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Simple stroke care improvements can dramatically reduce disability and death
November 26, 2014
Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw
is part of an international team that recently received a prestigious award for developing an evidence-based training program that reduced disability and death from stroke by a “remarkable” 16% and reduced hospital stays by two days. The program involves relatively simple interventions for improving the management of fever, blood sugar and swallowing difficulties in acute stroke patients. Dr. Grimshaw helped design and implement this study while in Australia on sabbatical. The results, originally published in
The Lancet
in 2011, led to the successful implementation of the program across New South Wales. This program was recently awarded the
2014 New South Wales Premier’s Public Sector Award for Improving Performance and Accountability
.
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute is the research arm of The Ottawa Hospital and is an affiliated institute of the University of Ottawa, closely associated with its faculties of Medicine and Health Sciences. The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute includes more than 1,700 scientists, clinical investigators, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff conducting research to improve the understanding, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease. Research at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute is supported by The Ottawa Hospital Foundation.
For further information, please contact
Paddy Moore
Communications and Public Relations
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Office: 613-737-8899 x73687
Cell: 613-323-5680
padmoore@ohri.ca