Should they stay or should they go? Stroke transfers across a hospital network pre- and post-implementation of an automated image interpretation and communication platform.

James Bonner¹, Christopher J Love², Vipul Bhat³, James E Siegler⁴

¹Department of Emergency Medicine, Inspira Medical Center, Mullica Hill, NJ, USA.

²Viz.ai, San Francisco, CA, USA.

³Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, Camden, NJ, USA.

⁴Department of Neurology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: A key decision facing nonthrombectomy capable (spoke) hospitals is whether to transfer a suspected large vessel occlusion (LVO) patient to a comprehensive stroke center (CSC). In a retrospective cohort study, we investigated the rate of transfers resulting in endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) and associated costs before and after implementation of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based so…

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