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Researchers Find Mobile Communication App Helps Deliver Stroke Treatments Faster
Currently in the United States someone suffers a stroke every 40 seconds, and each of those cases relies on getting treatment as fast as possible in order to assure best chances for recovery. Expediting care for these critical patients requires smooth communication between first responders in the field, the emergency room staff, and the specialty stroke team. Unfortunately, this delicate relay is not always well executed, as care teams are patching together archaic technologies such as pagers, faxes, emails, call lists, and other communication methods that do not integrate. Results from a study recently published in the Jo...
Source: JEMS Patient Care - February 3, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Patient Care Industry News Source Type: news

Abstract 241: Design and Clinical Outcomes of INSTOR (Interventional Stroke Therapy Outcomes Registry) Poster Session II
Conclusions: INSTOR presents instant online graphical and numerical results including "door to CT", "door to IV tPA", "time for return of laboratory results" and "time to angiography", etc. Process trends are presented with graphed monthly median data points overlain by a logistic regression trend line. The computerized multisite database also has the capability of automatically sending text massage or email reminders to designated recipients for follow-up events such as discharge information or 90-day mRS. INSTOR instantly performs complex multifactorial analyses of numerous measures of clinical outcomes for both IV tPA a...
Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes - May 15, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Connors, J. Tags: Poster Session II Source Type: research