Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 3 - Bureau of Acute Care Systems › Subpart 3 - Stroke System of Care › Chapter 1 - Mississippi Stroke System of Care › Subchapter 1 - General › Rule 15-3-3-1.1.5 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
For the purpose of clarity and usage in the Mississippi
						Stroke SOC, the following abbreviations, acronyms, and terms shall be defined
						as follows:
AHA/ASA - American Heart Association/American Stroke
						Association
ALS - Advanced life support, including techniques of
						resuscitation, such as, intravenous access, and cardiac monitoring
ASLS - Advanced stroke life support
BACS - Bureau of Acute Care Systems, Mississippi State
						Department of Health
BEMS - Bureau of Emergency Medical Services, Mississippi
						State Department of Health
BLS - Basic life support techniques of resuscitation,
						including simple airway maneuvers, administration of oxygen, and intravenous
						access
CAP - Corrective Action Plan
CCRN - Critical Care Registered Nurse
CEN - Certified Emergency Nurse
CPG - Clinical Practice Guidelines
Department - Mississippi State Department of Health
Designation - Formal recognition of hospitals by the
						Department as providers of specialized stroke services to meet the needs of
						patients suffering from an acute stroke
DNV - Det Norske Veritas Healthcare. CMS approved
						accreditation organization
Emergency Department (or Emergency Room) - The area of
						an acute care hospital that customarily receives patients in need of emergency
						medical evaluation and/or care
EMS - Emergency Medical Services
EMSAC - Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council
ENA - Emergency Nurses Association
Field Triage - Classification of patients according to
						medical need at the scene of an injury or onset of an illness
GWTG - Get with the Guidelines database
Inclusive Stroke System of Care - a Stroke care system
						that incorporates every health care facility willing to participate in the
						voluntary system in order to provide a continuum of services for all patients
						suffering from an acute Stroke; the patient's needs are matched to the
						appropriate hospital resources
Level 1 - Stroke Center defined in the Stroke System of
						Care Plan
Level 2 - Stroke Center defined in the Stroke System of
						Care Plan
Level 3 - Stroke Center defined in the Stroke System of
						Care Plan
Level 4 - Non-Stroke Hospital defined in the Stroke
						System of Care Plan
Medical Control - Physician direction over pre-hospital
						activities to ensure efficient field triage, transportation, and care of stroke
						patients
Mid-level Providers/Practitioners - Physician Assistant
						(PA) and/or Nurse Practitioners (NP)
Mississippi Stroke System of Care Plan - A formally
						organized plan developed by the Department, which sets out a comprehensive
						system for the prevention and management of Stroke patients
Non-Designated Hospital - A licensed acute care hospital
						that has applied for designation as a stroke center, but has not been
						designated by the Department
Non-Participating Hospital - A licensed acute care
						hospital that has informed the Department that they do not desire to
						participate in the Stroke SOC
Performance Improvement (PI or Quality Improvement) - A
						method of evaluating and improving processes of patient care which emphasizes a
						multi-disciplinary approach to problem solving, and focuses not on individuals,
						but systems of patient care which might cause variations in patient outcome
Research - Clinical or laboratory studies designed to
						produce new knowledge applicable to the care of stroke patients
Service Area (or "catchment area") - Geographic area
						defined by the local EMS agency as the area served by a designated stroke
						Center
SHO - State Health Officer
Stroke Centers - Stroke Center defined in the Stroke
						System of Care Plan
Stroke Ready Hospitals - Stroke Center defined in the
						Stroke System of Care Plan
Stroke Registry - centralized, statewide database
						program managed by the Department and used by hospitals to track stroke
						patients and the care of stroke patients
TJC - The Joint Commission accreditation organization
Triage - the process of sorting patients on the basis of
						the actual or perceived injury or illness and assigning them to the most
						effective and efficient stroke care resources, in order to insure optimal care
						and the best chance of survival