Tag Archives: telestroke

Telestroke Is Cost-Effective for Hospitals, Mayo Clinic Researchers Show

December 4th, 2012 - 4:22 pm

Researchers have found that using telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that do not have an around-the-clock neurologist, or stroke expert, on staff. The research, published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular … Continue reading →

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Smartphone Technology and Telemedicine

October 1st, 2012 - 4:47 pm

A new Mayo Clinic study confirms the use of smartphone medical images to evaluate stroke patients in remote locations through telemedicine. The study, the first to test the effectiveness of smartphone teleradiology applications in a real-world telestroke network, was recently … Continue reading →

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Good news for rural stroke patients: Telestroke care is cost-effective

September 14th, 2011 - 3:58 pm

In this first-of-its-kind U.S. health economic analysis, researchers have found that using two way audio-video telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that don’t have an around-the-clock neurologist, or stroke expert, … Continue reading →