While the doctors have received intensive trainings and gained much confidence in stroke care, we all had to acknowledge that we didn’t pay as much attention to the nurses as they deserve. Nurses are the backbone of stroke care – and tbh: a dedicated stroke nurse is much more important than any of us doctors. So the next training sessions will be for nurses only – still, they always have to be part of the team workshops.
Next point to discuss was Quality Monitoring: Each country and each hospital is different. And so we need methods which meet each hospital’s needs. Looking at those places who already have started, we’ll “copy” Dr Pankaj’s printed version assessing the most relevant key performance indicators. And in the long-term, what we need is a mobile-based solution.