In this first-of-its-kind U.S. health economic analysis, researchers from Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota) have found that using two way audio-video telemedicine to deliver stroke care, also known as telestroke, appears to be cost-effective for rural hospitals that don't have an around-the-clock neurologist, or stroke expert, on staff. The research is published in the Sept. 14, 2011, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology (St. Paul, Minnesota). (Medical Device Daily) Read More
