The American Heart Association (AHA) has released a scientific statement on virtual stroke networks and the role of artificial intelligence (AI), mobile imaging applications, and telehealth, as reported in Stroke.
The statement focuses on initial triage, transport, diagnosis, and treatment of stroke, and does not address in-hospital care, recovery, or rehabilitation.
Telestroke networks have increased patient access to care and the use of thrombolysis in underresourced areas, and mobile and broadband technology have expanded telestroke networks outside the hospital.
Mobile access to neuroimaging has enabled optimization of transfer and triage decision-making for patients who need neuroendovascular care for acute ischemic stroke, and AI gives nonradiology professionals access to complex neuroimaging results remotely in real time.
AI-related challenges include building robust stroke datasets, validating AI applications for acute stroke care safely, and assessing newly designed AI technologies before implementation.
Technologic advances in AI-based applications and mobile health could potentially support acute stroke identification, transfer, triage, and treatment outside the hospital, and in-hospital technology-supported care could improve diagnosis, treatment, prognosis, and monitoring of stroke-related performance.
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