Robotic telepresence versus standardly supervised stroke alert team assessments.

Journal: Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Telemedicine has created access to emergency stroke care for patients in all communities, regardless of geography. We hypothesized that there is no difference in speed of assessment between vascular neurologist (VN) robotic telepresence and standard VN-supervised stroke alert patients in a metropolitan primary stroke center.

Authors

  • Cumara B O'Carroll
    1 Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic , Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Joseph G Hentz
  • Maria I Aguilar
  • Bart M Demaerschalk