The role of stroke care infrastructure on the effectiveness of a hub-and-spoke telestroke model in South Carolina

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OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between stroke care infrastructure and stroke quality-of-care outcomes at 29 spoke hospitals participating in the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) hub-and-spoke telestroke network.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Encounter-level data from MUSC's telestroke patient registry were filtered to include encounters during 2015-2022 for patients aged 18 and above with a clinical diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke, and who received intravenous tissue plasminogen activator. Unadjusted and adjusted generalized estimating equations assessed associations between time-related stroke quality-of-care metrics captured during the encounter and the existence of the two components of stroke care infrastructure-stroke coordinators and stroke center certifications-across all hospitals and within hospital subgroups defined by size and rurality.

RESULTS: Telestroke encounters at spoke hospitals with stroke coordinators and stroke center certifications were associated with shorter door-to-needle (DTN) times (60.9 min for hospitals with both components and 57.3 min for hospitals with one, vs. 81.2 min for hospitals with neither component, p <.001). Similar patterns were observed for the percentage of encounters with DTN time of ≤60 min (63.8% and 68.9% vs. 32.0%, p <.001) and ≤45 min (34.0% and 38.4% vs. 8.42%, p <.001). Associations were similar for other metrics (e.g., door-to-registration time), and were stronger for smaller (vs. larger) hospitals and rural (vs. urban) hospitals.

CONCLUSIONS: Stroke coordinators or stroke center certifications may be important for stroke quality of care, especially at spoke hospitals with limited resources or in rural areas.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

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Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association - 33(2024), 6 vom: 29. März, Seite 107702

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Srinivasan, Mithuna [VerfasserIn]
Scott, Amber [VerfasserIn]
Soo, Jackie [VerfasserIn]
Sreedhara, Meera [VerfasserIn]
Popat, Shena [VerfasserIn]
Beasley, Kincaid Lowe [VerfasserIn]
Jackson, Tiara N [VerfasserIn]
Abbas, Amena [VerfasserIn]
Keaton, W Alexander [VerfasserIn]
Holmstedt, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Harvey, Jillian [VerfasserIn]
Kruis, Ryan [VerfasserIn]
McLeod, Shay [VerfasserIn]
Ahn, Roy [VerfasserIn]

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Journal Article
Program evaluation
Quality of healthcare
Remote consultation
Stroke
Telemedicine

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Date Revised 07.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107702

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NLM370455894