UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas has initiated a study to evaluate nursing protocols used to triage and treat stroke patients cared for through telestroke programs.
The study is being conducted using the Lone Star Stroke Consortium, a group of five academic medical centers and 21 hospitals. The consortium, focused on improving stroke care, was created in 2014 with $4.5 million in funding from the Texas Legislature.
"Lone Star Stroke Consortium provides the perfect testing ground across the entire state of Texas to see what factors are most important in providing the most efficient care," said Mark Goldberg, MD, chairman and professor of neurology and neurotherapeutics at UT Southwestern and principal investigator on the study. "The predictors of top performance with the new protocol will be identified as possible points of stroke education for the future."