Telestroke: Improving Stroke Care for Rural Arizona Residents
By Jane Erikson on Jan 21, 2014 03:41 pm
In 2005, patients who were hospitalized with an ischemic stroke
in Tucson or Phoenix were 10 times as likely to receive potentially
life-saving medical care as patients treated at hospitals in rural
Arizona.
Today, patients in rural Arizona have as good or even better chance of receiving the best possible treatment – a “clot-busting” drug called tPA - compared with stroke patients in the state’s two largest cities.
The change came about because of the Telestroke Program at the Mayo Clinic – Phoenix.
Today, patients in rural Arizona have as good or even better chance of receiving the best possible treatment – a “clot-busting” drug called tPA - compared with stroke patients in the state’s two largest cities.
The change came about because of the Telestroke Program at the Mayo Clinic – Phoenix.
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