What should I look for in a health care facility to find the best stroke care?
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Nina Solenski
Associate Professor of Neurology, University of Virginia Health System
434-924-1182
njs2j@virginia.edu
The University of Virginia's Department of Neurology is Virginia's foremost research and treatment center for disorders affecting the nervous system. Our neurology department is among the nation's top 20 centers ranked by U.S. News & World Report. We offer the most advanced diagnosis and treatment for strokes, headaches, epilepsy, dementias, movement disorders, brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, and all other neurological disorders and diseases.
What should I look for in a health care facility to find the best stroke care?
Dr. Nina Solenski, Stroke Neurologist at the University of Virginia Health System, describes stroke treatment and prevention including what you should look for in a healthcare facility to find the best stroke care.
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Host: What should I look for in a healthcare facility to find the best stroke care?
Dr. Nina Solenski: It is absolutely important to do your homework before anything serious like this happens. One of the important things to look at is whether or not a hospital is accredited specifically in stroke care. That's known as a primary stroke center. Those centers that carry that designation and also need to be accredited by the Joint Commission specifically have gone through a very rigorous evaluation to make sure that they can give very, very high quality care to their stroke patients. So having that designation guarantees you that you will have the best possible care that you can. So that's very important. The hope is that all of these hospitals can be identified in your region. If not, I suggest that you go to the Joint Commission's website. They actually list all of those hospitals and you can find out for yourself what's available regionally.
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