Telestroke networks improve acute stroke treatment for veterans and positively affect the efficiency of interhospital networks by avoiding unnecessary ED transfers, according to a study published in Neurology.
“Interhospital transfer for stroke has increased over the past two decades, particularly with the expansion of eligibility for endovascular thrombectomy,” Michael J. Lyerly, MD, associate professor of neurology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and colleagues wrote. “This has the potential to overburden tertiary centers with stroke mimics or