A low-cost, tablet-based option for prehospital neurologic assessment: The iTREAT Study.

CONCLUSIONS: Utilizing a low-cost, tablet-based platform and commercial cellular networks, we can reliably perform prehospital neurologic assessments in both rural and urban settings. Further research is needed to establish the reliability and validity of prehospital mobile telestroke assessment in live patients presenting with acute neurologic symptoms. PMID: 27281534 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Rural Remote Health - June 7, 2016 Category: Rural Health Authors: Chapman Smith SN, Govindarajan P, Padrick MM, Lippman JM, McMurry TL, Resler BL, Keenan K, Gunnell BS, Mehndiratta P, Chee CY, Cahill EA, Dietiker C, Cattell-Gordon DC, Smith WS, Perina DG, Solenski NJ, Worrall BB, Southerland AM, As the iTREAT Investigat Tags: Neurology Source Type: research