Stroke (STK) Core Measure Set - Last Updated  5/2009

Background

The stroke (STK) measures were developed in collaboration with the American Heart Association (AHA)/American Stroke Association (ASA)/Brain Attack Coalition (BAC) for use by Disease-Specific Care (DSC)-certified primary stroke centers.  The development process was guided by the expertise and advice provided by the Disease-Specific Care Stroke Advisory Panel  followed by harmonization of the measure specifications with data elements contained in the AHA Get With The GuidelinesSM (GWTG)-Stroke patient management tool and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Registry (PCNASR).  Eight of the ten measures in the stroke set were endorsed by the National Quality Forum (NQF) in July, 2008 and aligned with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

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Important Information

• The eight NQF-endorsed measures have been approved as a core measure set for use in the Joint Commission’s ORYX program, and will be available for selection by hospitals to meet their 4 core measure set accreditation requirement effective May 1, 2009, dependant upon vendor support of this measure set. 
• April 2009 The Joint Commission Perspectives ^® - More Options for Hospital Core Measures
• DSC-certified primary stroke centers will continue data collection for all ten stroke measures through the end of 2009 as detailed in the Stroke Performance Measurement Implementation Guide, 2nd Edition, Version 2.a and prepare to transition to the core measure specifications, effective January 1, 2010.

Where to find the STK Core Measure Set

The Stroke (STK) measures can be found in the Specification Manual for National Hospital Quality Measures