Obstacles and solutions in the implementation of telestroke: Billing, licensing, and legislation

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3602-3606

  Aita, Mark C ^a   Nguyen, Kim ^a   Bacon, Robert ^b   Capuzzi, Kevin M ^c  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Pinckney Harris and Weidinger LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Licensure; Mechanisms; Reimbursement; Stroke; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTHCARE COMMON PROCEDURE CODING SYSTEM; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; LAW; LICENSING; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REIMBURSEMENT; STROKE PATIENT; TELECONSULTATION; TELEMEDICINE; TELESTROKE; VIDEOCONFERENCING;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; LICENSURE; MECHANISMS; REIMBURSEMENT; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; STROKE; TELEMEDICINE;

EID: 84889264845     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.001889     Document Type: Article

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