TeleStroke Services

Through telemedicine, stroke specialists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital can examine patients at remote hospitals to help diagnose the patient's ailment and recommend a plan of care.

For more information on the program and how to join, please visit the Partners TeleStroke Center web site.

In the News

Recent articles mentioning the Partners TeleStroke Center. For more articles, visit the News page on the TeleStroke Center site.

• National Grid man to the rescue
  During a routine phone conversation with Newton's permit and road inspector, a National Grid employee in Waltham, Patrick Locke, grew alarmed as the inspector's speech became slurred and disjointed.
  Mon, 8 Mar 2010
• Evidence-Based Care and Outcomes Improve at Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Hospitals
  Acute stroke care and clinical outcomes have improved significantly at hospitals participating in the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines-Stroke program, according to a large study in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association.
  Mon, 22 Feb 2010
• Drug Can Stop Strokes, But Most Patients Don't Get It
  Every minute-and-a-half, on average, someone in America suffers a stroke. That's 795,000 strokes a year - a big toll by any measure. Strokes are the third-ranking cause of death and the leading cause of disability. But most stroke specialists think it doesn't have to be so bad.
  Mon, 14 Dec 2009

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