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Stroke Volume
| MedStar Washington Hospital Center: Stroke Volume 2019 | |
|---|---|
| Patient Type | # of Admission |
| Ischemic Stroke | 551 |
| Intracerebral Hemorrhage | 188 |
| Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | 100 |
| Transient Ischemic Attack | 134 |
| Total | 973 |
The Joint Commission collaborates with the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA) to develop performance measures for Primary Stroke Centers, the first advanced-level certification program that is designed to recognize primary stroke centers that make exceptional efforts to foster better outcomes for stroke patient care. MedStar Washington Hospital Center has received the American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Performance Achievement Award for 5 consecutive years by reaching the goal of treating stroke patients with 85% or higher compliance to core standard levels of care.
Stroke National Performance Measures
| 2019 AHA/ASA Get With The Guidelines Data for MedStar Washington | |
|---|---|
| Stroke Performance Measures | Compliance Rate* |
| Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis | 98.6 |
| Antithrombotic Prescribed at Discharge | 99.6 |
| Anticoagulant Prescribed at Discharge for Afib | 100 |
| tPA Given Within 3 hours for Acute Stroke | 97.4 |
| Antithrombotic Prescribed by Day 2 | 96.6 |
| Statin Prescribed at Discharge | 98.3 |
| Stroke Education | 97.6 |
| Assessed for Rehabilitation | 99.4 |
| *National Target Rate is greater than 85% Compliance | |
Additional stroke performance measures for procedures and interventions at MedStar Washington Hospital Center (2019):
- Serious complication rates for carotid endarterectomy and carotid stenting are better than the national benchmark (<6% for symptomatic ICA stenosis and <3% for asymptomatic ICA stenosis).
- Serious complication rates for diagnostic cerebral angiogram are better than the national benchmark (<1%).
