ASA: Teleconsultation May Improve Thrombolytic Use at Community Hospitals

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William J. Meurer, M.D., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 18 -- Telephone consultation with stroke experts appears to increase the use of thrombolytic therapy at community hospitals, researchers said here.

Patients presenting to facilities that had a 24-hour hotline to a stroke center were four times more likely to receive tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) than patients at similar hospitals that did not have telemedicine access.

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