The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) is a well-validated, reliable scoring system for use specifically with stroke patients (Goldstein, Bertels, & Davis, 1989; Lyden et al., ...

Conducting dysphagia screenings for 90% or more of patients. Documenting National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) ...

There is also potential to link NIHSS scores to local, state, and national stroke registries for different types of stroke outcomes research. Since implementation of the project, our facility has ...