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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2019 Feb 7;28(5):1219–1228. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2019.01.012

Table 2.

Semi-structure interview guide questions

Sample interview questions
1. Describe your responsibilities in the emergency department
2. When a patient with an acute ischemic stroke is identified, walk me through the process of transferring that patient to another institution?
3. Please tell me about 1–2 situations in which the transfer of patients with an acute ischemic stroke went particularly well. Poorly?
4. Describe any barriers that make it difficult to transfer patients to a different facility.
5. If you have been at another facility that transfers patients with acute ischemic stroke, how do the processes at this current facility differ?
6. Please describe any challenges to sharing information with stroke center staff members
7. Do you receive any feedback (positive or negative) from the receiving facility after the patient is transferred?
8. What would you most like to see improved in the stroke transfer process?