STROKE FAST STATS • For the third year in a row, our comprehensive stroke center was recognized with the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and Target Stroke Honor Roll, demonstrating our center’s commitment to quality care and rapid treatment, such as consistently administering tPA within one hour of a patient’s arrival. • The Georgia Coverdell Acute Stroke Registry presented our comprehensive stroke center with an Award of Excellence for demonstrating a 20 percent improvement in tPA administration and an average door-to-needle-time of less than 60 minutes. • We continue to improve our outreach to rural hospitals through a dedicated telestroke coordinator, who conducts onsite training and collects valuable data and feedback on stroke care and our telestroke network.
GRHealth Neurosciences 2013 Aunnual Report
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