EDINBURG — Stroke which is the fifth leading cause of death and a principal cause of adult disability in the U.S. is the subject of a Federally-funded study “C3FIT” coordinated by the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. DHR Health was chosen as one of only 18 sites in the country for this comprehensive stroke study. DHR Health Institute for Research and Development, which is affiliated with DHR Health, will coordinate the C3FIT study.
The three C’s stand for Coordinated, Collaborated, and Comprehensive, and FIT is an acronym for Family-Based, Integrated, Technology-Enabled Care. The C3FIT study was designed with input from stroke patients,