Telestroke 10 years later - 'telestroke 2.0'

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 323-330

  Switzer, Jeffrey A ^a   Levine, Steven R ^b   Hess, David C ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; Electronic medical record; Ischemic stroke; Recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; Stroke training; Telestroke

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPUTER; CONSULTATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; STROKE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND RECEIVABLE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; NEUROLOGY; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REMOTE CONSULTATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE; TELERADIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

EID: 67651006537     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000229550     Document Type: Review

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