Washington Regional is committed to improving the health of people in communities we serve through compassionate, high quality care that ensures the best outcomes for our patients. During a stroke, time lost is brain lost. Washington Regional’s stroke team consistently exceeds the national average for evaluation and treatment times with positive outcomes.

Metric	Time Frame	Average
Average time in which patients arriving to the emergency department with stroke symptoms are seen by a physician	June 2024 - June 2026	6 minutes
Once seen by a physician in the emergency department, average time in which patients with stroke symptoms are seen by a stroke expert	June 2024 - June 2026	1 minute
Average percentage of eligible patients who receive clot busting medication in less than 30 minutes *more than two times faster than the national average	June 2024 - June 2026	Washington Regional 84.8% National 38.8%
Percentage of eligible patients with blood flow restored to the brain after a mechanical thrombectomy, a minimally invasive procedure for clot removal	June 2024 - June 2026	Washington Regional 93.6% National 87%
Average percentage of patients requiring long term nursing care after hospitalization with a new stroke diagnosis	June 2024 - June 2026	Washington Regional 3.1% National 11.2%

Data obtained from the American Heart Association's Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke registry