Acute stroke telehealth

Acute stroke telehealth services usually focus on diagnosis and decision making for thrombolysis therapy, but are also important for other treatment advice.

Seventy-two percent of acute services report having access to onsite telehealth facilities that had been used for clinical decision-making in the previous six months (80% of sites in an inner regional location and 100% of sites in an outer regional location).

Many states (e.g. Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania) have, or are in the stages of implementing acute stroke telehealth services.

For current research and evidence-based recommendations see our Clinical Guidelines.