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Stroke-care metrics improve with stroke center certification and coordinators - EurekAlert


The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contracted with NORC at the University of Chicago, which conducts objective and nonpartisan research, to conduct an evaluation of the Medical University of South Carolina’s telestroke program. NORC assessed whether having stroke center certification or stroke coordinators improved stroke-care metrics, particularly door-to-needle time, at 29 participating hospitals, finding that they did. The evaluation’s purpose was to generate practice-based evidence that could guide telestroke implementation nationwide.

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