SIH Herrin and Memorial Hospitals Earn National Stroke Care Award

 

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

Our non-existent stroke leadership should be demanding RECOVERY NOT 'CARE'! This is for you to solve: WSO!

My god, anyone in the business world would be fired immediately for managing or caring about something rather than delivering RESULTS. And this is why this is a complete fucking failure! This does nothing to guarantee recovery for survivors!

If your stroke medical 'professional'/hospital is touting 'care' it means they are a failure because they are delivering 'care'; NOT RECOVERY! I would never go to a failed hospital! Anytime I see the word 'care' associated with a stroke hospital; I immediately think fucking failure!

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

I see nothing here that states going for 100% recovery! You need to create EXACT PROTOCOLS FOR THAT!

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! I wouldn't go there because of such incompetency as not having 100% recovery protocols!

RECOVERY IS THE ONLY GOAL IN STROKE!

GET THERE!

SIH Herrin and Memorial Hospitals Earn National Stroke Care Award

CARBONDALE, Ill. (WSIL) — SIH Herrin Hospital and SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale have earned national recognition for their commitment to providing fast, evidence-based stroke treatment that improves patient outcomes.

Both hospitals recently received the Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll award from the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association. The designation highlights hospitals that consistently deliver high-quality care(NOT RECOVERY!) designed to reduce death and disability caused by stroke.

To qualify for the award, hospitals must meet strict performance standards aimed at shortening the time between a stroke patient’s arrival at the hospital and the start of life-saving treatment, including clot-busting medications.

Stroke remains the fourth leading cause of death in the United States and a major cause of long-term disability. The condition occurs when blood flow to the brain is blocked or a blood vessel ruptures, depriving brain tissue of oxygen and nutrients. Quick treatment is essential to minimizing damage and improving recovery.

“Rapid treatment truly changes what recovery looks like for stroke patients,” said Andrea Loggini, MD, Neurointensivist and Neuroscience Inpatient Medical Director at Southern Illinois Healthcare. “This recognition reflects how consistently our teams follow national guidelines and, just as importantly, how well they work together to deliver time-sensitive treatment that can help patients regain speech, movement and independence.”

The Get With The Guidelines® program is designed to help hospitals align stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!) with the latest medical research. It promotes early detection and standardized treatment methods that can limit long-term damage and speed up recovery.

“For stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!), every minute matters,” Loggini said. “From the moment a patient arrives in the Emergency Department, there is a coordinated response involving emergency physicians, nurses, imaging teams and the neuroscience team. That shared focus allows us to move quickly, reduce delays and give patients the best possible chance for recovery.”

Hospital officials said that coordination often begins even before the patient reaches the emergency room.

“This recognition is a direct reflection of teamwork — not just in the Emergency Department, but starting with emergency medical services in the field,” said Jonatan Hornik, MD, Neurointensivist with Southern Illinois Healthcare. “Early identification, rapid communication and seamless handoff between EMS and our ED teams set everything in motion. Stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!) succeeds when every link in the chain works together with urgency and precision.”

Hornik said the Target: Stroke Honor Roll distinction recognizes how collaboration helps teams deliver treatment quickly while maintaining high standards of care(NOT RECOVERY!).

“When EMS, emergency clinicians, radiology and neuroscience teams are aligned, we can move efficiently while maintaining high standards of care(NOT RECOVERY!),” he said. “That collective effort is what allows patients to receive timely treatment and what ultimately drives better outcomes.”

According to Steven Messe, MD, volunteer chair of the American Heart Association Stroke System of Care Advisory Group, hospitals that participate in the Get With The Guidelines program often see measurable improvements in patient outcomes.

“We are incredibly pleased to recognize SIH Herrin Hospital and SIH Memorial Hospital of Carbondale for their commitment to caring for patients with stroke,” Messe said. “Participation in Get With The Guidelines is associated with improved patient outcomes, fewer readmissions and lower mortality rates — a win for health care(NOT RECOVERY!) systems, families and communities.”