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ArticleBMJ case reports2016

Remote care of a patient with stroke in rural Trinidad: use of telemedicine to optimise global neurological care.

Antonio Jose Reyes, Kanterpersad Ramcharan

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Antonio Jose ReyesDepartment of Medicine, Neurology Unit, San Fernando Teaching Hospital, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8000-4655
Kanterpersad RamcharanDepartment of Medicine, San Fernando Teaching Hospital, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago Department of Medicine, Surgi-Med Clinic, San Fenando, Trinidad and Tobago.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2937-6362
San Fernando General Hospital · TT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report a patient driven home care system that successfully assisted 24/7 with the management of a 68-year-old woman after a stroke-a global illness. The patient's caregiver and physician used computer devices, smartphones and internet access for information exchange. Patient, caregiver, family and physician satisfaction, coupled with outcome and cost were indictors of quality of care. The novelty of this basic model of teleneurology is characterised by implementing a patient/caregiver driven system designed to improve access to cost-efficient neurological care, which has potential for use in primary, secondary and tertiary levels of healthcare in rural and underserved regions of the world. We suggest involvement of healthcare stakeholders in teleneurology to address this global problem of limited access to neurological care. This model can facilitate the management of neurological diseases, impact on outcome, reduce frequency of consultations and hospitalisations, facilitate teaching of healthcare workers and promote research.

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Rural Health ServicesRural PopulationAgedDisease ManagementFemaleHome Care ServicesHumansNeurologyStrokeTelemedicineTrinidad and Tobago

Identifiers

PMID27485873
PMCPMC4986067
OpenAlexW2479954922

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