telemedicine

Improving Stroke Care and Positioning Our Efforts to Address Alzheimer’s

By |2017-02-10T09:49:09-07:00September 24th, 2015|Prevention|

For the past several years stroke has been recognized as the fourth leading disease-related cause of death in Arizona, making it eligible for tobacco tax funding under Proposition 303. Our Bureau of Tobacco and Chronic Disease (BTCD) has been dedicating a portion of tobacco tax revenues to fund the development of healthcare systems aimed at increasing the [...]

Hub & Spoke Telemedicine

By |2017-02-10T09:50:58-07:00September 27th, 2012|Prevention|

Back in 2006 we funded a web based "hub and spoke" telemedicine system with tobacco tax funds to link up small rural and undeserved hospitals with a Primary Stroke Center (Mayo Clinic Arizona) which can give expert advice on how to best treat acute stroke patients at the rural hospitals (also called spoke hospitals).  We’re [...]

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Arizona Stroke Research

By |2010-05-10T08:55:18-07:00May 10th, 2010|Preparedness, Prevention|

Dr. Ben Bobrow, our EMS Medical Director is at it again, with yet another publication that positively measured the value and effectiveness of another public health intervention.  Ben and his team published this month in Stroke and demonstrated that telemedicine is incredibly valuable for saving lives in rural and remote communities, by giving rural and [...]

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