Core clinical engineering and protocols for Telestroke DTN Optimization.
In acute stroke, 'time is brain': approximately 1.9 million neurons die every minute an occluded cerebral artery remains unperfused. Administering thrombolytic medication within 60 minutes—ideally under 30 minutes—dramatically reduces permanent disability.
TelepresenceSystems integrates emergency department intake with mobile notification paging: when a stroke alert is triggered, the remote vascular neurologist receives an emergency priority call, joining the bedside telepresence cart before the patient even returns from the CT scanner.