2019
Stroke Center Certification and Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium Region.
Wira CR, Melluzzo S, Beasley TM, Magdon-Ismail Z, Day D, Madsen TE, McCullough LD, Stein J, Schwamm LH, Gropen T. Stroke Center Certification and Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium Region. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2019, 92: 587-596. PMID: 31866774, PMCID: PMC6913814.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Improving Door-to-Needle Times
Ruff I, Ali S, Goldstein J, Lev M, Copen W, McIntyre J, Rost N, Schwamm L. Improving Door-to-Needle Times. Stroke 2014, 45: 504-508. PMID: 24399372, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.113.004073.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overClinical ProtocolsComorbidityData Interpretation, StatisticalEarly DiagnosisEmergency Medical ServicesFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHumansInternational Classification of DiseasesMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesQuality ImprovementRetrospective StudiesSocioeconomic FactorsStrokeThrombolytic TherapyTissue Plasminogen ActivatorTomography, X-Ray ComputedTreatment OutcomeConceptsIntravenous tissue-type plasminogen activatorEmergency department arrivalTissue-type plasminogen activatorAcute strokeDTN timeNeedle timeHealth Stroke Scale scorePlasminogen activatorAcute ischemic strokePercentage of patientsStroke Scale scoreAmerican Heart AssociationStroke care modelWilcoxon signed-rank testImproving DoorIschemic strokeStroke guidelinesHeart AssociationPostintervention periodSigned-rank testPre interventionCare modelNational guidelinesPost interventionPatients
2009
Regional Implementation of the Stroke Systems of Care Model
Gropen T, Magdon-Ismail Z, Day D, Melluzzo S, Schwamm L. Regional Implementation of the Stroke Systems of Care Model. Stroke 2009, 40: 1793-1802. PMID: 19299641, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.108.531053.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsEmergency Medical ServicesEvidence-Based MedicineGuidelines as TopicHealth EducationHealth PersonnelHealth Planning SupportHealthcare DisparitiesHumansModels, TheoreticalNew EnglandPatient AdvocacyRegional Medical ProgramsRural PopulationSocioeconomic FactorsStrokeStroke RehabilitationUrban PopulationConceptsStroke systemsCare modelStroke careStroke-related death ratesEmergency medical services dispatchAcute stroke protocolSecondary prevention strategiesContinuum of careEvidence-based interventionsPublic health officialsStroke centersStroke protocolStroke patientsCare measuresStroke resourcesPrevention strategiesHealth professionalsCare deliveryRehabilitation servicesOrder setsDeath rateHealth officialsCareSignificant disparitiesWriting group