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 8 - Performance Improvement and System Evaluation
Rule 15-3-3-1.8.2 - Specific audit filters will be established by the Stroke PI committee

Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 15-3-3-1.8.2

Current through March 31, 2025

a. In general, the following performance improvement processes should be performed by each Stroke Center. The results of these reviews shall be reported to the Stroke PI committee.

i. Each Stroke Center assigns a PI person to oversee the process

ii. Standards established

iii. Determine audit filters

iv. Collect data

v. Evaluate data

vi. Determine PI issues present

vii. Develop corrective action plan

viii. Re-evaluate to document results/effectiveness of CAP

b. The following performance elements should be considered by each pre-hospital entity:

i. Quality measure regarding response times (time to dispatch, EMS response, on-scene time, and transport time) will be collected and analyzed

ii. Accuracy of patient assessment

iii. Transport protocol adherence

iv. Procedures initiated/completed

v. Medical control interaction

vi. Transport mode (air/ground)

vii. Record/documentation

viii. Inter-facility care/transport

c. The following performance elements should be considered by each Stroke Center:

i. Outcome review

ii. Complications

iii. Deaths

iv. Achievement of time sensitive goals (CT completed/reporting times and Door to Alteplase administration times)

v. Core stroke quality measures established for hospital stroke care will be entered into the approved national registry platform for blinded comparison between hospitals

Miss. Code Ann. § 41-3-15

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