Getting to the Core of Stroke Care: Real Time Chart Review Improves Hospital Compliance with Core Measures (P6.269)

Conclusions:Real time chart review, utilization of a MQA, and alerting of providers is significantly more effective than a process utilizing retrospective chart review based on sampling and manual abstraction in increasing CM compliance. Implementation of these methods reduces CM deficiencies and leads to improved stroke care.Disclosure: Dr. Katsafanas has nothing to disclose. Dr. Furbeyre has nothing to disclose. Dr. Coppen has nothing to disclose. Dr. Hodges has nothing to disclose. Dr. Schnepel has nothing to disclose. Dr. Falk has nothing to disclose. Dr. Alonso has nothing to disclose. Dr. Tran has nothing to disclose. Dr. Northcut has nothing to disclose. Dr. Toback has nothing to disclose. Dr. Silliman has received research support from Sanofi Genzyme, Biogen Idec, Bristol Myers and Novartis.
Source: Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease Health Services Research Source Type: research