Introduction-Emergency department (ED) providers and clinicians find that feedback on acute stroke patients is rewarding, valuable to professional development, and helpful for practice improvement. However, feedback is rarely provided, particularly for patients with stroke. Here we describe the implementation of an electronic stroke outcome reporting tool for providing feedback to ED providers.Methods-We sought to evaluate the implementation of an electronic stroke outcome reporting tool at 3 Nashville hospitals. ED staff and providers voluntarily enrolled to receive de-identified reports of clinical (e.g., survival) and operational (e.g., timeliness) outcomes of patients with acute ischemic stroke and were offered free continuing education (CE) credits for following up on patients. We evaluated the implementation of this system through a descriptive evaluation of the feasibility, use of the system and CE, and perceived usefulness of the reports.Results-We enrolled 232 ED providers, including 107 (46%) nurses and 57 (25%) attending physicians and transmitted 55 stroke outcome reports. Reports took 30-60 minutes to compile and
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