Reducing Door‐to‐Puncture Times for Intra‐Arterial Stroke Therapy: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project
Mehta B, Leslie‐Mazwi T, Chandra R, Bell D, Sun C, Hirsch J, Rabinov J, Rost N, Schwamm L, Goldstein J, Levine W, Gupta R, Yoo A. Reducing Door‐to‐Puncture Times for Intra‐Arterial Stroke Therapy: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2014, 3: e000963. PMID: 25389281, PMCID: PMC4338685, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.114.000963.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAged, 80 and overAnesthesia Department, HospitalCooperative BehaviorFemaleFibrinolytic AgentsHumansInfusions, Intra-ArterialInterdisciplinary CommunicationMaleMiddle AgedPatient Care TeamPilot ProjectsProcess Assessment, Health CareProgram EvaluationPuncturesQuality ImprovementQuality Indicators, Health CareRetrospective StudiesStrokeThrombectomyThrombolytic TherapyTime and Motion StudiesTime FactorsTime-to-TreatmentTreatment OutcomeWorkflowConceptsPilot quality improvement projectQuality improvement projectPuncture timeMedian doorStroke patientsAnterior circulation stroke patientsIntra-arterial stroke therapyHospital time delayPre-QI cohortCompletion of imagingImprovement projectGreater delayNeurointerventional suiteHospital delayProximal occlusionIndependent predictorsStroke therapyPatient evaluationQI measuresWorse outcomesTherapy leadTreatment decisionsAnesthesia teamPatient arrivalPatientsDevelopment and Initial Testing of the Stroke Rapid-Treatment Readiness Tool
Olson D, Cox M, Constable M, Britz G, Lin C, Zimmer L, Fonarow G, Schwamm L, Peterson E. Development and Initial Testing of the Stroke Rapid-Treatment Readiness Tool. Journal Of Neuroscience Nursing 2014, 46: 267-273. PMID: 25099063, PMCID: PMC4165480, DOI: 10.1097/jnn.0000000000000082.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntravenous tissue plasminogen activatorTissue plasminogen activatorPlasminogen activatorQuality Improvement ProgramGuidelines-StrokeEligible patientsHospital arrivalIschemic strokeNeedle timeHealth systemU.S. hospitalsHospitalReadiness ToolInitial testingLikert scale surveyPatientsActivatorImprovement programsStrokeAdministration