Improving telestroke treatment times through a quality improvement initiative in a Singapore emergency department.

CONCLUSION: The quality improvement initiative resulted in a reduction in median DTN time. Our approach allowed for a systematic method to resolve delays within the telestroke workflow. This initiative is part of an ongoing effort aimed at providing thrombolysis safely to eligible patients in the shortest possible time.
PMID: 30009318 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Singapore Medical Journal - July 16, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: Mong R, Tiah L, Wong M, Tan C Tags: Singapore Med J Source Type: research