Canadian Stroke Strategy - Monitoring & Evaluation

Ongoing evaluation and reporting will be key to the success of the CSS and all provincial and territorial stroke strategies. Our goal is to provide health practitioners and policy-makers with the information they need to:

effectively monitor the status of stroke prevention and care,
quantify needs throughout the system,
evaluate the effectiveness of best practice implementation and practice changes,
analyze policy decisions and identify areas for investment, and
provide data for research purposes and clinical trials.

The CSS Information and Evaluation Working Group has produced a standardized set of evidence-based performance indicators focused on patient-level processes and outcomes for adaptation and implementation by provinces, territories and regions. These indicators were reviewed and endorsed at a National Consensus Conference held in Montreal, Quebec in September 2005 with experts attending from across the country. By focusing data collection and reporting against a standardized set of evidence-based performance indicators, we will be able to accurate assess where we are today and measure improvements over time.

Given the challenges of data collection and reporting, the Core Performance Indicators have been deliberately kept to a realistic and manageable number. They were selected based on available evidence to support their use and their relevance to driving change in stroke care delivery.

CSS Performance Measurement Manual