Stroke Telemedicine for Arizona Rural Residents, the Legacy Telestroke Study

CONCLUSIONS: Multiple small and rurally located community hospitals and health systems can successfully collaborate with a more centrally located larger hospital center through telemedicine technologies to develop a coordinated approach to the assessment, diagnosis, and emergency treatment of patients manifesting symptoms and signs of an acute stroke syndrome. This model may serve well the needs of patients presenting with other time-sensitive medical emergencies.Clinical Trial Registration number: NCT00829361.PMID:35720454 | PMC:PMC9052207 | DOI:10.1089/tmr.2022.0002

Source: Rural Remote Health - June 20, 2022 Category: Rural Health Authors: Bart M Demaerschalk Maria I Aguilar Timothy J Ingall David W Dodick Bert B Vargas Dwight D Channer Erica L Boyd Terri E J Kiernan Dennis G Fitz-Patrick J Gregory Collins Joseph G Hentz Brie N Noble Qing Wu Karina Brazdys Bentley J Bobrow Source Type: research