Independence Health System’s Frick, Latrobe and Westmoreland Hospitals have once again earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Primary Stroke Center Certification.

Hemorrhagic strokes account for just 13% of the nearly 800,000 strokes that occur in the U.S. each year, yet they are ...

In conclusion, in our single‐center analysis, the MSU was responsible for a significant proportion of thrombectomies in patients who presented directly to our comprehensive stroke center within the ...

Mobile stroke unit (MSU) has been demonstrated to significantly reduce time to treatment and increase the chances of early intravenous thrombolysis with positive effect on clinical outcomes. The ...

Predictors and long-term outcome of intracranial hemorrhage after thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke—A prospective single-center study ...

Individual hospitals have different levels of care available for those experiencing a stroke. The Joint Commission has designated Montefiore Einstein as an advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center (CSC).

The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a well-validated, reliable scoring system for use specifically with stroke patients (Goldstein, Bertels, & Davis, 1989; Lyden et al., 1999).

From Breakthrough Discovery to Lifesaving Treatment: UC San Diego’s Impact on Stroke Care University of California San Diego, with the support of the National Institutes of Health, was instrumental in ...

As the first Comprehensive Stroke Center in the state and second nationally to be certified by DNV, U of U Health has held this gold-level standard of care for 12 years.

SGMC Health has named Cole Seaton, DO, emergency medicine, and Roohi Farooq, MD, neurology, as co-directors of the health system's stroke program.

More patients are surviving and recovering from the most common and severe form of brain stroke thanks to data-driven treatment methods based on the amassing of more than 1 million variables in an ...