NC Quality Improvement Initiatives
NC Stroke Care Collaborative/NC Stroke Registry (NCSCC)
The goals of the North Carolina Stroke Care Collaborative are to: Evaluate the current state of stroke care in North Carolina; Facilitate quality of stroke care improvements in NC hospitals; Build a foundation for a state-wide stroke registry.
(Map Accurate as of May 2011)
Download NCSCC January 2010 Quarterly Newsletter here
Download NCSCC February 2009 Newsletter here
Download NCSCC brochure here
NCSCC Contact: Paige Bennett
(919) 707-5377
paige.bennett@dhhs.nc.gov
NCSCC Website
More Information about the Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry, MMWR Surveillance Summaries, November 6, 2009 / 58(SS07);1-23.
Get with the Guidelines-Stroke (GWTG-Stroke)
Get With The Guidelines-Stroke (GWTG-Stroke) helps ensure continuous quality improvement of acute stroke treatment and ischemic stroke prevention. It focuses on care team protocols to ensure that patients are treated and discharged appropriately. The program is available for implementation at acute care hospitals nationwide.
Contact: Ron Cromartie, FAHA Senior Consultant, Quality Improvement
American Heart Association
Mid-Atlantic Affiliate
Quality Improvement Initiatives
Get With The Guidelines
3131 RDU Center Drive, Suite 100
Morrisville, NC 27560
(919) 463-8332 (direct)
(919) 463-8292 (fax)
(919) 491-6595 (mobile)
Ron.cromartie@heart.org
Presentations from the GWTG-Stroke Meeting
5/13/09 in Durham, NC
- GWTG-Stroke Welcome by Ron Cromartie (AHA/ASA)
- A Unit Based Code Stroke Response Team by Susan Freeman (PCMH)
- Iredell Memorial Hospital by Lynn Teddler Bullard
- Telestroke: a different approach to stroke care by Dr. Robert Adams (MUSC)
- Improving Stroke Care by Following Guidelines by Dr. Reid Taylor (Mission Hospitals)
- GWTG-Stroke: Stroke Performance Dashboard by Gwen Ainsworth (Forsyth Medical Center)
Get With The Guidelines Publications and Program Results
Stroke Quality Improvement Endorsed by the NC Stroke Advisory Council
Justus-Warren Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Legislative Task Force
- Improve the quality of stroke care
- Facilitate secondary prevention
- Enhance communication between emergency responders, hospitals, providers and other key stroke stakeholders
NOTE: This recommendation was used to successfully request NC legislative funding in 2007.
North Carolina Plan to Prevent Heart Disease & Stroke 2005-2010
The NC Plan to Prevent Heart Disease & Stroke 2005-2010 Report focuses on two overarching areas: the prevention of risk factors and the management of risk. Specifically, the plan focuses on:
- Lack of physical activity
- Poor nutrition
- Tobacco use
- Stress
- High blood pressure
- Cholesterol
- Diabetes