Stroke Quality Scores

Stroke Core Measures

Stroke ‘core measures’ are critical steps in a patient’s hospital stay that have been established based on outcomes. The Duke Health system tracks and measures the care we provide to our patients based on these quality measures.

The quality scores below communicate how well hospitals in the Duke Health system follow the guidelines set by the American Heart Association / American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) for treating strokes according to Get With the Guidelines - Stroke (GWTG – STK, a data registry).

The following information is from January through December 2025.

Stroke Quality Scores

	Duke Health Hospitals
Stroke patients who are eligible for thrombolytics and receive it within 60 minutes or less of arrival	100%
Stroke patients who are evaluated by physical therapy, occupational therapy, and/or speech therapy during hospital stay	99.5%
Stroke patients who receive written stroke education during their stay	98%
Stroke patients who are prescribed a cholesterol-lowering medication to reduce stroke reoccurrence	99.7%
Stroke patients who are prescribed an anticoagulant to reduce stroke reoccurrence	100%
Stroke patients who are prescribed an antithrombotic at discharge to reduce stroke reoccurrence	100%

Procedures at Duke University Hospital (DUH)

Diagnostic Cerebral Angiogram at DUH (2025)
No death, <1% stroke after procedure.

Asymptomatic Carotid Stenting / Transcarotid Artery Revascularization at DUH (2025)
No stroke or death as a result of this procedure.

Asymptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy at DUH (2025)
No stroke or death as a result of this procedure.