Benefits and Site Requirements

Benefits to network hospitals

• 24/7 real time access to stroke specialists
• Emergency Department acute stroke/neuroscience consultations
• Decreased length of stay in your ED
• Bedside follow up and Follow up appointments if needed
• Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center certification assistance
• Enhanced hospital reputation and good will in community

Technical and site requirements for network hospital

• Emergency room with telephone line and Internet access
• Videoconferencing equipment on mobile cart with monitor, PTZ camera, microphone and video server
• Dedicated public IP address assigned to mobile cart
• 3Mbps of available bandwidth for high quality audio and video
• High QoS to TCP/IP traffic between telestroke cart and Inova hub
• 24-hour CT scanner
• 24-hour laboratory testing
• Pharmacy that stocks tissue plasminogen activase (tPA)

Expertise from Inova Telemedicine Institute is offered for:

• Telemedicine program design
• Development of clinical protocols
• Business process design
• Education and training
• Technology assessment and vendor analysis and selection