title: Monitoring and improving acute stroke care: The North Carolina Stroke Care Collaborative.
abstract: The North Carolina Stroke Care Collaborative is a stroke care quality-improvement (QI) program that provides performance data to hospitals continuously, allowing for rapid feedback and for development of QI initiatives. Between 2005 and 2012, 89,413 stroke cases were enrolled, and the proportion of patients receiving defect-free care improved from 52% to 79%. However, important areas for improvement remain.
authors.affiliation: Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 137 E Franklin St, Ste 306, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA. wayne_rosamond@unc.edu
authors.forename: Wayne
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rosamond
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Paige
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Emily
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mettam
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Sylvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D058996:Quality Improvement; D012042:Registries; D020521:Stroke / Q000628:therapy*; D055815:Young Adult