Stroke Patient Care at TIRR Memorial Hermann

This assignment focuses on describing the care provided to a hypothetical stroke patient at TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston, Texas. The paper delves into the facility's characteristics, including its administration, departments, accepted payment sources, and performance improvement efforts. It outlines the process of diagnosing a stroke through physical examination, blood tests, and imaging scans like computerized tomography. Furthermore, it highlights the coordination between TIRR Memorial Hermann and other healthcare organizations in providing comprehensive patient care.

Running Head: THE EXPERIENCE OF HEALTH CARE DELIVERY ON PATIENTS
The Experience of Health Care Delivery on Patients
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The Experience of Health Care Delivery on Patients
This description paper is about substantive and cohesive response describing the single
organization or support that would be convoluted in the delivery of care for a patient of
hypothetical suffering either hemorrhagic stroke or stroke. The specific details of the
organisation involved in the provision of the health care service which will be discussed in this
description paper include the geographical location in which the facility is located, the primary
diagnosis of the hypothetical patient, the type of patients who are normally treated at this facility,
the administration, departments, payment sources that the organization accepts, and other
organizations coordinating with this particular one to provide an optimal care (Chae, 2016, p.
158).
In this descriptive paper, the hypothetical patient under consideration is a 56-year-old
man who is a stroke patient and living in Houston, Texas. The organization or agency that this
patient will be TIRR Memorial Hermann which is an abbreviation of The Institute for
Rehabilitation and Research (Kenney, 2015, p. 167). This hospital is accessible to this
hypothetical patient since it deals with stroke and is also accessible by the patient in question.
TIRR Memorial Hermann
This facility is a 134-bed a stroke rehabilitation hospital, research and rehabilitation
center, network outpatient center, and outpatient medical clinic in Texas, more specifically in
Houston which offers physical rehabilitation to any patients suffering from traumatic spinal or
brain injury or those patients suffering neurologic. The TIRR Memorial Hermann was named by
the World Report and US News in 2014 to the list of the best Hospitals in America for the 25th
consecutive time. The history of this hospital can be traced back in the 1950s during the polio

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epidemic in the US. The first polio treatment center was established by William Spencer in
Houston (Mark Sherer, 2013, p. 175).
Geographic Location
The TIRR Memorial Harman is situated in of medical center of Texas in a Houston,
Texas in the US of America. This hospital is located in a same geographical area as the 56-year-
old man suffering from the stroke who is the hypothetical patient seeking treatment. It is in order
for this patient to seek medication in a hospital that is near his geographical are so that in case
there is emergency caused by the stroke he is suffering from, then he can easily be transported to
the facility by the use of ambulance belonging to the TIRR Memorial Harman (Mark Sherer,
2013, p. 248).
Primary diagnosis of the stroke hypothetical patient
To determine the best suitable primary diagnosis for the 5-year-old man suffering from
stroke, the emergency team need an evaluation on the type of stroke that the hypothetical patient
is suffering from and the region of the brain that have been affected by the brain. Other possible
causes of the symptoms should also not be ruled out like drug reaction or a brain tumor. Some of
the tests which can be carried out in the determination of the stoke risks are:
Physical inspection: first the patient will be asked by the doctor concerning the symptoms that he
has been having, the day they started, personal and family history of stroke, and the duty he was
doing when it began. This will be followed by an evaluation if the symptoms are still present.
Tests will be carried out to determine the blood pressure, and use a stethoscope to listen
whooshing sound which may indicate atherosclerosis (Kenney, 2015, p. 187).

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Blood tests: The blood test will be carried out to tell the rate at which blood is clotting, blood
sugar level or infections.
Computerized tomography scan: This is a type of scan that uses series of x-rays to create a
comprehensive image of the brain of the hypothetical patient. The scan can show stroke, tumor,
and other brain conditions (Mark Sherer, 2013, p. 215).
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: This type of imaging uses powerful radio magnets and waves in
creating a comprehensive image of the brain. This device will detect the tissue of the brain that
has been damaged by an ischemic stroke.
Type of patients being treated in TIRR Memorial Harman
The TIRR Memorial Harman offers specialized therapies and rehabilitation available for
both outpatients and inpatients such as occupational therapy, vision rehabilitation,
neuropsychology and psychology, physical therapy, music therapy, vision rehabilitation,
vesicular therapy, and spasticity management.
Administration
The headquarters of administration of the TIRR is situated in the 85000m2 Memorial
Hermann Tower at the corner of Gessner and Interstate Road. The facility has been headed by
some of the affluent leaders in the healthcare such as Dr Benjamin Chu and Dan Woltermna. The
current CEO and president are Charles Stokes (Sue Ziebland, 2012, p. 196).
Departments
The various departments making up the whole of TIRR Memorial Harman includes
Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center,

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Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital, Children’s Memorial Hermann, Memorial Hermann
Pearland Hospital, as well as TIRR Memorial Hermann Rehabilitation Hospital.
Payment sources that the TIRR Memorial Harman accepts
The TIRR Memorial Harman is recognized and accepted by numerous insurance
providers globally. The hospital also accepts debit card and debit card as a mode of payment in
case huge amounts need to be paid. Cash is also acceptable as a mode of payment especially in
case of payment of small amounts (Mark Sherer, 2013, p. 246).
Performance Improvement efforts
There have been many efforts directed towards improving the performance of the TIRR
Memorial Hospital. The efforts made are improving the facility to be safe from harm, effective
by not underusing or overusing the available techniques, patient-centered, timely, and efficient in
its operations.
Other organizations coordinating with TIRR Memorial Harman
The TIRR Memorial Harman is always coordinating with other organization for effective
functionality and referral options. The patients can be referred to these other organizations due to
the complexity of the matter of congestion reasons. Such organizations include Houston
Methodist Hospitals, Kirby Emergency Care Center and St Luke’s The Vintage Hospital (Mark
Sherer, 2013, p. 259).
Conclusion
According to the geographical location of the hypothetical patient who is suffering from
stroke, the best facility will be The TIRR Memorial Harman is located in medical center of

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Texas in a Houston, Texas in the US of America. The primary diagnosis of the stroke
hypothetical patient will be a physical examination, blood tests, and computerized tomography
scan.

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References
Chae, J. (2016). Stroke Rehabilitation: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America.
California: Elsevier Health Sciences.
Kenney, C. (2015). Transforming Health Care: Virginia Mason Medical Center's Pursuit of the Perfect
Patient Experience. Chicago: CRC Press.
Mark Sherer, A. M. (2013). Handbook on the Neuropsychology of Traumatic Brain Injury. New York:
Springer.
Sue Ziebland, A. C. (2012). Understanding and Using Health Experiences: Improving Patient Care.
Michigan: OUP Oxford.