Telestroke White Paper
“The health system simply doesn’t have enough capacity right now to meet the demand in a timely
manner, so we absolutely need to turn to telemedicine and hub-and-spoke strategies to make sure
access is equitable and available to the people who need it.”
- Andrew Watson, MD, Senior Medical Advisor UPMC Enterprises and Senior Medical Director for UPMC Health Plan in Pennsylvania.
Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a stroke, resulting in more than 140,000 deaths per year and hundreds of thousands more patients who suffer long-term disability due to delays in care or inappropriate treatment decisions. Stroke care is especially complicated in rural and remote communities, where the nearest facility could be hours away – and there’s no guarantee that an experienced stroke care team will be available to help.
Register to read this white paper and learn more about Navigating the Digital Frontier of Transformative Telestroke Care.