Secondary Stroke Prevention Retrospective Analysis

Stroke is the leading cause of serious long-term disability among adults in the United States, and there are well recognized modifiable risk factors for stroke. Secondary prevention efforts to reduce the likelihood of recurrent stroke should be top priority in this high-risk patient population. The role of the primary care team in implementing and assisting patients with adherence to secondary prevention efforts is critical. The objective of this retrospective analysis is to examine how successful primary care providers are at implementing secondary stroke prevention guidelines. Preventing secondary stroke is critical to the welfare of this high-risk population and ultimately saves in terms of cost of care; it will be beneficial data for the Rowan Department of Family Medicine