Stroke Education

Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke patients or their caregivers who were given educational materials during the hospital stay addressing all of the following: activation of emergency medical system, need for follow-up after discharge, medications prescribed at discharge, risk factors for stroke, and warning signs and symptoms of stroke

Patients age 18 and older discharged from inpatient care (non-elective admissions) with a principal diagnosis of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke and a length of stay less than or equal to 120 days that ends during the measurement period

Ischemic stroke or hemorrhagic stroke patients discharged to home, home care, or court/law enforcement

Patients with comfort measures documented

Ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke patients with written documentation that they or their caregivers were given educational material addressing all of the following:

1. Activation of emergency medical system

2. Follow-up after discharge

3. Medications prescribed at discharge

4. Risk factors for stroke

5. Warning signs and symptoms of stroke

Not Applicable

None

Improvement noted as an increase in rate

Written information given to the patient is required to address each and every one of the educational components. These components are modeled in the population criteria and data criteria as communication from provider to patient :activation of emergency medical system, follow-up after discharge, medications prescribed at discharge, risk factors and signs and symptoms, and are intended to be specific to stroke.

The Non-elective admissions value set intends to capture all non-scheduled hospitalizations. This value set is a subset of the Inpatient encounter value set, excluding concepts that specifically refer to elective hospital admissions. Non-elective admissions include emergency, urgent and unplanned admissions.