The American Stroke Association, part of the American Heart Association, focuses on reducing risk, disability and death from stroke through research, education, fund raising and advocacy. The American Heart Association created the American Stroke Association after many years of increasing emphasis on stroke. AHA/ASA spends more money on stroke research and programs than any other organization except the federal government.
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and a major cause of serious, long-term disability. On average, someone suffers a stroke every 45 seconds. Someone dies of a stroke every 3 minutes.
What We're Doing
The American Stroke Association offers a wide array of programs, products and services, from patient education materials to scientific statements. Here are just a few of our current activities:
- Acute Stroke Treatment Program
Toolkit to help hospitals build the critical foundation and infrastructure for becoming a primary stroke center.
- Get With The Guidelines/Stroke
A continuous quality improvement program that helps hospitals begin the process for collecting and analyzing their stroke data.
- The Joint Commission (TJC) Primary Stroke Center Certification
One-year certification to primary stroke centers that successfully demonstrate compliance with consensus-based national standards of stroke care.
- Comprehensive Stroke Centers
An ASA Advisory Working Group to review the Recommendations for Comprehensive Stroke Centers: A Consensus Statement from the Brain Attack Coalition to evaluate recommendations and preferred market position for the ASA.
- State Stroke Systems Plans
A state-based collaboration between the American Stroke Association staff and key alliance organizations to assess and improve stroke care from prevention to pre-hospital, acute treatment and rehabilitation services.
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