Legacy Health System’s Comprehensive Stroke Program’s multidisciplinary, approach to stroke education, prevention and treatment is reducing the incidence of stroke in Oregon and limiting disability as a result of stroke.
The program has been recognized repeatedly by the American Stroke Association for outstanding clinical performance. In addition, three Legacy hospitals have received Certificates of Distinction as Stroke Centers from the Joint Commission, healthcare’s primary accreditation organization.
Treatment in a stroke center means better recovery for patients.
The Legacy Comprehensive Stroke Program follows patients long after their strokes to ensure that they are able to recover their lives in the community, with these results:
Longer life: Nationally, the survival rate for people who have had a stroke and seek hospital help is less than 90 percent. At Legacy hospitals, the average survival rate is 97 percent.
Better quality of life: More than 80 percent of stroke patients treated in Legacy’s program are able to live at home three months after their stroke. Studies show that treatment in a specialized stroke care unit significantly improves the ability of a person who has had a stroke to return to living at home.
Better preventative care: At Legacy, 100 percent of Stroke Program patients receive preventative therapy and have a coordinated plan for rehabilitation, in contrast to many institutions that are able to provide these services for only 70-80 percent of patients.
Fewer in-hospital complications: In-hospital complications are common and costly. Because the entire Stroke Team is focused on the unique problems that stroke can cause, they have established an excellent record, particularly in reducing the incidence of diseases a patient might developed while in the hospital.
See Legacy Stroke Program for more information or contact Jean Carlton, Legacy Stroke Program Coordinator.
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