Forty-one hospitals will participate in an Arkansas stroke registry.
The participating hospitals will add information such as patient transport, diagnosis and treatment to the Arkansas Stroke Registry.
The goal of the database is to analyze ways to improve patient care and reduce stroke deaths and disability.
In 2005, the Arkansas General Assembly created the Acute Stroke Care Task Force (ASCTF), which just last year received $180,000 in state funding to establish the Arkansas Stroke Registry.
The Arkansas Acute Stroke Care Task Force and the American Heart Association are partnering with the hospitals and state Health Department on the registry.
“The development of a stroke registry for Arkansas is imperative as part of a comprehensive strategy to minimize the mortality and disability of this disease in the state," State Health Officer Dr. Paul K. Halverson said. "We appreciate the level of commitment from hospitals serving Arkansans and for the future of this initiative.”
Hospitals taking part in the registry are:
Arkansas Heart Hospital (Pulaski)
Arkansas Methodist Medical Center (Greene)
Ashley County Medical Center (Ashley)
Baptist Health Medical Center – Arkadelphia (Clark)
Baptist Health Medical Center - Heber Springs (Cleburne)
Baptist Health Medical Center - Little Rock (Pulaski)
Baptist Health Medical Center - North Little Rock (Pulaski)
Baptist Health Medical Center - Stuttgart (Arkansas)
Baxter Regional Medical Center (Baxter)
Chicot Memorial Medical Center (Chicot)
CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System (Bowie - TX)
Conway Regional Medical Center (Faulkner)
Crittenden Regional Hospital (Crittenden)
Delta Memorial Hospital (Desha)
DeWitt Hospital (Arkansas)
Drew Memorial Hospital (Drew)
Great River Medical Center (Mississippi)
Jefferson Regional Medical Center (Jefferson)
Johnson Regional Medical Center (Johnson)
Lawrence Memorial Hospital (Lawrence)
Magnolia Regional Medical Center (Columbia)
McGehee Hospital (Desha)
Medical Center of South Arkansas (Union)
Mercy Hospital Scott County (Scott)
Mercy Ozark (Franklin)
North Logan Mercy Hospital (Logan)
Northwest Medical Center - Bentonville (Benton)
Northwest Medical Center – Springdale (Washington)
Ozark Health Medical Center (Van Buren)
Piggott Community Hospital (Clay)
Saline Memorial Hospital (Saline)
SMC Regional Medical Center (Mississippi)
Sparks Health System (Sebastian)
St. Bernards Medical Center (Craighead)
St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center (Pulaski)
St. Vincent Medical Center / North (Pulaski)
St. Vincent Morrilton (Conway)
Summit Medical Center (Crawford)
UAMS Medical Center (Pulaski)
White County Medical Center (White)
White River Medical Center (Independence)