About Us
Why Choose Holy Cross Health for Stroke Care?
The Joint Commission recommends that an IV thrombolytic be administered within 60 Minutes after a patient arrives to a hospital.
Holy Cross strives to do better and routinely gives eligible patients this life saving medication within 30 Minutes of arrival to the Emergency Department. *data from Get With The Guidelines
The Joint Commission recommends that a catheter be placed in the brain to remove a blood clot (a stroke) within 90 Minutes of an eligible patient's arrival to the hospital. The desired benchmark is 50%.
Holy Cross has surpassed that for each of the past 3 years. *data from Get With The Guidelines
Stroke Mortality Rates.*
Lower is better.
**all data obtained from American Heart Association's Get With The Guideline database
Committed to Improving Patient Care
To improve patient care, we are expanding our stroke follow-up clinic to two sessions a week. We have added an additional Provider and expanded patient and family member educational opportunities.
*all data obtained from American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines database