Data Analytics for Improving Door-to-Needle Time in Acute Stroke at Grand River Hospital

It is shown that the rapid administration of treatment in acute stroke patients improves clinical outcomes. In particular, the time it takes to administer treatment once the patient has arrived at the Emergency Department with stroke symptoms is called Door to Needle Time (DTN). The median DTN time at the Grand River Hospital (GRH) currently exceeds the 30-minute target median set by the Canadian Stroke Best Practice Guidelines 2022. The goal of this project is to use data analytics tools to analyze past data to reduce DTN time so that most stroke patients presenting at its Emergency Department receive treatment within a median of 30 minutes.

Faculty Supervisor:

Houra Mahmoudzadeh

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Partner:

Lviv Polytechnic National University

Discipline:

Computer science

Sector:

Health and Related Sciences & Technology

University:

University of Waterloo

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