About the Minnesota Stroke Registry
In June 2007, the Minnesota Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (HDSP) Unit at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) received a grant from the CDC to implement the Minnesota Stroke Registry. The HDSP Unit partnered with the University of Minnesota to apply for this grant award.
Currently, we are preparing for data collection to begin in January 2008. Hospitals who were invited to participate in year one of this program will be formalizing their agreements with MDH between now and January.
Data will be collected prospectively and concurrent with care for stroke patients. This process will improve the quality of stroke care by continually promoting compliance with best practice guidelines. The registry’s performance measures include the standard stroke measure set utilized by the Joint Commission for awarding the Certification of Primary Stroke Center.
Specific aims of the Minnesota Stroke Registry are:
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Identify all patients seen in emergency departments presenting with possible acute stroke in Minnesota hospitals.
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Collect data on quality of care indicators concurrent with patient care, and transmit these data to a centralized, web-based registry database.
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Promote and support quality improvement activities, interventions, and systems-level changes at each registry site.
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Assess completeness of patient enrollment, reliability of data collection, and validity of diagnosis for enrolled patients.
Partners
The Minnesota Stroke Registry is a collaborative partnership among a number of groups and organizations, all of whom have the goal of improving the quality of care of acute stroke patients in Minnesota. Our partners include:
American Academy of Neurology
American Stroke Association/American Heart Association
Brain Injury Association, Minnesota Chapter
Emergency Nurses Association, Minnesota State Council
Emergency Physicians & Consultants, PA
Minnesota Department of Health, Office of Rural Health and Primary Care
Minnesota Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board
Minnesota Hospital Association
Minnesota Stroke Association
Stratis Health
