Health care quality in a new Emergency Department based on the Danish Stroke register data

Background One of the intentions to develop the concept of an ED in Denmark is to increase health care quality in the treatment of acute patients. However, it is a massive reorganization including other workflows and competency profiles. At present, there are not established any general quality indicators for the acute treatment, but hospitals have reported to the Danish Stroke Register (DAP) for selected diseases. We have chosen “Stroke” as case to evaluate quality during a 3 years period under implementation of the ED concept, since these patients are among the 20 most common illnesses in our department.