This Review focuses on the growing area of telemedicine in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with acute stroke who are geographically remote from primary care centres. Hess and Audebert discuss telemedicine as a means to improve the availability of care for stroke patients, and the financial implications of this approach. Furthermore they highlight technological advances that might help to overcome barriers to the wider application of telemedicine in acute stroke care.
- David C. Hess
- Heinrich J. Audebert
