Telemedicine Network Expansion
Abstract
Memorial Hermann Hospital's resources of specialty physicians and highly acclaimed Level I trauma center is able to offer comprehensive consultative services to its extensive rural hospital affiliates. Telemedicine may serve as a solution to increase access to medical care and to capitalize on centralized computer informatics. Acute stroke treatment is well suited for telemedicine consultation given the narrow therapeutic time window. Data suggests that rural patients' travel time to the tertiary center often exceeds the period needed for treatment. Emergency department assessments can be standardized with web-based computer informatics. Use of videotaped measures of the subacute stroke survivor for consultative advice by a telemedicine interdisciplinary stroke rehabilitation service can lead to sophisticated treatment plans in a rural hospital in-patient setting. Brain preservation and restoration of myocardial function are dual goals in resuscitation. The University of Texas Stroke Team has been involved with cardiac arrest and hypothermia for several years. Telemedicine may be well suited for guiding hypothermia treatment in cardiac arrest. We can measure outcomes for complications rates, functional scales, patient, caregiver, and physician satisfaction. Results will be submitted to peer reviewed journals.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA428462
Entities
People
- John Choi
- Steven G Allen