The Program

The faculty will discuss how data can drive care and offer case studies with tips and tools on how performance improvement can make a difference in patient care. Research has demonstrated that data collection on outcomes is associated with greater ability to use data to make positive changes in stroke care (Stewert, 2006). Stroke center data collection and evaluations are imperative processes in quality assurance.

Learning Goal/Purpose

The goal of Pursuing Perfection in Performance Measurement is to use data to drive improvements in care of stroke patients.

Educational Objectives

As a result of this activity, participants should be better able to:

• Explain how knowledge and review of data drives stroke care decisions;
• Discuss the need to strive for 100 percent with all measures and guidelines;
• Identify why 100 percent can be more difficult to achieve for some measures and guidelines; and
• Review strategies to improve their own data collection and use.

Target Audience

The target audience includes stroke center coordinators, nurses, medical directors, hospital administrators, neurologists and other healthcare professionals who provide care to stroke patients.

Physician Credit

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of Medical Education Resources (MER) and National Stroke Association. MER is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation

Medical Education Resources designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Credit

MER is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

This CE activity provides 1 contact hour of continuing nursing education.

MER is a provider of continuing nursing approved education by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 12299 for 1 contact hour.

Registration

This program is designated for National Stroke Association's Stroke Center Network and Professional Society members only. Contact Linda Kuhrt to register.

Participation

All participants must complete the post-test and evaluation in order to receive proper credit for attending. There are no fees for participating in and receiving credit for this activity.

Content Developed and Presented By

Jan Jahnel, RN, CNRN
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Peoria, Ill.

Teresa Swanson-Devlin
OSF Saint Francis Medical Center
Peoria, Ill.

Wende Fedder, RN, MBA
Alexian Brothers Health System
Elk Grove Village, Ill.

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

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