Robotic telepresence versus standardly supervised stroke alert team assessments.
Journal:
Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association
Published Date:
Dec 9, 2014
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
Keywords
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arizona
Chi-Square Distribution
Emergencies
Emergency Treatment
Endovascular Procedures
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Linear Models
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Assessment
Robotics
Severity of Illness Index
Stroke
Survival Analysis
Telemedicine
Thrombolytic Therapy
Time Factors
Time-to-Treatment
Treatment Outcome