Telehealth Stroke

Certified Professional by the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ (CPAHA)
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Learn how you can expand and maintain your telehealth stroke skills through a new ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ certification for individual health care professionals.

This certification offers a framework for evaluating professionals interested in validating their knowledge and experience in telehealth stroke principles and care delivery.  Certification provides validation that an individual has followed the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥â€™s rigorous, science-backed requirements.
 

Commit to ensuring everyone, everywhere has access to high-quality stroke care.

How Patients Benefit

  • Assurance that patient care is at the heart of the certification.
  • Knowledge that the health care professional can provide expert services using evaluation criteria supported by ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ science.
  • Opportunity for more effective, accessible and efficient care, particularly for those who otherwise lack access to quality health care.
     
 
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How Health Care Professionals Benefit

  • Validation of a level of expertise that only the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ can offer.
  • Possibility of more patient referrals, professional recognition and increased salary.
  • Enhanced expertise and the personal satisfaction of providing your patients with the best possible care via telehealth.
  • Certificate and graphic suitable for display.
  • Branding guidelines provided by the Association to help alert local media channels that you hold the credential.
  • Access to the Association’s advocacy and policy resources and updates.
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How Referral Sources & Insurance Providers Benefit
 

  • Support care coordination and communication between the referral source and agencies, enhancing the continuum of care for the patient.
  • Confidence of certification built on the Association’s science and guidelines. 
  • Opportunity to demonstrate quality of care through patient outcomes.
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What Certified Professionals Are Saying

"At Adjacent Health, we have incorporated Telehealth Stroke Certification through the ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ (CPAHA) into our physician competency strategy. Our hospital partners are seeking the most qualified and responsive care they can find. The AHA has long been the standard for best practice in stroke. In addition to the standard of recruiting top trained doctors with a passion for clinical medicine, our requirement of CPAHA certification for our physicians demonstrates our continued commitment to excellence."

- Chad Miller, MD, FNCS, Chief Medical Officer, Adjacent Health