Seamless Integrated Stroke Telemedicine Systems of Care

Seamless integrated stroke telemedicine systems of care: a potential solution for acute stroke care delivery delays and inefficiencies.

See related article, pages 1626–1630 Although there still remains some work to be performed refining the operations of regional stroke networks designed to maximize intravenous thrombolysis eligibility and administration for patients with acute ischemic stroke,1 Prabhakaran et al2 have embarked on necessary research exploring the next level of sophistication—early determination of eligibility f...

Telemedicine in integrated care (example: asthma treatment)

Purpose: Medical impact of telemetric management on patients with asthma. Context: Sectoral boundaries still cause problems in supervising chronically Ill patients in Germany. Integrated care models by means of modern telemedicine can help. Since the beginning of 2008, an agreement between the Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) and the German Foundation for the Chronically Ill has enabled a telemedica...

Promoting seamless transfer-of-care for stroke patients in primary care: development of the integrated care pathway for post stroke services

Background Post-stroke care after hospital discharge suffers from lack of intersectoral collaboration within the public health sectors. Hence, primary care remains the only option in managing stroke patients in underserved areas in Malaysia. This study aimed to identify the areas, which can be better coordinated to deliver optimal poststroke care in community setting. A seamless transfer of car...

Integrated Approach to Stroke Care

Seamless care: The challenge between primary and secondary care systems

The changing face of diabetes management in the NHS The Audit Commission described the great variation in the quality of diabetes services across primary and secondary care in the late 1990s (Audit Commission, 2000). It recommended that the effective management of routine diabetes could be done in primary care, leaving secondary care to manage more complex patients. Models of care like Kaiser P...