Facilities
A directory of locations of certified priamary stroke centers in the United States.
The goal of the Stroke Center Network is to ensure that all stroke patients in the US have access to quality stroke care. We seek to achieve this goal by supplying our members with tools and resources that will help to improve individual stroke patient outcomes.
The Commissioner of Health is pleased to inform you that it is the intent of the Department of Health to establish State designated stroke centers statewide to improve the standard and access to quality of care for patients with a presumptive diagnosis of stroke.
The Acute Stroke Treatment Program (ASTP) guides hospitals through a step-by-step process for establishing a Primary Stroke Center in their facility.
The Primary Stroke Center Certification Program uses the Recommendations for Primary Stroke Centers published by the Brain Attack Coalition and American Stroke Association statements for stroke. The program, implemented by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Hospital Organizations (JCAHO), evaluates stroke care provided by hospitals.
Anne Arundel Medical Center has earned certification as a primary stroke center from the Joint Commission, becoming the only hospital in the region and one of just eight in the state to have earned this highly specialized designation.
The Stroke Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is dedicated to preventing, diagnosing and treating strokes, offering applications of the latest technology and medications while treating the stroke patient's entire needs.
Cleveland Clinic's Acute Stroke Center is a state-of-the-art facility equipped with diagnostic tools such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, duplex ultrasound and digital subtraction angiography necessary to quickly assess brain aneurysms, strokes, hemorrhages and other neurological disorders.
The Emory Stroke Center is dedicated to fostering better outcomes for stroke care. As a certified Primary Stroke Center, we provide rapid response in diagnosing and treating stroke patients.
As stroke centers, the hospitals are expected to be able to better prioritize potential stroke victims, more quickly perform blood tests, CT scans and neurological consultations, and more effectively tailor treatment and rehabilitation.
Lancaster General Hospital has a dedicated team specially trained for stroke patients. Our skilled team members include: neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuropsychologists, cardiologists, radiologists and interventional radiologists, physiatrists, nurses, nurse care managers and neuro rehab specialists.
Lutheran Medical Center's interdisciplinary Stroke Center, is aggressively identifying, targeting and providing stroke treatment and stroke rehabilitation services. Our three-pronged approach includes rapid assessment, immediate intervention and comprehensive rehabilitation.
Offering the region’s most comprehensive neuro care, Mission Hospital is a certified Primary Stroke Center – the only community-based hospital in Orange County and one of only two hospitals countywide to hold this elite certification. This elite distinction recognizes expert physicians and staff have the capabilities to deliver the most advanced stroke care for critical cases. Less than five percent of hospital’s in the U.S. hold a Primary Stroke Center certification.
Mount Carmel is dedicated to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of stroke. Our stroke team includes emergency medicine physicians, neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists and rehabilitation specialists. Together, this multidisciplinary team provides a coordinated rapid response system for treating stroke patients.
The Stroke Program offers the latest in technology, the expertise of many specialists, and a coordinated, multi-disciplinary "team" approach to treatment.
Providence Stroke Center is the first nationally certified stroke center in Oregon. It boasts 24-hour on-call teams at both Providence Portland Medical Center and Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. Our stroke team experts include neurologists, neurosurgeons, radiologists, nurses and therapists. They quickly diagnose patients and use the most advanced methods available to restore blood flow to the brain.
The Stanford Stroke Center brings together physicians from multiple specialties, including neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, internal medicine and emergency medicine to provide comprehensive evaluation and management of patients with cerebrovascular diseases
Welcome to the Stroke Trials Registry, a continuously updated registry of randomized clinical trials in stroke and cerebrovascular disease. This project is a free public service from the Internet Stroke Center at Washington University School of Medicine; with support from the American Stroke Association and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
Many hospitals participate in the StrokeSense program, there doctors and emergency response teams are well equipped with information about stroke.
Swedish has assembled a team of highly skilled medical professionals – including emergency physicians, surgeons, neurologists, nurses, therapists, laboratory and pharmacy staff, radiologists, and even patient transporters – who are specially trained to respond quickly and completely to the needs of a stroke patient.
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