Percentage of Telehealth/Telestroke Coverage to Remote Communities to Support Organised Stroke Care Across the Continuum, Including Providing Rehabilitation Assessments and Therapies for Stroke Patients
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Rehabilitation Care
Country
Canada
Publishing Organisation
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada: Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network
Type of Quality Indicator
Process
IOM Quality Dimension
Equity
Setting-Specific Domain
Accessibility
Defining Attributes
Definition
Numerator
Number of Telehealth/Telestroke coverage to remote communities to support organised stroke care across the continuum, including providing rehabilitation assessments and therapies for stroke patients.
Denominator
Number of stroke care services
Exclusions
Use of Risk Adjustment
No
Risk Adjustments
Stratifications
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Standardised clinical data
Data Collection Methods
Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Reporting Frequency
Reporting Frequency in Days
Indicator Has Recommended Targets
No
Source and Reference Attributes
Evidence Source
Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Initial Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment. In: Rehabilitation and Recovery following Stroke [Internet]. 6th ed. 2019. Accessed May 2023. Available from: www.strokebestpractices.ca/recommendations/stroke-rehabilitation/initial-stroke-rehabilitation-assessment.
Link to Measurement Tools
Registry of the Canadian Stroke Network (Not available)
Domain
Not Assigned
Quality Indicator Confirmed to be Part of a Program Used to Monitor Quality and Safety of Care Among Older People at a Population-Level between 2012-2022
No
Assessed by the Australian Consortium for Aged Care Collaborators as Generally Containing Good Properties (Importance and Scientific Acceptability)
No
Australian Consortium for Aged Care Endorsed
No
Can the Quality Indicator be Readily Implemented at a Population Level in Australia Given its Current Data Landscape?
Implementation of this quality indicator was not assessed.
Identified by PHARMA-Care Project
No
Upload Date
23 July 2025
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Date Modified 11 June 2026