 St. Mary's is on the leading edge in Neuroscience Care. In 2004, St. Mary's became the first community hospital in the nation, and one of the first 20 overall, to be certified as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. This certification, continuously renewed every two years since, demonstrates that the stroke care provided at St. Mary's meets the highest standards in the nation. In 2006, St. Mary's was named a Neuroscience Center of Excellence by Neurosource, the nation's leading independent evaluator of neuroscience programs. And in 2009, St. Mary's and neurologists C. Van Morris, M.D., and H. McCord Smith, M.D., teamed up to form the region's first neurohospitalist program. Neuroscience incorporates a wide range of conditions affecting some 15 million Americans. These conditions include:
Neurosciences are the next frontier in modern medicine. In the past, many of these conditions were essentially untreatable, but in the last 30 years, medical science has made huge advances in diagnosing and treating neuroscience conditions. Today, advanced diagnostics such as high-speed CT allow doctors to administer medicines that can stop some strokes in their tracks. New surgical techniques and technologies allow for more - and more effective - surgical solutions. Advances in critical and rehabilitative care allow many people to return to active living. For more information, see these pages: |
