WHAT WILL BE DISCUSSED:
• How to plan and develop Comprehensive Stroke Centers from the ground up to deliver effective, high quality care
• Emerging trends and strategic opportunities in acute stroke care and treatments: Positioning for success
• Joint Commission certification and recertification
• Telemedicine: Setting up successful regional stroke systems using telemedicine
• Reimbursement issues and return on investment
• Advancing from Primary Stroke Center to a Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Developing neuro endovascular services for advanced stroke interventions
• Integrating neuro proceduralists (interventional neurologist) into your stroke program
• Integrating air-medical services in acute stroke care
• CMS update on stroke --- Stroke Registry and Pay for Performance
• Outcomes and Measurement
• Improving quality of care, staff efficiency and cooperation, while reducing LOS and indirect costs
• The role of stroke-rehab and post-hospitalization programs
• Defining and measuring infrastructure for a Stroke Center of Excellence
• Performance Improvement Models
• Staffing models – Recruiting
• Nuts and bolts of business/medical management of stroke programs
• Financial implications in building a successful Stroke Center
• Implementing a stroke service line in a community hospital setting
• Team formation: Restructuring the communication strategy of every department involved in stroke treatment from prevention to diagnosis to rehabilitation
• Acute stroke within and beyond 3 hours
• New models for achieving operational excellence, gaining competitive advantage, and increasing financial performance
And many more…!