UNC Health Nash earns national awards for heart, stroke care

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!

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 guidelines yourself.

“What's measured, improves.” So said management legend and author Peter F. Drucker 

The latest invalid chest thumping here:

 

UNC Health Nash earns national awards for heart, stroke care

ROCKY MOUNT — UNC Health Nash has received recognition from the American Heart Association, the American Stroke Association and the American College of Cardiology with awards for industry-leading performance in heart and stroke care. 

“For the seventh year, UNC Nash is being recognized as an industry leader in heart and stroke care. These national awards are a credit to our experienced and dedicated team members who are committed to providing exceptional care to every patient, every time,” said Dr. L. Lee Isley, president and CEO of UNC Nash.

UNC Nash’s awards include the AHA’s Mission: Lifeline for both Gold STEMI Receiving and Gold NSTEMI, as well as “Get With The Guidelines” Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, which includes two additional recognitions, Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll.

The Nash Heart Center also received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2023 and is one of only 262 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.

Additionally, UNC Nash remains an American College of Cardiology-accredited Primary PCI Chest Pain Center, Intersocietal Accreditation Commission Accredited Facility for Echocardiography and AHA/ASA Primary Stroke Center and has a National Quality Approval from The Joint Commission for stroke care.

To earn these awards, UNC Health Nash had to meet specific and rigorous criteria and performance standards that aim to increase the quality and timeliness of care for heart attack and stroke patients.

In order to qualify for the Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll recognition, UNC Nash had to meet specific quality measures for 12 consecutive months based on the “Overall Diabetes Cardiovascular Initiative Composite Score” developed by the ASA that proves hospitals are equipped to provide high quality care for this patient population.

“The Nash Heart Center is humbled to receive the highest STEMI and NSTEMI national awards for the seventh year in a row, confirming that we consistently provide top-rated, high-quality health care right here in our community,” said Dr. Michael Yeung, medical director of the Nash Heart Center. “I am very proud of our entire team, including partners in the Nash Emergency Department and local EMS who make it possible to treat heart and stroke emergencies effectively and efficiently.”

The awards recognize UNC Health Nash’s commitment to a high standard of care for stroke and heart attack patients and signifies the hospital treats these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology, AHA and ASA clinical guidelines and recommendations. 

“We strive to ensure our community receives the best care possible right here at home, and these awards are proof of that commitment. We are proud of our heart and stroke teams for all that they do for our patients,” said Debbie Beecham, UNC Nash stroke program coordinator.

For more information on heart and stroke care, visit www.unchealthnash.org.