Swedish Neuroscience Institute TeleStroke Program Signs Contract with Jefferson Healthcare in Port Townsend, Wash.

Jefferson County area residents facing a potential or actual acute stroke will now benefit from a recently formed partnership between the Swedish Neuroscience Institute (SNI) TeleStroke Program and Jefferson Healthcare that will bolster the Port Townsend-based hospital’s stroke support services through 24/7, around-the-clock access to SNI’s nationally recognized stroke team experts via real-time, telemedicine-based technology.

2008 Partners TeleStroke Center Info

Dec. 9, 2008
Keynote address during Strategies for Using Technology to Improve Statewide stroke Systems of Care in Herndon, Va.
* 21 Community Hospitals in three states; 6 new pending
* 2 Tertiary Hubs in Boston
* 13 +5 Acute Stroke Staff, 8 Fellows
* IRB approval for enrollment and clinical trial intervention via TeleStroke
Nationally
* SwedishMedical Center SeattleWA
* Yale [...]

Swedish Neuroscience Institute TeleStroke Program Signs Contract with Skagit Valley Hospital in Mount Vernon

On Monday, Dec. 1 Skagit County area residents facing a potential or actual acute stroke will benefit from a recently formed partnership between the Swedish Neuroscience Institute (SNI) TeleStroke Program and Skagit Valley Hospital that will bolster the Mount Vernon-based hospital’s stroke support services through 24/7, around-the-clock access to SNI’s nationally recognized stroke team experts via real-time, telemedicine-based technology.

Lifesaving TeleStroke Technology Linked to Swedish; Experts Stress that “Time is Brain”

On October 22 Swedish became the first hospital in western Washington to activate an advanced telemedicine system in the emergency rooms (ER) of its Issaquah and Ballard campuses to provide a real-time, 24/7 link between ER physicians and stroke specialists based at the Cherry Hill Campus, where Swedish’s nationally recognized Stroke Program is based.