Mueller-Barna, Peter and Hubert, Gordian J. and Boy, Sandra and Bogdahn, Ulrich and Wiedmann, Silke and Heuschmann, Peter U. and Audebert, Heinrich J. (2014) TeleStroke Units Serving as a Model of Care in Rural Areas 10-Year Experience of the TeleMedical Project for Integrative Stroke Care. STROKE, 45 (9). pp. 2739-2744. ISSN 0039-2499, 1524-4628
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Background and Purpose-Stroke Unit care improves stroke prognosis and is recommended for all patients with stroke. In rural areas, population-wide implementation of Stroke Units is challenging. Therefore, the TeleMedical Project for integrative Stroke Care (TEMPiS) was established in 2003 as a TeleStroke Unit network to overcome this barrier in Southeast Bavaria/Germany. Evaluation of its implementation between 2003 and 2005 had revealed improved process quality and clinical outcomes compared with matched hospitals without TeleStroke Units. Data on sustainability of these effects are lacking. Methods-Effects on the stroke care of the local population were analyzed by using data from official hospital reports. Prospective registries from 2003 to 2012 describe processes and outcomes of consecutive patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack treated in TEMPiS hospitals. Quality indicators assess diagnostics, treatment, and outcome. Rates and timeliness of intravenous thrombolysis as well as data on teleconsultations and secondary interhospital transfers were reported over time. Results-Within the covered area, network implementation increased the number of patients with stroke and transient ischemic attack treated in hospitals with (Tele-) Stroke Units substantially from 19% to 78%. Between February 2003 and December 2012, 54 804 strokes and transient ischemic attacks were treated in 15 regional hospitals, and 31 864 teleconsultations were performed. Intravenous thrombolysis was applied 3331 stroke cases with proportions increasing from 2.6% to 15.5% of all patients with ischemic stroke. Median onset-to-treatment times decreased from 150 (interquartile range, 127-163) to 120 minutes (interquartile range, 90-160) and door-to-needle times from 80 (interquartile range, 68-101) to 40 minutes (interquartile range, 29-59). Conclusions-TeleStroke Units can provide sustained high-quality stroke care in rural areas.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PILOT PROJECT; TEMPIS; BAVARIA; IMPLEMENTATION; THROMBOLYSIS; HOSPITALS; SYSTEM; quality indicators, health care; stroke; telemedicine; thrombolytic therapy |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Neurologie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Aug 2019 08:59 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Aug 2019 08:59 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/9658 |
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