Quality Report - Neuroscience Institute
Accreditation/Certifications
- Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification - DNV GL
- Approved Stroke Center - LA County
Awards
- Get With the Guidelines® Gold Plus Award 2016 - American Stroke Association
Our Scores
The numbers below reflect how Adventist Health Glendale scores on measures that are reported to The Joint Commission compared to hospitals nationally.
Stroke Care: National Quality Improvement Goals
*Comparison data shown is reported by The Joint Commission for reporting period October 2015-September 2016 (most recent available from The Joint Commission). Higher percentages are better.
Thrombolytic therapy administered
Percentage of acute ischemic stroke patients who receive a medicine that breaks up blood clots (thrombolytic therapy) within 180 minutes of stroke symptom onset. Breaking up blood clots increases blood flow to the brain. If blood flow is returned to the brain quickly during a stroke, the risk of brain damage and loss of physical function is decreased. The medicine that breaks up clots in the arteries and allows the return of normal blood flow is called thrombolytic therapy or “t-PA”. It is important that this medicine be given quickly after an ischemic stroke is diagnosed.
