Along with the Acute Stroke Treatment Program's self-assessment tool for hospitals, the American Stroke Association is pleased to make many of the other tools for implementing acute stroke practice standards available in this collaborative kit. Special thanks are extended to the following organizations for giving the American Stroke Association permission to compile, adapt and/or reformat their information or publications to include in this kit:

 

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (US-PHS)
Brain Attack Coalition
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
The North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Incorporated
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
tPA Stroke Study Group
University of Cincinnati Stroke Team

The American Stroke Association is also grateful for the contributions made by the following stroke experts. Together, they provided the guidance for selecting the criteria used in the Acute Stroke Treatment Program implementation tool kit.

Mark J. Alberts, M.D.
Brian Dyko, M.S.N., C.N.P.
Anthony Furlan, M.D.
Arthur M. Pancioli, M.D.
Midge Wood, R.N., M.S.N.