Stroke Center Certification and Performance: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium Region.

: The NorthEast Cerebrovascular Consortium (NECC) was established in 2006 to improve stroke-systems-of-care models. : This study evaluates the increase in stroke quality over time in NECC and Non-NECC regions, defined as the change in proportion of hospitals over time who received State or National Primary/Comprehensive Stroke Center (PSC/CSC) certification, participated in a national quality program (Get-With-The-Guidelines-Stroke (GWTG-S)), or received GWTG-S Performance Achievement Awards (PAA) from 2005-2013. Analysis of trends was performed (Cochran-Armitage/Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel tests; Generalized-Estimating Equations).

Regional implementation of the stroke systems of care model: recommendations of the northeast cerebrovascular consortium.

Background And Purpose: The Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium was established to examine regional disparities and recommend strategies to improve stroke care based on the Stroke Systems of Care Model.

Methods: An annual summit was first held in 2006, bringing together public health officials, researchers, physicians, nurses, health professionals, state legislators, and advocacy organizations. Best practices and evidence-based interventions within each of the Stroke Systems of Care Model components were presented.