The cloud stroke unit: 24-hour acute stroke expertise-on-demand.

Journal article

The use of telemedicine, especially as it is relates to telestroke, has significantly expanded over the past one or two decades. The fact that stroke therapy is a time-critical disease process, coupled with the relative paucity of stroke-trained practitioners, makes telestroke an attractive technique of care. The authors' objective was to summarize the evidence that support the reliability of telemedicine for diagnosis and efficacy in acute stroke treatment in collaboration between hospitals in two different countries.

Authors: Pezzella, F; Pozzessere, C; Siniscalchi, A; Gallelli, L; Anticoli, S

• Journal: Hospital topics
• Volume: 91
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 81-86
• Publication date: 2013-01-01
• DOI: 10.1080/00185868.2013.848160
• EISSN: 1939-9278
• ISSN: 0018-5868
• Language: English
• Keywords: Reproducibility of Results; Evidence-Based Medicine; Telemedicine; Time Factors; Humans; United States; Stroke; Health Services Accessibility