Telehealth for Acute StrokeManagement (Telestroke): Systematic

Review and Environmental Scan By

Deshpande, A., Khoja, S., McKibbon, A., Rizo, C., & Jadad,, A.R

(January 2008)

Prepared by: Wahidullah MayarProfessor: Levy ,PierreCourse: Knowledge Management and Social MediaUniversity of Ottawa, Ontario, October, 2011

Contents Knowledge Management in Health

CareIntroduction to stroke and

telestroke(Definitions)HistoryTechnologyImportanceResults

Knowledge Management in Healthcare

Effective knowledge transfer is of paramount importance in the advancement of health care system.

KM enables Health care providers to ensure safer and more efficient patient care

DefinitionsStroke:

“Stroke is characterized by the sudden loss of blood circulation to an area of the brain, resulting in a corresponding loss of neurologic function” (Salvador, 2011).

(Neurology, 2009)

(Transient Ischemic Attack, September 2010)

Definitions Con…

Telestroke:“Telestroke is the use of audio, video, or other telecommunications and electronic information processing to transmit data that are relevant to the diagnosis and treatment of acute stroke” (Deshpande,

2008).

(Anne Reoch, May 2011)

History

“The term “telestroke" was first used by Levine and Gorman in 1999 to refer to the use of telemedicine for evaluation of a patient with stroke” (Lawrence, 2008).

(Lawrence R. Wechsler, November 25, 2008)

Technology

Modalities of Telehealth:• Synchronus• Asynchronu

s

(Lee Schwamm, 2007)

Importance

Efficient means of communication among:Health care providers Health care providers and patients

Results Better access to neurologists or stroke

neurologists Early administration of tissue

Plasminogen Activator (tPA) in stroke patients

Reduced mortalityLess complications Reduced burden on economy

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Results Con…

(Home Care Supports Recovery After a Stroke, 2011)

Bibliography Anne Reoch. (May 2011). Scottish Telestroke Program. Scottish Center forTelehealth & Telecare.

http://www.sctt.scot.nhs.uk/stroke.html

Deshpande, A., Khoja, S., McKibbon, A., Rizo, C., & Jadad,, A. R. (2008). Telehealth for acute stroke management (telestroke): systematic review of analytic studies and environmental scan of relevant initiatives. (First ed., Vol. Issue 99, pp. 1-26). Ottawa, Ont, Canada: Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health.Retrieved from http://books.scholarsportal.info/viewdoc.html?id=/ebooks/ebooks0/gibson_cppc/2009-12-01/8/211796

Home Care Supports Recovery After a. (2011). Caring Right at Home http://www.caringnews.com/pub.59/issue.1034/article.4255/

Lawrence R. Wechsler. (November 25, 2008). Advances in Technology Increase Telestroke's Viability. American Academy of Neurology. http://www.aan.com/news/?event=read&article_id=6811

Lee Schwamm. (2007). Going the distance in stroke treatment Remote care approach widens in state's hospitals. http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/diseases/articles/2006/04/03/going_the_distance_in_stroke_treatment/

Stroke .(2009). Neurology. http://www.neurodoc.in/stroke

Transient Ischemic Attack. (September 2010). Bronagh Health. http://bronaghhealey.blogspot.com/2010/09/types-of-strokes-ischemic-ischemic.html

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