Minnesota Stroke Registry

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Quality Improvement Corner

Improving the quality of acute stroke care in all Minnesota hospitals is the primary goal of the Minnesota Stroke Registry program. Our program team is eager to work with hospitals in Minnesota on achieving optimal care for stroke patients!

Our Quality Improvement (QI) Services:

Personalized QI consultations
QI technical assistance upon request
Semi-annual QI data reports and data analysis upon request
Connecting hospitals with stroke QI tools and other resources
QI Interest Group
Minnesota Stroke Registry Performance Improvement Collaborative
Conducting an annual QI assessment

Quality Improvement Tools
These quality improvement tools are available for free download below. If your hospital wishes to provide tools of any sort to be shared, please submit this consent form to Lisa Calhoun.

American Heart Association Tools
The American Heart Association has developed a stroke "toolbox" which is accessible to the public. It is intended for hospitals participating in the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program, but is available for anyone to use. Includes guidelines, discharge instructions, dysphagia screening tools, order sets, pathways, patient education materials, and other materials.
AHA GWTG-Stroke Toolbox.

AHA Clinical Tools Library

Articles

Hospital Rates of Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke: The Influence of Organizational Culture.
Jeroen D.H. van Wijngaarden, PhD; Maaike Dirks, MD; Robbert Huijsman, PhD; Louis W. Niessen, MD, PhD; Isabelle N. Fabbricotti, PhD; Diederik W.J. Dippel, MD, PhD the Promoting Acute Thrombolysis for Ischaemic Stroke (PRACTISE) Investigators (Stroke. 2009;40:3390-3392)

Quality Improvement Initiatives Improve Hypertension Care Among Veterans (pdf, 228 kb)

(Choma NN et al.Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2009;2:392-398)

This recent article explores the development of simple interventions to control high blood pressure in out-patient clinics in a VA system. It illustrates several important lessons regarding QI, and may be a useful example for hospitals to see how to create and use QI principles.

Thrombolytic Treatment After Acute Ischemic Stroke Results from the Minnesota Stroke Registry and Opportunities to Improve Care (pdf, 148 kb) (Lakshminarayan K, et al. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Neurology, Volume 1, Number 3, July 2008)

Admission Order Sets

Title	Info	Source	Date Posted	Source State
Order Set: Admission for Ischemic Stroke for Patients not Receiving tPA (7/2009)	pdf	Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)	7/2009	MN
Order Set: Admission for Ischemic Stroke for Patients Receiving tPA (7/2009)	pdf	Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI)	7/2009	MN