The study, “Effects of Implementation of a Policy for Prehospital Comprehensive Stroke Center Triage on Endovascular Therapy in a Large Urban Area,” was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R18HS025359). Additional authors include Scott Mendelson of UChicago, Jungwha Lee of Northwestern University, Katie Tataris of UChicago and the Chicago EMS System, Christopher T. Richards of the University of Cincinnati, Eddie Markul of the Chicago EMS System and Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital, Joseph Weber of the Chicago EMS System and Cook County Health, and Kathleen O’Neill and Renee M. Sednew of the American Heart Association.


About the University of Chicago Medicine & Biological Sciences

The University of Chicago Medicine, with a history dating back to 1927, is one of the nation’s leading academic health systems. It unites the missions of the University of Chicago Medical Center, Pritzker School of Medicine and the Biological Sciences Division. Twelve Nobel Prize winners in physiology or medicine have been affiliated with the University of Chicago Medicine. Its main Hyde Park campus is home to the Center for Care and Discovery, Bernard Mitchell Hospital, Comer Children’s Hospital and the Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine. It also has ambulatory facilities in Orland Park, South Loop and River East as well as affiliations and partnerships that create a regional network of care. UChicago Medicine offers a full range of specialty-care services for adults and children through more than 40 institutes and centers including an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. Together with Harvey-based Ingalls Memorial, UChicago Medicine has 1,296 licensed beds, nearly 1,300 attending physicians, over 2,800 nurses and about 970 residents and fellows.

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