The challenges of implementing a telestroke network: A systematic review and case study

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  French, Beverley ^a   Day, Elaine ^b   Watkins, Caroline ^a   McLoughlin, Alison ^c   Fitzgerald, Jane ^a   Leathley, Michael ^a   Davies, Paul ^d   Emsley, Hedley ^c   Ford, Gary ^e   Jenkinson, Damian ^f   May, Carl ^g   O'Donnell, Mark ^h   Price, Christopher ⁱ   Sutton, Christopher ^a   Lightbody, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Cardiac and Stroke Networks Lancashire and Cumbria   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL PRESTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CUMBERLAND INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f NHS Improvement   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^h BLACKPOOL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONSENSUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; REVIEW; STANDARD; TELEMEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSENSUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84887352281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-125     Document Type: Article

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