Reliability of Real-Time Video Smartphone for Assessing National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale in Stroke Patients: The Next Generation of Telestroke

Telestroke networks reduce disparities in acute stroke care between metropolitan primary stroke centers and remote hospitals. Current technologies used to conduct remote patient assessments have very high start-up costs, yet they cannot consistently establish quality connection in a timely manner. Smartphgones can be used for high quality video teleconferencing (HQ-VTC).