This title will provide an up-to-date review of the emerging practice of neurology
telemedicine. Increasingly neurology like other disciplines of medicine is implementing the
technological advances and discoveries of the science of healthcare delivery to improve not
only access and efficiency but outcomes and cost as well. For patients in remote and
underserved areas having a neurological condition means lengthy and costly travel to obtain
specialist evaluation. Telemedicine has the ability to deliver such care to a patient's local
community. Neurology telemedicine for acute stroke has already demonstrated clinical efficacy
and cost effectiveness by raising the numbers of thrombolysis-eligible patients who can be
treated in a timely fashion. More than 85% of leading US neurology departments currently use or
plan to implement telemedicine within the next year. The US military has a limited number of
neurologists - a store-and-forward consultation system has enabled military neurologists to
deliver far-forward battlefield care for service members deployed overseas. The chapters in
this book will review the use of telemedicine for the evaluation and treatment of patients with
many common neurological conditions and will provide a practical guide for neurologists seeking
to incorporate telemedicine into their daily practices.
