The Bon Secours DePaul Medical Center in Norfolk has been designated as a comprehensive stroke center by DNV GL Healthcare, according to a Bon Secours spokesperson.
The certification is the highest recognition level for the hospital’s treatment of patients who have had a serious stroke.
The certification’s standards were created by the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association and is awarded to hospitals that treat the full spectrum of stroke care – diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and education.
“With stroke care, you must have not only the best clinicians and resources but also the ability to act quickly and organizationally with exceptional efficiency because of the time-critical nature and complexity of a stroke,” says John R. Baker, M.D., medical director of the Bon Secours Hampton Roads Neurovascular Center and the Neuroscience ICU in a news release. “This certification from DNV GL validates all the efforts we have put into our stroke care program in order to ensure the health and safety of our patients.”
According to spokesperson Sara Hunt, all Bon Secours Virginia hospitals are certified stroke centers with six primary stroke centers, a stroke-ready free-standing emergency department and two comprehensive stroke centers. Hunt also said that Bon Secours Virginia is the only health system on the east coast with two comprehensive stroke centers.
“Achieving certification shows commitment to excellence,” says Patrick Horine, CEO of DNV GL Healthcare, in the news release. “And it helps demonstrate to your community that you are performing at the highest level.”
