Saint Thomas Health announce the expansion of its Telestroke Network to three outlying Saint Thomas Health Hospitals. St. Thomas Stones River Hospital in Woodbury, Saint Thomas Highlands Hospital in Sparta and Saint Thomas Dekalb Hospital in Smithville.
This expansion brings neurology access to patients who may be experiencing a stroke where minutes count to 10 locations throughout Middle Tennessee. The full list of locations also includes Saint Thomas as River Park of McMinnville, which implemented this technology a year ago as well as all Saint Thomas Hospitals and Saint Thomas Health affiliated hospitals
The Saint Thomas Telestroke Network is a part of Ascension’s national virtual care initiative which aims to ensure patients have access to compassive, personalized care across its ministry markets.