Telestroke Services News and Resources for Healthcare

Research on Digital Health Stroke Interventions Not Diverse Enough

December 28, 2023 - It is unclear if digital health interventions for stroke prevention and care are effective among historically underrepresented groups like the Black and Latinx populations, according to new research. Published in BMC Public Health, the study examines the efficacy of digital health interventions for stroke prevention and care and assesses the...

FL Health System Launches Telehealth-Enabled Mobile Stroke Unit

June 06, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

University of Florida Health (UF Health) has launched a mobile stroke unit that leverages telehealth to improve stroke care. The mobile stroke units include a diagnostic computerized tomography (CT)...

UR Medicine Expands Telestroke, Remote Neuro Care in NY

April 26, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

UR Medicine has begun offering telestroke and hospital-based neurological care to additional locations in upstate New York. UR Medicine has expanded its telestroke program and remote acute and...

Social Workers Can Expand Telehealth Access for Stroke Survivors

April 03, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Published in Stroke, details from a review conducted by UTHealth Houston described that many stroke survivors benefit from telehealth, with options such as community health workers, mobile hotspots,...

UVA Health Strikes Telestroke Partnership in Central Virginia

February 14, 2023 by Anuja Vaidya

UVA Health is partnering with community healthcare organizations and emergency medical services (EMS) agencies to expand access to telestroke services in Central Virginia. The partnership, supported...

Telestroke Adoption Not Associated with Changes in Patient Outcomes

September 28, 2021 by Victoria Bailey

Telestroke adoption in hospitals did not produce any changes in patient outcomes or in stroke systems of care, according to a study from researchers at Harvard Medical School and other health...

Grant Funds Medical Device Development to Prevent Epileptic Seizures

September 14, 2021 by Victoria Bailey

A professor at the University of Houston has received a $3.7 million BRAIN initiative grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to further his research and medical device...

Telestroke Services Give Hospitals an Effective Model for Improving Clinical Outcomes

August 13, 2021 by Eric Wicklund

One of the early front-runners in proving the value of telehealth is through telestroke services, where the technology has literally saved lives. Healthcare providers have used telemedicine to treat...

Wake Forest Trains Telehealth, RPM on Social Determinants of Health, Stroke Care

August 02, 2021 by Eric Wicklund

The Wake Forest School of Medicine is launching five separate projects that will use telehealth and remote patient monitoring in determining how social determinants of health access to care. A sixth...

American Academy of Neurology Lobbies for Telehealth Coverage

May 14, 2021 by Eric Wicklund

The American Academy of Neurology is joining the effort to compel Congress to extend telehealth coverage past the pandemic, saying connected health will continue to be a valuable tool to help...

New mHealth App Identifies Stroke Signs Through Speech, Facial Movements

October 27, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

An mHealth app developed by researchers at Penn State and Houston Methodist Hospital reportedly can diagnose a stroke from a user’s speech and facial movements. James Wang, a professor of...

West Virginia University Gets Federal Grant for ER Telehealth Program

October 12, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

West Virginia University is getting a $1.2 million federal grant to create a telemedicine platform that will give rural hospital ERs on-demand access to specialists. The four-year grant from the...

How a Rural Hospital Developed and Launched its Telehealth Platform

August 11, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

Small hospitals across the country are turning to telehealth to expand their treatment options and give patients access to specialists they might otherwise have to travel long distances to see. These...

Indiana Providers, VA Eye 3 New Telehealth Programs for Veterans

July 23, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

Two Indiana institutions are working with the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop three new telehealth services for veterans in the state. The Indiana University School of Medicine and the...

New COVID-19 Stroke Guidelines Stress Support for Telehealth, mHealth

May 28, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

A team of stroke experts has published new guidelines calling for the increased use of telemedicine during triage and transport to improve patient care and outcomes. Writing in the American Heart...

Feds Target Telehealth for Emergency Services in New Grant Program

February 27, 2020 by Eric Wicklund

Federal officials are offering grants to rural healthcare providers looking to use telehealth to improve emergency services, such as stroke, behavioral health or EMS care. The Department of Health and...

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