title: Improved Immediate and Continued-Care Outcomes for Stroke through Community-Wide Data.
abstract: Strokes account for 1 of every 18 deaths in North America, and remain a major burden cost-wise and clinically for societies globally. Quicker and more clinically astute care for stroke leads to improved outcomes for the patient, families and the healthcare system at large. The intervention shared illustrates how a locally-programmable EMR with inherent community-wide communications capabilities leads to proven better outcomes for all. The impacts range from initial hospital encounter through acute-care treatment, and then more broadly into post-discharge care community-wide. Implications for all healthcare communities are established.
authors.affiliation: Center for Policy & Public Administration.
authors.forename: Steven H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Shaha
authors.affiliation: Allscripts.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gilbert-Bradley
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000191:economics*; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D058996:Quality Improvement; D020521:Stroke / Q000191:economics* / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology