Delivering Rapid teleStroke Care When Every Minute Matters
Access TeleCare provides real-time access and rapid response from an experienced and board-certified neurologist. TeleStroke care equips hospitals to care for patients experiencing strokes via telemedicine, including acute stroke care.
Neurology experts work with on-site teams to evaluate and treat stroke cases quickly, including a review of imaging, and recommendation for or against the administration of a clot-busting drug and whether the patient should receive endovascular treatment.
Key Benefits of Access TeleCare teleStroke Programs
Improve Door-to-Needle Times
Improve Door-to-Needle Times
Our board-certified teleNeurologists respond to all emergent consultation requests in under fifteen minutes, delivering rapid diagnostic and therapeutic decisions for patients experiencing a suspected stroke.Increase Thrombolytic Utilization Rates
Increase Thrombolytic Utilization Rates
By providing timely and expert consultations, our specialists can accurately identify suitable candidates for thrombolytic therapy. Once a patient is confirmed to be suitable, our teleNeurologists actively manage care alongside on-site teams, increasing on-site clinicians’ confidence in caring for post-thrombolytic patients locally and reducing transfers.Improve Patient Outcomes & Satisfaction
Improve Patient Outcomes & Satisfaction
Access TeleCare has improved outcomes and decreased transfers at all sites where they operate, and our teleNeurologists practice with Comprehensive Stroke Center standards at all partner sites, regardless of their accreditation status.Increase Regional Market Share
Increase Regional Market Share
Access TeleCare’s comprehensive teleNeurology and teleStroke programs don’t simply reduce transfers. By delivering an enhanced level of care and availability, Access TeleCare enables hospitals to take on more patients, improve their CMI, and rethink what is possible for their communities on a regional scale.Improve the Hospital’s Reputation
Improve the Hospital’s Reputation
Access TeleCare’s teleStroke programs deliver clinically excellent care that improves outcomes and keeps more patients in their communities for specialty care. By enhancing local care teams’ capabilities and capacity, our telemedicine programs contribute to a strong positive image and reputation for hospitals as reliable providers that patients can trust to deliver the care they need as soon as it’s needed.Enhance Patient Care
Enhance Patient Care
By providing comprehensive teleStroke coverage along with the full spectrum of neurological care, Access TeleCare helps hospitals provide a higher level of neurological care to enhance patient care and improve outcomes.Explore Case Studies
Improving Door-to-Needle Times with TeleStroke: Methodist Mansfield Medical Center Delivers Rapid Stroke Care through Virtual Neurology
Methodist Mansfield Medical Center partnered with Access TeleCare to implement a fully integrated TeleNeurology program providing 24/7 access to board-certified vascular neurologists. Through Access TeleCare’s Telemed IQ platform, stroke alerts are immediately routed to the on-call neurologist, who joins the bedside team virtually within minutes.
When Minutes Matter, Telemedicine Delivers: A Stroke Patient’s Story of Recovery
A teleNeurologists was called to consult on a patient arriving in the emergency department after suddenly losing the ability to walk and speak. Thanks to the seamless coordination of the on-site emergency and interventional teams and our neurologist via telemedicine, the patient received IV thrombolytics within 20 minutes of arrival and was quickly identified as a candidate for thrombectomy.
“We’re flying through stroke surveys now.”
– Dr. Cate Ranheim | UnityPoint Health interim chief medical officer
Time is Brain
Early diagnosis and treatment can mean the difference between life and death for stroke patients.
By enabling specialists to diagnose and determine the proper treatment for a stroke during the crucial, narrow window of time for the best chances of success, teleStroke programs move patients through their treatment process more efficiently. Hospitals are able to treat more patients and provide better treatment to those patients, increasing their chance for survival and recovery.
Access TeleCare teleStroke Program Results
“We’re there to co-manage patients alongside the local emergency department team and ensure timely care for patients experiencing strokes.
We adhere to the idea that ‘time is brain’.
Expectations and needs are high, and the key to meeting those is quick, experienced, and skilled neurologists.”
– Dr. Annie Tsui
Chief of Neurology | Access TeleCare
OUR PROGRAMS IN ACTION
Meeting Complex Stroke and Neurological Care Needs Locally
The gold standard for treatment of an ischemic stroke, the most common stroke type, is thrombolytic therapy delivered within a short window of hours from symptom onset. Our technology-enabled care delivery model provides prompt neurological expertise that eliminates geographic barriers to care and supports the full continuum of inpatient and outpatient care.
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