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Stroke Center reaches milestone consultation

An MUSC program that utilizes new technology and a high-speed Internet connection to provide specialty care to rural clinical offices and hospitals, celebrated its 200th call in July. The program, REACH, logged its milestone emergency consultation with the McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence July 29.
 
REACH MUSC brings expertise to remote sites to assist in emergency evaluation and treatment of acute stroke, a medical emergency that kills thousands of South Carolinians each year. Small and mid-sized hospitals link with the Internet-based consulting system for emergency evaluation and treatment of patients with signs of acute stroke. Once a patient is rushed to the hospital for stroke symptoms, emergency experts can collaborate with the MUSC Stroke Center team through the Web to discuss early treatment options that can improve the chances of a good outcome.
 
Robert Adams, M.D., MUSC Stroke Center director, is cofounder of REACH Call Inc. REACH Call Inc. provides the system equipment, software, decision support and Web applications for urgent specialist consultations for stroke and other emergency conditions online.
 
For  information on REACH MUSC, visit http://www.muschealth.com/cerebrovascular/reach.htm or contact Ellen Debenham, R.N., REACH/MUSC Tele-Stroke Program coordinator at debenham@musc.edu.

  

Friday, Aug. 14, 2009


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