Glens Falls Hospital (GFH) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) announced a collaborative effort to offer Teleneurology as part of the New York State Stroke Center located at GFH.
Massachusetts General Hospital is recognized as one of the premiere medical centers in the world. As a result of their clinical experience and research efforts, the physicians at MGH have over 20 years in the field of teleneurology, diagnosing and managing a spectrum of disease, from the “common” stroke to the rarest of cerebrovascular conditions.
The physician faculty of the Mass General Stroke Service care for patients with complex cerebrovascular disease, in all phases of care from prevention to acute intervention and recovery. They care for strokes of all types, including ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke, and due to a variety of causes such as atherosclerosis, infection, vasculopathy, inherited disorders and other rare causes.
“Collaborative efforts such as these are a crucial way to leverage the latest advancements in virtual care,” said Dr. Anand Viswanathan, director of MGH TeleStroke Services, and associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School. “We are proud to join together in making expert neurovascular care available to patients in New York’s Capital and Eastern Adirondacks regions.”
“Glens Falls Hospital is dedicated to improving the quality of care for our stroke patients by implementing the American Heart Association’s Get with The Guidelines-Stroke initiatives,” said Cassandra Moore, director, neurology and stroke program Cassandra Moore, Glens Falls Hospital’s director of neurology and the stroke program. “Now, with our MGH teleneurology partnership, stroke patients and their families can be even more confident of the diagnosis, treatment, and after care should a stroke affect their lives” said Moore.
Using advanced video-conferencing technology, patients who present with stroke symptoms can be quickly and effectively diagnosed by a teleneurologist in collaboration with the clinicians in the Emergency Department.
The pilot of this program allows for both GFH Neurologists and MGH Neurologists to visually participate in the patients care when they present to the ED with a stroke emergency 24/7 – 365 days a year.
In conjunction with the video-conferencing software GFH and MGH share time sensitive brain imaging across a secure cloud network to help with the diagnosis of stroke and have integrated IT systems to ensure documentation is flawless in these urgent situations.
All of the MGH physicians who are participating in the GFH/MGH partnership are certified by the state Department of Education, and credentialed at Glens Falls Hospital.
Glens Falls Hospital (GFH) maintains a service area that spans 6,000 square miles across five diverse counties.
The main hospital campus is home to the C.R. Wood Cancer Center, the Joyce Stock Snuggery birthing center, the Breast Center and a chronic wound healing center.
For more information visit www.GlensFallsHospital.org.
Glens Falls Hospital is an affiliate of the Albany Med Health System, which also includes Albany Medical Center, Columbia Memorial Health and Saratoga Hospital. The region’s largest locally governed health system, it has 1,520 beds, more than 800 physicians and 125 outpatient locations throughout the Capital Region.
