These resources can help you implement GWTG–Stroke in your hospital.

GWTG–Stroke Supporting Guidelines:

• Primary Prevention Guidelines
• Secondary Prevention Stroke Guidelines
• Consensus Statements from the Brain Attack Coalition on Primary and Comprehensive Stroke Centers
• Recommendations for the Establishment of Stroke Systems of Care
• American Stroke Association Guidelines

Resources specific to GWTG-Stroke:

• Acute Stroke Treatment Program
• Frequently Asked Questions about GWTG–Stroke
• Implementation Tips
• ICD-9 Diagnosis Code definitions for GWTG–Stroke
• Common Barriers & Solutions
• PQRI FAQs
• PQRI Flyer

Discharge Orders/Discharge Instructions:

• Butler Memorial Hospital Discharge Orders: Stroke-TIA
• Milford Regional Medical Center: Discharge Instructions
• Regions Hospital Discharge Order Set: Home
• Regions Hospital Discharge Order Set: SNF 

Dysphagia Screening Tools:

• Butler Memorial Hospital: Dysphagia Screening
• Oregon Health & Science University: Swallow Screen
• Palms of Pasadena Hospital: Swallow Screen
• University of Toledo Medical Center: Nursing Swallowing Screen

Order Sets:

• Atlanta Medical Center Tenet Order Set: Acute Stroke Orders Following tPA Administration
• Atlanta Medical Center Tenet Order Sets: Acute ICH
• Atlanta Medical Center Tenet Order Sets: Acute Stroke Orders (non-r-tPA)
• California Pacific Medical Center Order Sets: ED Acute Stroke TIA
• Columbia St. Mary Order Set: Ischemic Stroke TIA
• Oregon Health & Science University Order Sets: ASH
• Oregon Health & Science University Order Sets: Ischemic
• Oregon Health & Science University Order Sets: Post tPA
• Oregon Health & Science University Order Set: Heparin
• Palms of Pasadena Hospital Order Sets: Hemorrhagic Stroke
• Palms of Pasadena Hospital Order Sets: tPA Ischemic Stroke
• Pinnacle Health Order Sets: Ischemic Stroke
• Pinnacle Health Order Sets: tPA
• St. Vincent’s Medical Center Order Set: ED
• University of Toledo Medical Center Order Sets: ED Suspected Stroke

Other:

• Allegheny General Hospital: Stroke Audit Tool
• Atlanta Medical Center Tenet: Stroke Board
• Butler Memorial Hospital: Stroke Thrombolytic Therapy Checklist 
• Columbia St. Mary's: Stroke Education Assessment Teaching Record
• Cullman Regional Medical Center: Quality Measures Booklet
• Forsyth Medical Center Code Purple Timeline
• Forsyth Medical Center Dashboard
• Massachusetts General Hospital: Adult Intracerebral Hemorrhage
• Massachusetts General Hospital: BP Management
• Massachusetts General Hospital: Thrombolysis
• Massachusetts General Hospital: IV#IA Pretreatment
• Massachusetts General Hospital: IV t-PA Treatment
• Massachusetts General Hospital IV t-PA Administration
• Oregon Health & Science University: Practice Standard Inpatient Ischemic
• Oregon Health & Science University: Practice Standard for ED 
• Oregon Health & Science University: Practice Standard tPA
• Oregon Health & Science University: Instructions for Dilution and Administration tPA
• Oregon Health & Science University: Practice Standard for Inpatients ICH
• Oregon Health & Science University: Practice Standard For Inpatients SAH
• Oregon Health & Science University: tPA Dosing Chart
• SCA Prevention: AMI Patient Discharge Contract
• SCA Prevention: HF Patient Discharge Contract
• The Reading Hospital and Medical Center: t-PA worksheet
• UCLA: PROTECT Coverletter For Folders
• UCLA: PROTECT PCP Letter
• UCLA: Self Monitor Log for Clinic
• University of Toledo Medical Center: Patient Education Record

Pathways/Algorithms:

• Cullman Regional Medical Center Pathway Stroke-TIA
• St. Vincent’s Medical Center Pathways Non Hemorrhagic TIA Stroke Plan of Care
• St. Vincent's Medical Center Pathways Hemmorrhagic Stroke Plan of Care

Patient Education:

• AAN-ACEP-AHA Patient Education tPA Benefits and Risks Decision Figure Matching
• ASA TJC CDC Stroke Consensus: Tool for Consensus
• Palomar Palmorado Health Patient Education: After Your Stroke
• UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center: Stroke PROTECT Patient Report Card
• UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center: PROTECT Risk Factors
• www.giveme5forstroke.org

Specific Order Sets:

• Butler Memorial Hospital Specific Order Sets: LDL

Stroke Classification:

• UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center: Round Fellow Form TIA
• UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center: Round Fellow Form Hemorrhage 
• UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center: Stroke Classification Tools Round Fellow Form Stroke
• UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center: Stroke Classification Tools Protect Data Abstraction

Stroke Center Certification
The American Stroke Association provides many resources to help hospitals become ready for certification, including ASTP and GWTG. For more information about TJC Primary Stroke Center Certification, visit www.jointcommission.org.