The Development of Fast-Track Service for Stroke Patients

Abstract

This research and development was aimed to situation analysis and evaluated a fast tract service for stroke patients. The targets group consisted of stroke patients and family caregivers and health care providers. The data were collected by using patients record, the assessment of compliance forms with the guidelines for the care and referral, focus group discussion and in-depth interview. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and content analysis.

The study results showed that, the development process was 1) Quick access to service, 2)Patient screening, 3) Patient care process, 4) Development of care and referral guidelines, and 5)Patient monitoring.Was found that health care providers fallowed the care and guidelines of 100%.Total duration from first admission to average forwarding was 13.47 minutes and from follow-up, no deaths were observed.The results of this study suggest that the developed fast tract service provides patients with standardized of care.