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Alteplase Administration For Acute Ischemic Stroke (Ais) In Er - A 5-Year Review, Ali A. Saherwala, Md, Diana Tzeng, Md, Robin Dharia, Md
Alteplase Administration For Acute Ischemic Stroke (Ais) In Er - A 5-Year Review, Ali A. Saherwala, Md, Diana Tzeng, Md, Robin Dharia, Md
Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQI) Summit
- ER visits for AIS grown in last 10 years by 25%
- Ongoing effort by AHA/ASA to improve access to care with early stroke recognition and awareness
- Time is brain; rate of thrombolysis with alteplase (ALT) should increase with better EMS systems, awareness, and education
Addressing Health Disparities And Access In The Department Of Neurology Outpatient Setting In The Era Of The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Quality Improvement Initiative, V. Wang, M. Rehman, K. Burda, L. Liao, M. Braslavsky, T. Chuang, J. Diep, Md, E. Isaac, E. Wong
Addressing Health Disparities And Access In The Department Of Neurology Outpatient Setting In The Era Of The Covid-19 Pandemic: A Quality Improvement Initiative, V. Wang, M. Rehman, K. Burda, L. Liao, M. Braslavsky, T. Chuang, J. Diep, Md, E. Isaac, E. Wong
Health Equity and Quality Improvement (HEQI) Summit
Neurology, a largely outpatient specialty, has joined many other fields in the endeavor of incorporating telemedicine.4,6,7 We present the results of analysis of the Epic Electronic Medical Record (EMR) of all outpatient visits from the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Department of Neurology from 2019 to 2020 in order to identify areas of ethnic minority and geographic disparities with regards to usage of telemedicine. For our analyses, we have included Neurology patients across the General Neurology (JUP Neurology 909 Walnut NEU), Headache Center (HA), and Multiple Sclerosis Center (MS). Additionally, based on patient surveys from a subset of our outpatient …