The NECC 3rd Annual Summit Poster Presentations
Rhode Island Stroke System of Care
Rhode Island Stroke Task Force, Rhode Island Department of Health and American Stroke Association
Safety and Efficacy of Intravenous t-PA in Stroke in the Elderly (85 years or older) Acute Treatment for Stroke
Shalini M Bansil, MD, Medical Director, Stroke Program, Overlook Hospital, Atlantic Neuroscience Institute
Assessing improvement in performance measure adherence using regression trend analysis;
Results from the Massachusetts Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry
Laura J Coe, MPH; Katrina D’Amore, MPH; H June O’Neill, MPH; Hilary K Wall, MPH; Cynthia L Boddie-Willis, MD, MPH – Massachusetts Department of Public Health; Lee H Schwamm MD, FAHA, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Judith A Hinchey MD, Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Boston, MA
ADVANCING STROKE CARE IN CONNECTICUT
Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) Initiatives
Linda Cooney, MPH, BSN, RN, Connecticut Department of Public Health – Public Health Initiatives, Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
PERCEPTION OF STROKE RISK AND HEALTH CARE FOLLOW-UP IN AT-RISK WOMEN
Jennifer Dearborn, BA, University of Connecticut Health Center, Department of Neurology, Farmington, CT; Louise McCullough, MD, PhD, Hartford Hospital, Stroke Center, Hartford, CT
IMPLEMENTATION OF GET WITH THE GUIDELINES – STROKE
at Forest Hills Hospital, New York
Ruban Dhaliwal MD, Ami Patel MD, Mandeep Saluja MD,Brenda Mendez RN, Mohammad Sheikhai MD
Enhanced Community Access to Blood Pressure Checks: Pharmacy Blood Pressure Kiosk Placement Program
Guthartz SD, Goldstein GP, Vaughn BC, Daya SM, Yi SS – New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, NY; Duggal RM – Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY; Walsh EF, Angell SY – Hunter College of Health Sciences City University of NY, NY
The Introduction of the AHA/ASA Sharegivers Program into the Rural Community
Rebecca Louko, PT and Sharon Kenney, RN – Fletcher Allen Health Care – Burlington, Vermont
Stroke Care in Maine: Analysis of All-Payer Claims Data to Measure Stroke Quality of Care
Louder D, Maine CDC/DHHS Cardiovascular Health Program, Augusta, ME; Stein R, Penobscot Bay Medical Center, Rockport, ME; Keith R, University of Southern Maine, Portland, ME; Zanichkowsky R, American Stroke Association – Founder Affiliate, Scarborough, ME
Inter-hospital Helicopter Transport in New Hampshire: Changes Over a Six-Year Period
Timothy G. Lukovits, M.D.; Susannah L. Von Iderstine, R.N. – Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
NEW JERSEY’S STROKE CENTER ACT
Abate Mammo, PhD, Debra Virgilio, RN, MPH, Martin Gizzi, MD, PhD – New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services and the Stroke Advisory Panel
Safety of Thrombolytics in Patients with Malignancy and Acute Ischemic Stroke
Shihab Masrur, Abdul R Abdullah, Eric E Smith, Renzo Hidalgo, Ahmed El-Ghandour, Guy Rordorf, Lee H Schwamm
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
NEW JERSEY STROKE COORDINATORS CONSORTIUM
Increasing Stroke Knowledge through Community Based Education: New Jersey’s Innovative Initiatives
Angela N. McCall-Brown, MSN, RN – Atlantic Health Institute at Overlook Hospital; Johanna Demirjian, RN, MSN, APN, C – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton
An Innovative and Interdisciplinary Approach to Medication Management in the Stroke and Brain Injruy Patient
Joseph Braviak, MS, RPh; Carl Masslag, MBA, RPh; Monika Eller, OTR; Antoinette Gentile, OTR, Lauren McDonagh, PT; Laleh Jamshidi-Azad, RN, CRRN; Anna Barrett, MD; Alison Ritter
Community Education: Improving Stroke Awareness
Jennifer Ann Nascimento RN , Louise D. McCullough MD, PhD – Stroke Program, St. Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT
New Jersey Stroke Coordinator Consortium (NJSCC): Stroke Professional Education in NJ
Shirley Shook, MSN, RN, BC, CCRN, Bayshore Community Hospital; Erin Winkels, BSN, RN, Kimball Medical Center
Stroke Awareness Impact of a Multi-Media Campaign
Deborah Spicer, RD, MPH; Tiana Howland, RN; Barbara Dennison, MD; Dayna Maniccia MS; Janine Jurkowski, PhD
Stroke Awareness Multi-Media Campaign in Central New York
Rochele Clark B.S., R.N. University Hospital; Sheree Murphy M.S., American Heart Association; Chrisitine Chalupnicki, R.D., M.P.H., NYSDOH CNY Regional Office
Using a media campaign to increase knowledge of the signs of stroke
Hilary K Wall, MPH; Kathleen M Foell, RD, MS; Cynthia L Boddie-Willis, MD, MPH – Massachusetts Department of Public Health