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The Miriam Hospital earns 9th consecutive award for quality stroke care
(Lifespan) The Miriam Hospital has again received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award and has for the first time achieved The Target: Stroke Honor Roll distinction for 2015. The Miriam, which treats over 300 stroke patients a year, received the awards for attaining targeted quality measures and ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate medical treatment based on nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 29, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

UH Case Medical Center awarded highest certification as Comprehensive Stroke Center
(University Hospitals Case Medical Center) University Hospitals Case Medical Center has become the first hospital in Northeast Ohio and 19th in the nation to achieve The Joint Commission's standards for Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification, joining an elite group of providers focused on complex stroke care. Comprehensive stroke centers are recognized as industry leaders and are responsible for setting the national agenda in all aspects of stroke care and prevention.The Joint Commission is the nation's oldest and largest standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 13, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

1 in 3 stroke emergencies don't use EMS
(American Heart Association) More than a third of stroke patients don't get to the hospital by ambulance -- the fastest way to get there. Ethnic minorities and rural residents were less likely to call 9-1-1 at the onset of a stroke. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association wants you to know the signs of a stroke and call 9-1-1 immediately for help.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 30, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Code stroke on the ward
(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) At the first sign of a stroke, time is of the essence. For every minute of delay in treatment, people typically lose almost two million brain cells. Yet a new study presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress reveals that those delays -- in getting the right tests and the right drugs -- can be longer when people experience a stroke in a hospital.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 6, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Innovative stroke patient management system cuts hospital bed usage by more than 25 percent
(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) An innovative patient management system at the acute stroke unit of Kelowna General Hospital has reduced the number of stroke patient bed days by more than 25 percent, according to a study of the system presented at the annual Canadian Stroke Congress in Vancouver.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 6, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Study finds knowledge poor about stroke in Uganda
(University Hospitals Case Medical Center) A study published in the journal International Scholarly Research Notices Stroke found that overall knowledge about stroke in Uganda was poor, although knowing what to do for a stroke -- go to the hospital -- was good.The researchers surveyed 1,600 residents, and found that three-quarters did not know any stroke risk factors and warning signs, or recognize the brain as the organ affected.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 27, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Marijuana use might lead to higher risk of stroke, World Stroke Congress to be told
(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) A five-year study of hospital statistics from the United States shows that the incidence of stroke has risen steadily among marijuana users even though the overall rate of stroke remained constant over the same period.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 19, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Kids with headache after stroke might be at risk for another stroke
(Ann& Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) A new study has found a high incidence of headaches in pediatric stroke survivors and identified a possible association between post-stroke headache and stroke recurrence.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 12, 2019 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Stroke alarm clock may streamline and accelerate time-sensitive acute stroke care
(American Heart Association) An interactive, digital alarm clock may speed emergency stroke care, starting at hospital arrival and through each step of the time-sensitive treatment process.The alarm clock is a low-cost strategy for streamlining stroke care and could translate to fewer deaths and less disability from stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania receives Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has been recognized by The Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association as meeting The Joint Commission's standards for Disease-Specific Care Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification, becoming the first center in Philadelphia and among a select few hospitals in the United States to be named as part of an elite group of providers focused on complex stroke care.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Substance naturally found in humans is effective in fighting brain damage from stroke
(Henry Ford Health System) A molecular substance that occurs naturally in humans and rats was found to 'substantially reduce' brain damage after an acute stroke and contribute to a better recovery, according to a newly released animal study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.The study, published online before print in Stroke, the journal of the American Heart Association, was the first ever to show that the peptide AcSDKP provides neurological protection when administered one to four hours after the onset of an ischemic stroke.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 11, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

The Miriam Hospital again earns the Joint Commission's Primary Stroke Center Certification
(Lifespan) The Miriam Hospital has for the fifth time been designated by the Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center. The advanced certification recognizes The Miriam Hospital Stroke Center, which cares for over 650 patients a year, as providing the highest quality stroke care.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 15, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Rural hospitals replicate experiences of big city stroke care
(Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada) A new model for stroke care is being studied in rural Alberta to reduce inequities in health across communities. This model, presented at the Canadian Stroke Congress, shows how hospitals in rural areas can mimic the type of care that's often only available in larger centrers.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 7, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Emergency transport times for stroke patients still in need of improvement
(Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery) Despite efforts to close the time gap between symptom onset and stroke treatment -- including improvements in public education, 911 dispatch operations, pre-hospital detection and triage, hospital stroke system development, and stroke unit management -- a new study presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery 12th Annual Meeting suggests that delays in emergency transport are still prevalent and that improvements are needed to ensure patients can be treated within the optimal time window.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 27, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

First systemic evidence for safety of tPA in stroke patients with sickle cell disease
(Medical University of South Carolina) Adult patients with sickle cell disease who experience a stroke caused by a clot (i.e., ischemic strokes) can be treated safely with tissue plasminogen activator if they qualify, report investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina and elsewhere in the March 2017 issue of Stroke. The investigators analyzed in-hospital patient data obtained from the Get With The Guidelines -- Stroke database.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - April 11, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

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