Kathleen L Bagot, Dominique A Cadilhac, Christopher F Bladin, Caroline L Watkins, Michelle Vu, Geoffrey A Donnan, Helen M Dewey, Hedley C A Emsley, D Paul Davies, Elaine Day, Gary A Ford, Christopher I Price, Carl R May, Alison S R McLoughlin, Josephine M E Gibson, Catherine E Lightbody
BACKGROUND: Stroke telemedicine can reduce healthcare inequities by increasing access to specialists. Successful telemedicine networks require specialists adapting clinical practice to provide remote consultations. Variation in experiences of specialists between different countries is unknown. To support future implementation, we compared perceptions of Australian and United Kingdom specialists providing remote acute stroke consultations. METHODS: Specialist participants were identified using purposive sampling from two new services: Australia's Victorian Stroke Telemedicine Program (n = 6; 2010-13) and the United Kingdom's Cumbria and Lancashire telestroke network (n = 5; 2010-2012)...
November 21, 2017: BMC Health Services Research