weaves together the final piece” in the organization’s efforts to systematize acute cardiac and stroke care across the state.
The Helmsley Trust previously has invested in 12-lead EKG systems, automated CPR units, simulation equipment and state-of-the-art CT scanners for use in rural areas, as well as in telemedicine technology that can allow rural providers to consult with specialists.
Quick treatment can not only save lives but also prevent people from suffering serious disabilities. That can keep them on the farm and in business longer. “This is helping rural Nebraska and rural economics,” Panzirer said.