Hyper-Acute Stroke Systems of Care and Workflow.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose of review

Recent stroke treatment advances have necessitated agile, broad-scale healthcare system redesign, to achieve optimal patient outcomes and access equity. Optimised hyperacute stroke care requires integrated pre-hospital, emergency department, stroke specialist, radiology, neurosurgical and endovascular neurointervention services, guided by a population-wide needs analysis. In this review, we survey system integration efforts, providing case studies, and identify common elements of successful initiatives.

Recent findings

Different regions and nations have evolved varied acute stroke systems depending on geography, population density and workforce. However, common facilitators to these solutions have included stroke unit care as a foundation, government-clinic

SUBMITTER: Kleinig TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11415429 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature