Bjorn Logi Thorarinsson: Strengthening Stroke Units Through Certification, Registries, and Evidence-Based Practice
Bjorn Logi Thorarinsson, Neurologist at Landspitali University Hospital, shared on LinkedIn:
”We in the Stroke Unit Certification committee of ESO and SAPE, organised a ESO Webinar on the topic of Stroke Unit and stroke Center Care on the 15th of April.
We wanted to highligt the fundamentals of Stroke Unit care its benefit and evidence and how certification, stroke registries and audit can be instrumental in improving our care.
As we celebrate new evidence and success of advanced treatment we must strenghen and improve access to stroke unit care, our most impactful intervention in stroke.
Here attached is my presentation at the webinar.
The other speakers, Vlad Tiu and Mia von Euler had exelent presentations on the positive effects of Stroke unit Certification and National Stroke Registries (Riksstroke) on quality.”

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