The NECC 1st Annual Summit

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Welcome to The NECC – Conference Overview

Overview of the Stroke Systems of Care Model

• Primordial/Primary Prevention
• Community Education
• Notification and Response of EMS
• Acute Stroke Treatment
• Subacute Stroke Treatment and Secondary Prevention
• Rehabilitation
• Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Activities

Update on Primary Stroke Center Certification

M.J. Hampel
Senior Associate Director, Joint Commission

Inaugural Meeting of The Northeast Cerebrovascular Consortium: Key Note Program

Lee H. Schwamm, MD, FAHA
Director, Partners TeleStroke Center & Acute Stroke Services, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Program Director, MIT – Clinical Research Center

Priomordial/Primary Prevention and Community Education

Physical Activity, Nutrition, Tobacco and Stroke

Debra Wigand, M.Ed., CHES
ME CDC Cardiovascular Health Program

Stroke Prevention Clinics

Dr. Frank L. Silver
Director, University Health Network Stroke Program; Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

Community Outreach: Signs and Symptoms

Ada Griffies, MPH
Program Director, Delta States Stroke Consortium, UAB School of Public Health

Notification and Response of EMS

EMS – Education and Training

Thomas Kwiatkowski, MD, FACEP
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Professor, Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

EMS – Point of Entry

Peter Moyer, M.D.
Professor of Emergency Medicine; Medical Director, Boston Emergency Medical Services

Primary Stroke Centers: Designation, Licensure and Legislative Options

Penelope Solis J.D.
Senior Policy Manager American Heart Association American Stroke Association

Acute/Subacute Stroke Treatment and Secondary Prevention

TeleStroke for Rural Initiatives

Lee H. Schwamm, MD, FAHA
Director, Partners TeleStroke Center & Acute Stroke Services, Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Program Director, MIT – Clinical Research Center

Acute Ischemic Stroke Update: New Trial Results

Marc Fisher, MD
Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Medical School

Secondary Prevention of Ischemic Stroke and TIA

Ralph L. Sacco, MS, MD, FAHA FAAN
Professor of Nuerology and Epidemiology Head, Stroke and Crital CareAssociate Chair of Nuerology Columbia University New York Presbyterian Hospital

Rehabilitation

CARF Standards
Susan M. Ganson, RN, NHA, CARF-CCAC Washington, DC

Post-acute Care
Janet Prvu Bettger, ScD
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Pennsylvania

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Activities

Impact of HIPAA/IRB on QI initiatives

Impact of Privacy Rules on QI initiatives
Frank L. Silver, MD, FRCPC
Director, University Health Network Stroke Program; Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

Factors Influencing Adherence: Prescription Benefits
Jerry Avorn, MD
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Chief of the Divisionof Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham & Women’s Hospital

Reception and Keynote: Defect Free Stroke Care: How Do We Get There?

Public Health Initiatives: Coverdell Registry and the CDC Roadmap
Judy Hannan, RN, MPH

Mandatory Public Reporting

William Taylor, MD, MPH
Associate Regional Administrator – Division of Quality Improvement, Boston Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Pay for Performance

John T. Berthiaume, MD, FACP
Clinical Professor John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Stroke Systems of Care Components: State Summary of Progress to Date (15 mins each)

Connecticut

Gary St. Amand
Health Program Associate, State of Connecticut Department of Public Health, Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program

Massachusetts

Kathy Foell
Director of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Control, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Shannon Melluzzo
Regional Director, Northeast Affiliate – American Stroke Association

New York

John N. Morley, MD
Medical Director, New York State Department of Health Office of Health Systems Management

New Jersey

Richard M. Hodosh, M.D.
Medical Director Atlantic Brain & Spine Institute

Dorleena Sammons-Posey
Director, Chronic Disease Prevention – NJ Department of Health and Senior Services

Vermont

Christopher Commichau, M.D.
Program Director – Fletcher Allan Health Care

New Hampshire

Timothy G. Lukovits, MD
Co-Director, Comprehensive Stroke Program, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Maine

Danielle Louder
Cardiovascular Health Specialist – Maine Cardiovascular Health Program

Rhode Island

Douglas DeOrchis, MD
Miriam Hospital

Identifying Cross-Border Opportunities for Collaboration

Breakout Sessions by Topic with Working Lunch

Health Promotion and Community Outreach: Developing Broadcast Quality Community Education

Stroke Heroes Act FAST

Juan Mandelbaum
President, Geovision

Stroke Warning Information and Faster Treatment (SWIFT)
Bernadette Boden-Albala, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Science in Columbia University’s Departments of Neurology and Sociomedical Science

National Stroke Association–Social Marketing Strategies in Promoting the Stroke Message
Diane Mulligan-Fairfield
National Stroke Associaiton, Vice President of National Communications

American Stroke Association Ad Council Public Service Announcement
Julie Grabarkewitz
Senior Advertising Manager, American Heart Association

Primary Prevention: Role of Lipid Lowering Therapy in Stroke Prevention
Lipid lowering for primary and secondary stroke prevention
Larry B. Goldstein, MD, FAAN, FAHA
Duke University and Durham VA Medical Center

Measuring and Addressing Disparities in Stroke Prevention
Ralph L. Sacco, MS, MD, FAHA FAAN
Professor of Nuerology and Epidemiology Head, Stroke and Crital CareAssociate Chair of Nuerology Columbia University New York Presbyterian Hospital

Prehospital/EMS: Emergency Dispatch, EMS Response, Point of Entry

Cross Border Relationships – EMS
Janet H. Brice, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, University of North Carolina, Medical Director of Orange County EMS

Emergency Dispatch, EMS Response, Point of Entry
Thomas Kwiatkowski, MD, FACEP
Chairman, Department of Emergency Medicine, Long Island Jewish Medical Center; Professor, Emergency Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Hospital Based Acute Stroke Care: Acute Stroke Update

Acute Stroke Update
Mark J. Alberts, MD
Director, Stroke Program, Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University Medical School

Update on Endovascular Treatment of Acute Stroke
Adnan I. Qureshi, MD
Neurology, UMDNJ- New Jersey Medical School; Director, Stroke Center; Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosciences

Rehabilitation: Assessing Stroke Rehabilitation Resources

Assessing Stroke Rehabilitation Resources: Defining Supply and Demand Speakers
Dr. Carl V. Granger
Professor and Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Rehabilitative Medicine in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Science

Gary Stillman, OTR
Occupational Therapist with Kaleida Health in Buffalo, New York

New Frontiers in Rehabilitation: Harnessing the Powers of Advanced Technology – Clinical Trials in Brain-Computer Interfaces
Leigh R. Hochberg, MD, PhD
Massachusetts Gerneral Hospital; Brigham & Women’s Hospital; Spaulding Rehabilitation; Providence VA Medical Center Rehab Research & Design Science; Brown University

Report Out from Breakouts and Sharing of Ideas

Health Promotion and Community Outreach
Kathy Foell
Director of Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and Control, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Primary Prevention
Magdy Selim, MD, PhD

Prehospital/EMS
Peter Moyer, M.D.
Professor of Emergency Medicine; Medical Director, Boston Emergency Medical Services

Hospital Based Acute Stroke Care
Peter Panagos, MD

Rehabilitation
Lynne Brady Wagner, MA, CCC-SLP

Lessons Learned from The Other Networks/Consortiums

Three ideas that worked and three that didn’t: Advice to The NECC

Canadian Stroke Network
Dr. Frank L. Silver
Director, University Health Network Stroke Program; Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

Tri-State Stroke Consortium
Laurie H. Mettam, M.Ed.
Executive Director, Tri-State Stroke Network

Bavarian Regional Stroke Units
Heinrich J. Audebert, MD
Department of Neurology, Klinikum Munich Harlaching, Munich, Germany

Stroke Belt Consortium
Mark J. Alberts, MD
Director, Stroke Program, Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Professor of Neurology, Northwestern University Medical School

Great Lakes Stroke Consortium
Angela Bray Hedworth, MS, CHES, RHEd.
Great Lakes Regional Stroke Network, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, Center for Stroke Research

Delta States Stroke Consortium
Ada Griffies, MPH
Program Director, Delta States Stroke Consortium, UAB School of Public Health

Stakeholder/Partner Updates

Center for Disease Control
Mary George, MD, MSPH, FACS
Deputy Director, Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention – Center for Disease Control

American Heart Association/American Stroke Association

Dennis Milne, VP Patient Education and the ASA
National Stroke Association

Jim Baranski, CEO
STOP Stroke Act
Senator Edward Kennedy

Friday, September 15, 2006

• Writing Group Meeting
• Designing a Blueprint for a Regional Stroke System of Care
• Developing an Action Plan
• Setting Priorities
• Defining Deliverables