Department News

BWH Designated as Primary Stroke Service Hospital

Brigham and Women's Hospital was recently designated as a Primary Stroke Service by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health - an important distinction that holds BWH to strict regulations established by the DPH to help ensure patients can receive appropriate and timely acute stroke care. Designated hospitals must assure that emergency diagnostic and therapeutic services are provided by a multidisciplinary team and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to patients presenting with symptoms of acute stroke.