The Experience of Spoke Hospitals in an Academic Telestroke Network (P1.278)

Conclusions:Within this single hub-spoke telestroke system in the Northeast, we found that spoke hospitals perceive the advantages of telestroke to be in enabling improved rates and efficiency of tPA administration. Barriers to use were most often related to technological challenges rather than concerns about patient care or patients’ perceptions. Future work should further explore how to better meet the needs of spoke hospitals in caring for stroke patients.Disclosure: Dr. Gadhia has nothing to disclose. Dr. Schwamm has received personal compensation for activities with Lundbeck, LifeImage, and Medtronic as a consultant. Dr. Schwamm has received research support from NINDS and Genentech. Dr. Viswanathan has received personal compensation for activities with Athena Diagnostics as a consultant. Dr. Whitney has nothing to disclose. Dr. Moreno has nothing to disclose. Dr. Sauser Zachrison has nothing to disclose.
Source: Neurology - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Pre-Hospital Stroke, Tele-Stroke, and mHealth Source Type: research