Brain Saving Technologies, Inc. and the T-Health Institute: Medicine Throu
CASE: Brain Saving Technologies, Inc. and the T-Health Institute: Medicine Through Videoconferencing.
On average, every 45 seconds, someone in theUnited States suffers a stroke, the third-leadingcause of death as well as the leading cause of permanentdisability in the nation, according to the AmericanHeart Association.The first three hours after a stroke are critical to a patientssurvival and recovery. For instance, depending on thetype of stroke suffered by a patient, certain drugs can vastlyimprove the patients survival and chances for full rehabilitation.Those same drugs, however, can be deadly if given to apatient suffering another type of stroke. Due in part to ashortage of specialty physicians trained to accurately diagnoseand treat stroke victims, not all U.S. hospitals have theexpertise and equipment to optimally care for stroke patients,particularly in the critical early hours.The new Neuro Critical Care Center, operated by BrainSaving Technologies Inc. in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts,will begin to connect emergency-room doctors at a numberof suburban hospitals in the state with a remote universityhospital that will act as a hub with on-call critical-care neurologistswho can assist in making remote diagnoses andtreatment recommendations for suspected stroke patients,says Stuart Bernstein, CEO and chief operating officer atBrain Saving Technologies. The connection occurs througha visual-communication workstation that can connect via IP,high-bandwidth communications, or private leased line. Theworkstation allows the remote specialists to examine and talkto patients, and collaborate with on-site doctors to improvetimely diagnosisof strokes and optimize treatment options,Bernstein says.Our purpose is to provide member hospitals with a majorhospital stroke center, 24 by 7, Bernstein says. CTscansdigital images of patients brainscan also be transmittedfrom the member hospitals to the Neuro Critical CareCenter specialists to improve diagnosis of the patients, hesays. The images are seen simultaneously by doctors at bothlocations so that they can collaborate. The technology canalso help train emergency-room doctors about what characteristicsto look for on the CT scans of stroke patients.A key component of the Neuro Critical Care Centersoffering is the Intern Tele-HealthCare Solution from Tandberg,which provides simultaneous audio and video transmission andbidirectional videoconferencing and image-display capabilitiesto hub and member hospital doctors. Emergency-room doctorscan wheel the mobile Tandberg system to patients bedsides,Bernstein says.Tandbergs medical video-communication products arealso used in other telehealth applications, including situationswhere doctors need an expert in sign language or a foreignlanguage to communicate with patients or their family members,says Joe DIorio, Tandbergs manager of telehealth.The te
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