Frequent Hub–Spoke Contact Is Associated with Improved Spoke Hospital Performance: Results from the Massachusetts General Hospital Telestroke Network
Moreno A, Schwamm L, Siddiqui K, Viswanathan A, Whitney C, Rost N, Zachrison K. Frequent Hub–Spoke Contact Is Associated with Improved Spoke Hospital Performance: Results from the Massachusetts General Hospital Telestroke Network. Telemedicine Journal And E-Health 2017, 24: 678-683. PMID: 29271703, PMCID: PMC6014912, DOI: 10.1089/tmj.2017.0252.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDTN timePatient presentationTelestroke consultsTelestroke networkPatient-level regression analysesAcute ischemic stroke patientsShorter DTN timesIschemic stroke patientsFrequent contactPrimary predictor variableMedian DTNTPA administrationNeedle timeTPA useSpoke hospitalsStroke patientsMore frequent contactsHub hospitalImproved outcomesMedian numberTPA deliveryPatientsHospitalRegression analysisTelestroke