Changes in Interhospital Transfer Patterns of Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients in the Regional Stroke Care System After Designation of a Cerebrovascular-specified Center

Autor:	Young-Hwan Lee, Seong Youn Hwang, Sung Wook Park, Suck Ju Cho, Sang Min Sung, Hyung Hoi Kim, Jung Hong Cho
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Pediatrics business.industry General Engineering Medical information Stroke care Emergency treatment medicine.disease Stroke Median time Emergency medicine medicine Christian ministry Original Article Patient transfer business Acute ischemic stroke Neuroscience
Zdroj:	Chonnam Medical Journal
ISSN:	2233-7393 2233-7385
Popis:	The Ministry of Health and Welfare of Korea recently designated cerebrovascularspecified centers (CSCs) to improve the regional stroke care system for acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients. This study was performed to evaluate the changes in the flow of AIS patients between hospitals and to describe the role of the Emergency Medical Information Center (EMIC) after the designation of the CSCs. Data for coordination of interhospital transfers by the EMIC were reviewed for 6 months before and after designation of the CSCs. The data included the success or failure rate, the time used for coordination of interhospital transfer, and the changes in the interhospital transfer pattern between transfer-requesting and transfer-accepting hospitals. The total number of requests for interhospital transfer increased from 198 to 244 after designation of the CSCs. The median time used for coordination decreased from 8.0 minutes to 4.0 minutes (p
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