The Johns Hopkins Hospital Stroke Center is proud to note our additional quality statistics: The team's carotid endarterectomy data are tracked by the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) and meet the national benchmark. In addition our serious complication rates for diagnostic angiogram are less than 1%, better the national benchmark.

The Johns Hopkins Hospital Stroke Center is dedicated to compliance with core measures and tracks the following stroke care performance data:

• VTE prophylaxis – Stroke patients received treatment to keep blood clots from forming anywhere in the body within two days of arriving at the hospital.
• Discharged on antithrombotic therapy – Stroke patients received prescription before discharge for a medication known to prevent blood clots.
• Discharged on statin – Stroke patients needing medication to lower cholesterol received prescription before discharge.
• Anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation – Stroke patients with an abnormal heartbeat received blood-thinning medication.
• Thrombolytic therapy – Stroke patients received medication to break up a blood clot within three hours after symptoms began.
• Antithrombotic therapy by day two – Stroke patients received medication known to prevent complications within two days of arriving at the hospital.
• Stroke education – Stroke patients received education about stroke treatment and prevention.
• Assessed for rehabilitation – Health care team determined if stroke patients would need rehabilitation after leaving the hospital.

Additional measures required for Comprehensive Stroke Centers

• CSTK 1:A NIHSS is performed for ischemic stroke patients
• CSTK 2: A modified Rankin is done 90 days after discharge for all ischemic stroke patients
• CSTK 3: Severity measurement is performed for all subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) stroke patients 
• CSTK 4: Procoagulant reversal therapy is used for intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) stroke patients with an INR value > 1.4 
• CSTK 5: The hemorrhagic transformation rate is tracked for all ischemic stroke patients
• CSTK 6: Nimodipine treatment is used  within 24 hours  of hospital arrival for subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) stroke patients 
• CSTK 8: Thrombolysis in cerebral infarction (TICI) score is tracked for patients who undergo endovascular procedures
• CSTK 9: Arrival time to skin puncture
• CSTK 10: Favorable outcomes (mRS 0-2)
• CSTK 11: Rate of rapid effective reperfusion from hospital arrival
• CSTK 12: Rate of rapid effective reperfusion from skin puncture

View our publicly reported data for a variety of stroke care metrics (In the search widget, choose Baltimore for the city and stroke for the disease state).