Bisaillon Susan, Douen André, Neabel Barbara, Pageau Nicole, Selchen Dan
Trillium Health Centre, Mississauga, Ontario.
Axone. 2006 Spring;27(3):29-33.
Trillium Health Centre (THC) is one of Canada's largest community hospitals and a regional provider of tertiary-level cardiac, neuroscience, and orthopedic care. In 2001, it was named one of nine Regional Stroke Centres in Ontario, with a mandate to coordinate stroke services across the continuum of care in keeping with best practices in the west Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Within its role as a Regional Stroke Centre, THC has successfully implemented an innovative approach to the delivery of stroke prevention services in its regional catchment area. Building on best practices, it has introduced a specialized and interdisciplinary team to provide timely and effective primary and secondary prevention services. The rapid growth in utilization to more than 2000 patients in the last fiscal year (2004-2005), suggests that the clinic is meeting a real need in the community for stroke prevention services. Many of these patients now benefit from appropriate medical management, stroke awareness education, lifestyle counselling, and expedited referrals to other specialists. The Regional Stroke Prevention Clinic (RSPC) may be the first step in preventing a stroke, thus avoiding the social costs to people with strokes and their families, and the financial burden on the health care system.
延龄草健康中心（THC）是加拿大最大的社区医院之一，也是一家提供三级心脏、神经科学和骨科护理的地区性医疗机构。2001年，它被命名为安大略省九个区域中风中心之一，其任务是按照大多伦多地区（GTA）西部的最佳实践，在连续护理过程中协调中风服务。作为区域中风中心，THC在其区域服务范围内成功实施了一种创新的中风预防服务提供方式。基于最佳实践，它引入了一个专业的跨学科团队，以提供及时有效的一级和二级预防服务。上一财政年度（2004 - 2005年）就诊人数迅速增长至2000多人，这表明该诊所满足了社区对中风预防服务的实际需求。现在，许多这些患者受益于适当的医疗管理、中风意识教育、生活方式咨询以及加快转介至其他专科医生。区域中风预防诊所（RSPC）可能是预防中风的第一步，从而避免给中风患者及其家庭带来社会成本，以及减轻医疗保健系统的经济负担。
