2024
Twenty Years of Sustained Improvement in Quality of Care and Outcomes for Patients Hospitalized With Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: Data From The Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Program
Xian Y, Li S, Jiang T, Beon C, Poudel R, Thomas K, Reeves M, Smith E, Saver J, Sheth K, Messé S, Schwamm L, Fonarow G. Twenty Years of Sustained Improvement in Quality of Care and Outcomes for Patients Hospitalized With Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack: Data From The Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Program. Stroke 2024, 55: 2599-2610. PMID: 39429153, PMCID: PMC11518659, DOI: 10.1161/strokeaha.124.048174.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGuidelines-Stroke programEvidence-based stroke careDoor-to-needle timeTransient ischemic attackGuidelines-Stroke hospitalsEvidence-based careQuality of careSmoking cessation counselingSustained improvementQuality improvement initiativesSkilled nursing facilityIndependence of patientsAcute ischemic strokeIschemic strokeRelevant to patientsIschemic attackDoor-to-puncture timeCessation counselingGuidelines-StrokeAssociated with sustained improvementStroke careDysphagia screeningNursing facilitiesHospital characteristicsImprovement initiatives
2008
Get With the Guidelines–Stroke Is Associated With Sustained Improvement in Care for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack
Schwamm L, Fonarow G, Reeves M, Pan W, Frankel M, Smith E, Ellrodt G, Cannon C, Liang L, Peterson E, LaBresh K. Get With the Guidelines–Stroke Is Associated With Sustained Improvement in Care for Patients Hospitalized With Acute Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack. Circulation 2008, 119: 107-115. PMID: 19075103, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.783688.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAcute DiseaseAgedAged, 80 and overEvidence-Based MedicineFemaleGuideline AdherenceHospitalizationHospitals, CommunityHumansIschemic Attack, TransientLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisProspective StudiesQuality of Health CareRisk FactorsStrokeThrombolytic TherapyConceptsTransient ischemic attackGuidelines-StrokeIschemic attackDeep vein thrombosis prophylaxisNational quality improvement programStroke performance measuresTreatment of strokeEvidence-based guidelinesMain outcome measuresLow-density lipoproteinQuality Improvement ProgramComposite measureDischarge antithromboticsEarly antithromboticsThrombosis prophylaxisIntravenous thrombolyticsAcute strokeIschemic strokeGuideline recommendationsStroke careAtrial fibrillationLipid treatmentCommunity hospitalOutcome measuresSustained improvement