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The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association GWTG (Get with The Guidelines) - Stroke Program is a performance improvement program for hospitals that uses a stroke registry to support its aims. GWTG-Stroke collects patient level data on characteristics, diagnostic testing, treatments, adherence to quality measures, and in-hospital outcomes on patients hospitalized with stroke and transient ischemic attack (TIA). Collection of comprehensive, continuous stroke data supports data analysis and the development of interventions to improve stroke care.
The primary goal of GWTG-Stroke program is to improve the quality of care and outcomes for patients hospitalized with stroke and TIA. The GWTG-Stroke registry helps achieve this goal in a variety of ways, including:
* Enabling high caliber stroke research.
* Promoting stroke center designation.
* Supporting hospital level quality improvement, and
* Driving the creation of a regional stroke system
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