The purpose of the Stroke Committee shall be to facilitate the collaboration and advancement of a regional system of stroke care for TSA-E based on accepted standards of care. The Stroke Committee will solicit participation from health care facilities, organizations, entities, and professional societies involved in health care. The NCTTRAC Stroke Committee will encourage regional participation in providing and outlining quality stroke care that is patient-focused, complies with state and national guidelines, and seeks to expeditiously triage stroke patients to the most appropriate level of care.  The Stroke Committee shall develop a plan for a regional system of stroke care (SSOC).

1.   Organize a multidisciplinary QI Work Group to review and monitor stroke care quality benchmarks, indicators, evidence-based practices, and outcomes within the region. Integrating prehospital records, including National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) data elements, into the stroke registries should enhance the total system performance. It is recognized that continuous QI processes, implemented by each component of a SSOC and the NCTTRAC system, can help improve patient care and outcomes.
2.   Promote collaboration and commitment among EMS providers, hospitals, and members of the NCTTRAC committees.
3.   Develop uniform stroke system standards that address patients’ needs, outcomes, and opportunities for improvement.
4.   Promote stroke algorithms and guidelines that facilitate early triage of stroke patients to the most appropriate level of care.
5.   Annual review and updating of the Stroke Regional Plan for the North Central Texas Trauma Service Area.
6.   Create a broad stakeholder representation working to provide an opportunity to share resources leading to the development, operation, and evaluation of public education and Stroke prevention efforts within the 19 counties we serve.
7.   Organize, support and/or coordinate community evidence-based education and Stroke prevention programs.

Please use the Stroke Committee Document Library below to view the previous and current Committee Standard Operating Procedures (SOP). 

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Committee Voting Representatives

In accordance with the NCTTRAC Bylaws Article IX, no voting core group is identified within the Stroke Committee.  The absence of an identified core group opens voting rights at the committee level to all NCTTRAC Members in good standing.

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