Overview

The Canadian Stroke Strategy evidence-based Canadian Best Practice Recommendations for Stroke Care are intended to help reduce practice variations and close the gaps between evidence and practice. First and most important, the purpose of each update is to ensure that the best practice recommendations continue to reflect contemporary stroke research evidence and expert opinion. Each update involves critical review of the medical literature, which informs decisions regarding modification of the recommendations and the performance measures used to assess the impact of the recommendations.

The 2010 content update focuses on

• Access: Providing good stroke care, quickly.
• Continuity: Helping people move smoothly through the stroke continuum, from symptom onset to diagnosis, treatment, management, and recovery.

• Introduction
• Scope and Target Audiences
• Updates and Revisions
• Context
• Organization of Stroke Services in Canada