Open AccessFrequent Hub–Spoke Contact Is Associated with Improved Spoke Hospital Performance: Results from the Massachusetts General Hospital Telestroke Network
Author(s) -
Arianna Moreno,
Lee H Schwamm,
Khawja A Siddiqui,
Anand Viswanathan,
Cynthia Whitney,
Natalia S. Rost,
Kori S Zachrison
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
telemedicine and e-health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1556-3669
pISSN - 1530-5627
DOI - 10.1089/tmj.2017.0252
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , spoke hub distribution paradigm , thrombolysis , emergency medicine , tissue plasminogen activator , fibrinolytic agent , medical emergency , myocardial infarction , transport engineering , engineering
For acute ischemic stroke patients, shorter time to thrombolytic (tissue plasminogen activator [tPA]) is associated with improved outcomes.