Time Gain Needed for In-Ambulance Telemedicine: Cost-Utility Model.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Stroke is a very time-sensitive pathology, and many new solutions target the optimization of prehospital stroke care to improve the stroke management process. In-ambulance telemedicine, defined by live bidirectional audio-video between a patient and a neurologist in a moving ambulance and the automated transfer of vital parameters, is a promising new approach to speed up and improve the quality of acute stroke care. Currently, no evidence exists on the cost effectiveness of in-ambulance telemedicine. OBJECTIVE:We aim to develop a first cost effectiveness model for in-ambulance telemedicine and use this model to estimate the time savings needed before in-ambulance telemedicine becomes cost effective. METHODS:Current standard stroke care is compared with current standard stroke ca

SUBMITTER: Valenzuela Espinoza A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5722977 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature