The Yale-New Haven Stroke Center recently began the first telemedicine stroke program - or telestroke program - in Connecticut. Under the leadership of Joseph Schindler, MD, neurologists at YNHH use a video and image-sharing telecommunications system to provide acute stroke care consultative services when patients present with acute stroke symptoms at an affiliated hospital and are deemed eligible for intravenous tPA or interventional procedures. [ More ]

YNHH is partnering with Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London in the pilot telestroke program. Members of the YNHH stroke team actively communicate with the clinical staff at L & M during the acute stroke phase. Both YNHH and L & M are DPH-designated Primary Stroke Centers. [  More ]

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