The quality of stroke care in Canada : Qualité des soins de l'AVC au Canada

Page 1 The Quality of Stroke Care in Canada Canadian Stroke Network 2011 ! ! The Quality of Stroke Care in Canada ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Quality of Stroke Care in Canada was funded and authored by the Canadian Stroke Network using the database and methodology developed for the Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network. [...] Moira Kapral of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Janusz Kaczorowski, PhD, of the University of British Columbia, Nicol Korner- Bitensky, PhD, of McGill University, Katie Lafferty of the Canadian Stroke Network, Neala Gill and Katie White of Cardiovascular Health Nova Scotia, and Elizabeth Woodbury of the Canadian Stroke Strategy. [...] For this reason, the Canadian Stroke Network conducted an audit of a representative/random sample of hospital records of patients with stroke, supplemented with data from national health databases, to produce the first-ever report on The Quality of Stroke Care in Canada. [...] Ultimately, the hope is that the results of this report will be used to prioritize investments in stroke care and improve and monitor the quality of stroke care for all Canadians. [...] In 2010, Accreditation Canada and the Canadian Stroke Network announced the rollout of the Stroke Services Distinction accreditation, awarded to health centres that comply with Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care.!! For the purposes of The Quality of Stroke Care in Canada, current Canadian practices were compared to the best practices described in the Canadian Best Practice Reco