Abstract:Background:
Telestroke has significantly improved acute stroke care in intensive care and inpatient settings, but post discharge care has been lacking and fragmented resulting in poor secondary stroke prevention, post-stroke complications, and inadequate patient education. Immediate need for stroke follow up ignited the development of telemedicine outpatient stroke clinics led and managed by nurses and nurse practitioners. Nurses identified these gaps and advocated for telestroke clinics in rural a… Show more
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