Quality improvement program helps lower risk of bleeding, death following stroke
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 12:03
in Health & Medicine
In a study that included more than 71,000 stroke patients, implementation of a quality initiative was associated with improvement in the time to treatment and a lower risk of in-hospital death, intracranial hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain), and an increase in the portion of patients discharged to their home.