Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital earns national recognition for efforts to improve stroke treatment.

Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital has been awarded the Stroke Quality Achievement Award for their commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines.  Great job to all staff that work on a daily basis to improve outcomes for our stroke patients!

Gold Plus Recognition/Elite:  Hospitals receiving this award have reached an aggressive goal of treating patients with 85 percent or higher compliance to core standard levels of care as outlined by the American Stroke Association for 2 consecutive calendar years. In addition, those hospitals have demonstrated 75 percent compliance to four out of seven stroke quality measures during the 12-month period.

Target: Stroke Honor Roll Advanced Therapy award: For this award, we successfully treated at least 50% of qualified stroke patients within 90 minutes of arriving directly to their facility and within 60 minutes of arriving by EMS transport.

Target: Type 2 Honor Roll award: To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet quality measures developed with more than 90% of compliance for 12 consecutive months for the “Overall Diabetes Cardiovascular Initiative Composite Score.