ReviewNature reviews. Neurology2013
The history and future of telestroke.
Review in Nature reviews. Neurology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.
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30 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.
- The cost-effectiveness of telestroke in the treatment of acute ischemic stroke in China.Health economics review · 2026Article
- Geographic disparities in EVT access and stroke mortality under universal health coverage in South Korea.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Stroke care networks and the impact on quality of care.Health care management science · 2022Article
- A Chilean Experience of Telestroke in a COVID-19 Pandemic Year.Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Agreement and Reliability Analysis of Machine Learning Scaling and Wireless Monitoring in the Assessment of Acute Proximal Weakness by Experts and Non-Experts: A Feasibility Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2022Article
- Detection, Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke: Current and Future Perspectives.Frontiers in medical technology · 2022Review
- Stroke mimics: incidence, aetiology, clinical features and treatment.Annals of medicine · 2021Article
- Association of Hospital Telestroke Adoption With Changes in Initial Hospital Presentation and Transfers Among Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attacks.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- United States Medicolegal Progress and Innovation in Telemedicine in the Age of COVID-19: A Primer for Neurosurgeons.Neurosurgery · 2021Article
- Telemedicine review in neuro-oncology: comparative experiential analysis for Barrow Neurological Institute and Geisinger Health during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.Neuro-oncology practice · 2021Review
- Building cohesion in distributed telemedicine teams: findings from the Department of Veterans Affairs National Telestroke Program.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Automatic Grading of Stroke Symptoms for Rapid Assessment Using Optimized Machine Learning and 4-Limb Kinematics: Clinical Validation Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Feasibility of Real Time Internet-Based Teleconsultation in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: Interventional Pilot Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Article
- Telemedicine for Hyperkinetic Movement Disorders.Tremor and other hyperkinetic movements (New York, N.Y.) · 2020Review
- Importance of the telemedicine network for neurosurgery in Slovenia.World journal of methodology · 2019Review
- The Potential of Telemedicine to Improve Pediatric Concussion Care in Rural and Remote Communities in Canada.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Article
- European Stroke Organisation certification of stroke units and stroke centres.European stroke journal · 2018Article
- Teleneurology and mobile technologies: the future of neurological care.Nature reviews. Neurology · 2018Review
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- Telestroke.Current cardiology reports · 2017Review
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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
This Review focuses on the application of telemedicine to the care of patients with acute stroke (telestroke), from the prehospital setting through hospitalization. Telestroke has grown remarkably in the past decade and has entered mainstream care for patients with acute stroke. Telestroke enables such patients to be remotely evaluated, thereby allowing optimal treatment and management even in clinically underserved areas and removing geographical disparities in access to expert care. Telestroke systems enable thrombolytic treatment to be administered in community and rural hospitals, and facilitate the appropriate transfer of patients with complex conditions (who require critical care services and neurosurgical or intra-arterial interventions) to a comprehensive stroke centre. Decision-analytic models show that telestroke is cost-effective from both a societal and a hospital perspective. Limitations to the use of telestroke in the USA include the need for state licensing and credentialling of physicians, and the technical requirements of a minimum network bandwidth (which is still lacking in some regions). However, the opportunity exists for telestroke to become the backbone of an electronic stroke unit and to be used to identify and enrol patients in clinical trials of acute stroke treatment. The use of telestroke in the prehospital setting has been hampered by limited telecommunication availability, but these problems might be mitigated by fourth-generation cellular data networks.
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