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Stroke Quality Reporting

Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is a state-designated Comprehensive Stroke Center, and is consistently recognized by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association for demonstrating a commitment to treating patients according to the most up-to-date guidelines.


At Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes, the Penn Medicine Virtua Health neurovascular team uses state-of-the-art techniques to treat stroke and minimize long-lasting damage. This includes a hybrid operating room that allows the team to use microsurgery and other approaches to remove stroke-causing blood clots, stop bleeding in the brain, or open a blocked carotid artery. The neurology, neurosurgery, and neurointerventional team is available around the clock to diagnose and treat strokes.


The data below reflects stroke admissions to Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.

 

Measure Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes 2022

STK 1 Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis
The proportion of ischemic stroke patients who received VTE prophylaxis or have documentation why no VTE prophylaxis was given the day of or the day after hospital admission.

 

 97.7%

STK 2 Discharged on Antithrombotic
The proportion of ischemic stroke patients prescribed antithrombotic therapy at hospital discharge.

 

 100%

STK 3 Anticoagulation for Atrial Fibrillation/Atrial Flutter
The proportion of ischemic stroke patients with atrial fibrillation/flutter who are prescribed anticoagulation therapy at hospital discharge.

 

 100%

STK 4 Thrombolytic Therapy 
The proportion of acute ischemic stroke patients who arrive at this hospital within two hours of the time last known well and for whom intravenous (IV) alteplase was initiated at this hospital within three hours of the time last known well.

 

 100%

STK 5 Antithrombotic by Day 2
The proportion of ischemic stroke patients who had antithrombotic therapy administered by end of hospital day two.

 

 97%

STK 6 Discharged on Statin
The proportion of ischemic stroke patients who are prescribed statin medication at hospital discharge.

 

 99.1%

STK 8 Stroke Education
The proportion of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke patients or their caregivers who were given educational materials during the hospital stay addressing all of the following: activation of emergency medical system; need for follow-up after discharge; medications prescribed at discharge; risk factors for stroke; and warning signs and symptoms of stroke.

 

 97.8%

STK 10 Assessed for Rehabilitation
The proportion of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke patients who were assessed for rehabilitation services.

 

 98.1%

CSTK 9 Arrival to Skin Puncture
The median time (in minutes) from hospital arrival to the time of skin puncture to access the artery (e.g., brachial, carotid, femoral, radial) selected for endovascular treatment (EVT) of acute ischemic stroke.
          9a: Transfers
          9b: Direct arriving

 

117 minutes




33 minutes

136 minutes

 
CSTK 12 Rate of Rapid Reperfusion from Skin Puncture
The proportion of ischemic stroke patients with a large-vessel cerebral occlusion who receive mechanical endovascular reperfusion (MER) therapy and achieve TICI 2B or higher less than or equal to 60 minutes from the time of skin puncture.
 
 86.2%