By Rosalind Russell – An innovative stroke care model at Health Sciences North is changing the game for stroke patients in the Sudbury District, offering faster access to care and fewer hospital admissions with an aim of easing pressure on a stretched healthcare system.
Clinical manager Lisa Zeman says the MObile TIA and Stroke with AdaptiVE Workflow, commonly called MOTIVE, project brings an expert team directly to patients — wherever they are in the hospital — for early assessment, co-ordinated treatment planning, and streamlined access to rehabilitation.
She explains a stroke happens when blood stops flowing to a part of the brain, or bleeding occurs in the brain, leading to the death of brain cells.
She adds traditionally, their acute stroke care is provided on the fifth floor, the Acute Stroke Unit, but now team is mobile and can provide stroke expertise to the other units
Zeman says staff is able to start the assessments in the Emergency Department, or ICU or other units and support discharge planning sooner, and in some cases, they can even help patients avoid hospital admission altogether.
Photo: After recovering from her stroke, Christine Perras, 68, speaks with her healthcare team from the comfort of her ICU bed. Photo provided.
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