Telestroke Process at a Community Hospital: A Quality Improvement Project.

Introduction: An updated stroke process was designed and implemented at an Acute Stroke Ready community hospital that relies on telestroke services. The objectives of the current quality improvement project were to describe the updates to the stroke process and compare pre- and postintervention data on nurse-driven elements of the process, namely telestroke notification and neurologist assessment.

Methods: Our multidisciplinary team reviewed quality data over several months to identify areas of improvement in the stroke process.