Ontario stroke evaluation report 2014 : On target for stroke prevention and care

Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences vi ONTARIO STROKE EVALUATION REPORT 2014: ON TARGET FOR STROKE PREVENTION AND CARE DATA SOURCES Ontario Stroke Audit of Acute Care Facilities This report includes two main sources of data: In the past, the Ontario Stroke Audit of Acute Care Ontario Stroke Registry data captured from the Facilities was a biennial random sample of patients Ontario Stroke Au [...] Development of stroke QBP indicators with the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care has This year’s report includes the results of the highlighted a need to refine the definition of stroke 2012/13 Ontario Stroke Audit of Acute Care unit care. [...] For example, access to and improve access to stroke unit care by concentrating 1. The Ontario Stroke Network (OSN) should provision of stroke rehabilitation and community stroke care at facilities where stroke expertise and continue to work with the Ministry of Health and services will likely require restructuring in most volumes support the establishment of a stroke unit. [...] Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences 3 ONTARIO STROKE EVALUATION REPORT 2014: ON TARGET FOR STROKE PREVENTION AND CARE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 5. The OSN should continue to share the findings of the Regional Stroke Networks associated with stroke QBP implementation with the Health System Funding Branch of the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care; it should also alert the branch to unintended cons [...] The reduction in the number of cases diagnosed The 2012/13 benchmark was 55.3%, an increase as ‘undetermined stroke’ is likely due to a from 52.0% observed in the 2010/11 Ontario The proportion of stroke patients arriving at the combination of increased rates of brain imaging and Stroke Audit.