What are health systems-based interventions for secondary stroke prevention?
Health systems-based interventions for secondary stroke prevention are those that influence vascular risk factor treatment and control by influencing provider or patient behaviors. These interventions often involve revision of professional roles, collaboration between multidisciplinary teams, integrated care services, knowledge management systems, and quality management systems. Additionally, adherence to evidence-based guidelines for secondary stroke prevention is affected by health system level, hospital-level, provider-level, and patient- and community-specific factors. Interventions that include a multidisciplinary team based approach to care may be beneficial for risk factor control and secondary prevention after ischemic stroke and TIA.