Stroke Rounds: Telestroke Delivers in Germany

A telestroke program in rural Bavaria cut door-to-needle times by half and the lag between symptom onset and first treatment by 20%, researchers said. Read more  "The main findings of 10-year experience of TEMPiS showed that this type of telemedical stroke unit network is sustaining, offers state-of-the-art acute stroke care by increasing access to stroke units and improving thrombolysis service, and is associated with long-term improvement in terms of quality indicators of acute hospital care," Muller-Barna and colleagues wrote.