National guidelines recommend treatment time for stroke patients be under 60 minutes, yet the guidelines fail to suggest how to lower door-to-needle times. So Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis found a solution in Lean manufacturing techniques … Read more on FierceHealthcare
Nixing Time Wasters Speeds Stroke Treatment
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Institution of the new protocol resulted in reduced median door-to-needle time and an increase in the percentage of patients treated within the American Heart Association's Stroke goal of 60 minutes or less. The same techniques that streamlined … Read more on MedPage Today
Jupiter Medical Center Named Top In The Nation By HealthGrades
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JUPITER, Fla., Oct. 23, 2012 — /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Jupiter Medical Center is in the top 10% in the nation for Treatment of Stroke (11 years in a row), Overall Pulmonary Services (7 years in a row) and GI Medical Treatment (3 years in a row … Read more on Sacramento Bee
Speeding up stroke treatment – A team of stroke clinicians and emergency department staff at Barnes-Jewish Hospital borrowed techniques from the auto industry to give ischemic stroke patients a chance at better outcomes by reducing door-to-needle time for patients receiving tPA to 30 minutes. For more information about stroke, visit www.barnesjewish.org
