Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital has earned recertification of Advanced Primary Stroke Center Certification by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards from The Joint Commission. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care.
Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital underwent a rigorous, onsite review on Dec. 23, 2022. During the visit, a Joint Commission reviewer evaluated compliance with Advanced Primary Stroke Center standards spanning several areas, including emergency management and timely treatment of patients presenting with stroke-like symptoms. To prepare for this recertification process, the team established compliance with Joint Commission standards as well as American Heart Association Stroke Care Clinical Practice Guidelines.
The Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital Stroke Program provides evidence-based primary stroke care including evaluation, treatment and education to patients who present to Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital with signs and symptoms of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). Our stroke leadership team, including the medical director (neurologist), stroke coordinator and Stroke Multidisciplinary Committee are actively involved in the stroke program ensuring that all patients receive high-quality, innovative stroke care.
For critical stroke patients who require a higher level of care than Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital has the ability to provide, partnerships have been put into place to provide transfer to a tertiary facility with resources to provide comprehensive neurological and neurosurgical support and a full range of diagnostic and endovascular therapeutic procedures. These partnerships allow us to share imaging results, such as CT scans, for consultations and collaboration between healthcare provider improving consistency in stroke care.
The Joint Commission’s standards are developed in consultation with health care experts and providers, measurement experts and patients. They are informed by scientific literature and expert consensus to help health care organizations measure, assess and improve performance. The surveyor also conducted onsite observations and interviews.
“As a heath care accreditor, The Joint Commission works with health care organizations across settings to help improve patient safety and quality of care through our expert resources and tools, innovative solutions and rigorous standards,” says Deborah Ryan, MS, RN, interim executive vice president, Accreditation and Certification Operations, The Joint Commission. “We commend Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital for its commitment to advance safety and quality for all patients.”
The Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital Stroke Program also includes the use of medications like tPA, antithrombotics, anticoagulation therapy, DVT prophylaxis, cholesterol-reducing drugs and smoking cessation medications. Our program also provides education to the community on stroke prevention, and our program ensures that the medical staff is trained on the most current clinical best practices.
The team members of the program work hard to ensure that patients receive superior stroke treatment, management and education. Lourdes Hospital proud to be a trusted facility that provides high-quality and evidence-based practice stroke care to this area.
Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital underwent a rigorous, onsite review on Dec. 23, 2022. During the visit, a Joint Commission reviewer evaluated compliance with Advanced Primary Stroke Center standards spanning several areas, including emergency management and timely treatment of patients presenting with stroke-like symptoms. To prepare for this recertification process, the team established compliance with Joint Commission standards as well as American Heart Association Stroke Care Clinical Practice Guidelines.
The Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital Stroke Program provides evidence-based primary stroke care including evaluation, treatment and education to patients who present to Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital with signs and symptoms of stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA). Our stroke leadership team, including the medical director (neurologist), stroke coordinator and Stroke Multidisciplinary Committee are actively involved in the stroke program ensuring that all patients receive high-quality, innovative stroke care.
For critical stroke patients who require a higher level of care than Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital has the ability to provide, partnerships have been put into place to provide transfer to a tertiary facility with resources to provide comprehensive neurological and neurosurgical support and a full range of diagnostic and endovascular therapeutic procedures. These partnerships allow us to share imaging results, such as CT scans, for consultations and collaboration between healthcare provider improving consistency in stroke care.
The Joint Commission’s standards are developed in consultation with health care experts and providers, measurement experts and patients. They are informed by scientific literature and expert consensus to help health care organizations measure, assess and improve performance. The surveyor also conducted onsite observations and interviews.
“As a heath care accreditor, The Joint Commission works with health care organizations across settings to help improve patient safety and quality of care through our expert resources and tools, innovative solutions and rigorous standards,” says Deborah Ryan, MS, RN, interim executive vice president, Accreditation and Certification Operations, The Joint Commission. “We commend Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital for its commitment to advance safety and quality for all patients.”
The Mercy Health – Lourdes Hospital Stroke Program also includes the use of medications like tPA, antithrombotics, anticoagulation therapy, DVT prophylaxis, cholesterol-reducing drugs and smoking cessation medications. Our program also provides education to the community on stroke prevention, and our program ensures that the medical staff is trained on the most current clinical best practices.
The team members of the program work hard to ensure that patients receive superior stroke treatment, management and education. Lourdes Hospital proud to be a trusted facility that provides high-quality and evidence-based practice stroke care to this area.