Archived Webinars

Listed below are a number of archived Web Seminars (or Webinars) on various topics related to acute ischemic stroke intervention. Appropriate audience targets are those in the medical community interested in understanding more about ischemic stroke and the treatment options available. Audience members may include neuro interventionalists, stroke and general neurology physicians that routinely take stroke call, emergency medicine physicians, stroke coordinators, hospital administrators and nurses.

To register and view or download the archived Webinars, CLICK HERE. You will be taken to our Webinar landing page where you will have to click on "Recorded Sessions" in the left hand navigation menu.

• Stroke Center Development - Kicking it up a notch! - December 2007
  
  This educational opportunity was presented by Dr. Marilyn Rymer who is a neurologist at the Saint Luke's Brain and Stroke Institute in Kansas City, MO and is brought to you by Concentric Medical, Inc. Appropriate audience targets are those in the medical community interested in understanding more about comprehensive treatment options for large vessel ischemic stroke networks.

• The Multi MERCI Trial Results- September 2007
  
  This educational opportunity was presented by Dr. Wade Smith from the University of California, San Francisco and is brought to you by Concentric Medical.
  
  Appropriate audience targets are those in the medical community interested in understanding more about interventional options for large vessel acute ischemic stroke patients and more specifically about the Multi-MERCI Trial and its results.

• Hospital Reimbursement: 2008 Policy and Payment Update - October 2007
  
  This educational opportunity was presented by Jill Rathbun, Managing Partner, Galileo Consulting Group, Inc. and is brought to you by Concentric Medical.

  The content of this presentation is the 2008 CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) Final Inpatient Hospital Payment Update, effective for discharges on or after October 1, 2007. Appropriate audience includes hospital finance, department managers or others interested in learning more about the updates to the DRG system and payment rates for FY 2008.

• Stroke Center Development - Getting Ready to Launch - October 2007
  
  This educational opportunity was presented by Debbie Summers MSN, APRN-BC from Saint Luke's Brain and Stroke Institute in Kansas City, MO and is brought to you by Concentric Medical.

  The content of the presentation will review key steps to setting up and launching a certified stroke center.

• Advanced Imaging for Acute Ischemic Stroke - September 2007
  
  This educational opportunity was presented by Dr. Ansaar Rai, Associate Professor and Director of Interventional Neuroradiology at West Virginia University Hospital and is brought to you by Concentric Medical.
  
  Appropriate audience targets are those in the medical community interested in understanding more about how to diagnose and understand ischemic stroke and the treatment options available for ischemic stroke patients. Audience members may include neuro interventionalists, stroke and general neurology physicians that routinely take stroke call, emergency medicine physicians, stroke coordinators, hospital administrators and nurses. The content of the presentation will review in detail imaging techniques for assessment of ischemic stroke patients.