North Shore Medical Center announced that their new Primary Stroke Center is live as of December 9th.
A primary stroke care center combines the resources of a number of specialties to quickly evaluate and treat patients with complex medical needs. The hospital stroke team includes physicians such as Emergency Department physicians, neurologists, neurosurgeons, interventional radiologists, and radiologists who specialize in the care of strokes. Manny Linares, CEO of North Shore Medical Center said, “At North Shore Medical Center, we believe that the Stroke Center will help us diagnose and treat strokes more quickly. We now have the ability to use evidence-based medicine to establish written protocols for stroke care that are designed to improve patient care and quickly get them the care they need. These protocols have proven to reduce the number of stroke-related complications, which lead to improved quality of life for our patients.”
