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A qualitative description of telemedicine for acute stroke care in Norway: technology is not the issue

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Health Services Research, December 2014
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Title
A qualitative description of telemedicine for acute stroke care in Norway: technology is not the issue
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BMC Health Services Research, December 2014
DOI 10.1186/s12913-014-0643-9
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Tove Sørensen, Kari Dyb, Ellen Rygh, Rolf Salvesen, Lars Thomassen

Abstract

BackgroundTo assist small hospitals in providing advanced stroke treatment, the Norwegian Directorate of Health has recommended telemedicine services. Telestroke enables specialists to examine patients via videoconferencing supplemented by teleradiology and to provide decision support to local health care personnel. There is evidence that telestroke increases thrombolysis rates.In Norway, telemedicine has mainly been used in non-critical situations. The first telestroke trials took place in 2008. The aim of this paper is to present an overview of telestroke trials and today¿s status with telestroke in Norway. Based on the divergent experience from two health regions in Norway, the paper discusses crucial factors for the integration of telestroke in clinical practice.MethodsThis is a descriptive study based on multiple methods to obtain an overview of the practice and experience with telestroke in Norway. A Web and literature search for `telestroke in Norway¿ was performed and compared with a survey of telemedicine services at the country's largest hospitals. These findings were supplemented by interviews with key personnel involved in telestroke in two of four health regions, as well as hospital field observations and log data of telestroke transmissions from five of the hospitals involved.ResultsIn Norway, experience in telemedicine for acute stroke care is limited. At the beginning of 2014, three of four regional health authorities were working with telestroke projects and services. Integration of the service in practice is challenging, with varying experience.The problems are not attributed to the technology in itself, but to organization (availability of staff on duty 24/7 and surveillance of the systems), motivation of staff, logistics (patient delay), and characteristics of the buildings (lack of space).ConclusionsPrerequisites for successful integration of telestroke in clinical practice include realization of the collaboration potential in the technology with consistent procedures for training and triage, availability of the equipment, and providing advice beyond questions concerning thrombolysis.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Malaysia 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Unknown 83 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 13 15%
Researcher 11 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 12%
Student > Master 10 12%
Student > Postgraduate 6 7%
Other 22 26%
Unknown 13 15%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 21 25%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 15%
Computer Science 6 7%
Psychology 6 7%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 5%
Other 19 22%
Unknown 16 19%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 November 2021.
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#6,276,331
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#2,977
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#85,441
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Health Services Research
#44
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