Telehealth is especially critical in rural and other remote areas that lack sufficient health care services, including specialty care. Dr. Frankel has historically recognized the growing evidence, including many systematic reviews, to support the use of telehealth for stroke patients and healthcare providers with outcomes: showing reduced length of stay; reduced demand on emergency services; improved access to health care; improved quality of services; improved clinical outcomes; decreased stroke mortality.

Within the first year of our program, we have seen dramatic improvements in acute stroke treatment, inpatient stroke care, rehabilitation, and beyond. Some of the most profound improvements include decreased arrival to intravenous tPA treatment times (door to needle) and an increase in treatment with intravenous tPA for patients suffering acute ischemic stroke from 18.2% to 100%.