St. Joseph Offers Leading Technology and Treatments for Treatment of Neurological Disorders
Wheaton Franciscan – St. Joseph Campus offers a range of neurological services to address problems of the brain, spinal cord and nervous system.
Our neurologists, neurosurgeons, and interdisciplinary clinical team can help diagnose and treat these medical conditions:
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig's Disease)
- Aneurysm
- Dementia
- Epilepsy / Seizures
- Fibromyalgia
- Headache and Migraines
- Movement Disorders
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Pain – chronic or episodic
- Parkinson's Disease
- Sleep Disorders
- Spine
- Stroke
We offer dedicated neurologic and interdisciplinary services to meet our patients’ needs:
National recognition
In November 2011, St. Joseph received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes our commitment and success in implementing excellent care for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines. To receive the award, our campus achieved of 85 percent or higher adherence to all Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality Achievement indicators for two or more consecutive 12-month intervals and achieved 75 percent or higher compliance with six of 10 Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality Measures, which are reporting initiatives to measure quality of care. These measures include aggressive use of medications, such as tPA, antithrombotics, anticoagulation therapy, DVT prophylaxis, cholesterol reducing drugs and smoking cessation, all aimed at reducing death and disability and improving the lives of stroke patientss.
We are a Certified Advanced Primary Stroke Center by Joint Commission
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