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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".14" citation="COMAR 30.08.11.14" title_num="30" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="11" heading="Quality Management.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The hospital shall participate, in a manner approved by the EMS Board, in a stroke registry that includes the data elements tracked by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the American Heart/American Stroke Get With the Guidelines® — Stroke Registry.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The hospital shall authorize the stroke registry to provide the hospital's data to MIEMSS for health oversight activities in a manner approved by the EMS Board.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Outcome Objectives.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The hospital shall establish at least 2 outcome objectives that are:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Time-specific;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Measurable;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Reflective of tracking and trending of performance measures and indicators; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Reviewed in annual comparison studies.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The hospital shall monitor IV fibrinolytic complications, which include symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage and serious life-threatening systemic bleeding.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The hospital shall monitor and demonstrate tracking and trending of modified Rankin Scores (mRS) at discharge and at 90 days post-discharge on patients with acute ischemic stroke.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The hospital shall establish at least one stroke center quality assurance medical review committee which shall be a medical review committee under Health Occupations Article, §1-401, Annotated Code of Maryland, as a committee established in the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems which, at least three times a year:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Meets;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Reviews practice patterns; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Modifies practice patterns as appropriate.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>In cases where the administration of fibrinolytics is appropriate, the hospital shall administer fibrinolytics within 60 minutes from the time the patient arrives at the emergency department for greater than or equal to 50 percent of eligible patients. The hospital shall demonstrate progress towards administering fibrinolytics within 60 minutes from the time the patient arrives at the emergency department for greater than or equal to 75 percent of eligible patients.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>The hospital shall demonstrate progress towards reducing time of administration of fibrinolytics to 45 minutes for greater than or equal to 50 percent of eligible patients.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The hospital shall incorporate into the hospital’s quality assurance process progress reports about:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Specific acute stroke treatment benchmarks;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Outcomes data on patients transferred for higher level of care; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Stroke treatment quality improvement goals.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The hospital shall provide MIEMSS with documentation of quality management of the stroke program for review including, if appropriate:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Problem identification;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Problem analysis;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>An action plan;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Implementation of the plan; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>Reevaluation of the plan.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>