Anna Alegiani, Michael Rosenkranz, Leonie Schmitz, Susanne Lezius, Günter Seidel, Volker Heßelmann, Rudolf Töpper, Christoph Terborg, Peter P Urban, Roland Brüning, Jan Höltje, Florian Lienau, Christian Arning, Lars Marquardt, Axel Müller-Jensen, Joachim Röther, Bernd Eckert, Antonia Zapf, Jens Fiehler, Götz Thomalla, Christian Gerloff
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Rapid access to acute stroke treatment improves clinical outcomes in patients with ischemic stroke. We aimed to shorten the time to admission and to acute stroke treatment for patients with acute stroke in the Hamburg metropolitan area by collaborative multilevel measures involving all hospitals with stroke units, the Emergency Medical Services (EMS), and health-care authorities. METHODS: In 2007, an area-wide stroke care quality project was initiated...
2022: European Neurology