Maine Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center receives Get with the Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

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 hospital is possibly not completely incompetent; DO YOU MEASURE ANYTHING?  I would start cleaning the hospital 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(Whoever 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.

 The latest invalid chest thumping here:

 

  Maine Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center receives Get with the Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award 

BANGOR — Oct. 29 is World Stroke Day. According to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, stroke is the number five cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the United States. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.

Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center is pleased to announce it has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get with The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

EMMC earned the award, which it has done for the past nine years, by meeting specific quality measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke These measures include the proper use of medications and other stroke treatments aligned with the most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Before discharge, patients receive education on managing their health, get a follow-up visit scheduled, as well as other care transition interventions.

“Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center is dedicated to improving the quality of care for our stroke patients by implementing the American Heart Association’s Get with The Guidelines-Stroke initiative,” said EMMC neurologist and interim medical director for Northern Light Stroke Care Roople Unia, MD. “The tools provided help us track adherence to evidence-based clinical guidelines designed to improve patient outcomes. Additionally, we are using telemedicine in partnership with Massachusetts General Hospital to improve access to stroke care for the people of Maine.”