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TeleStroke

Telestroke team

CentraCare Neurosciences Stroke Center provides TeleStroke services in the region to help patients experiencing a stroke receive treatment as quickly as possible and reduce the effects of stroke.

What is TeleStroke?

Patients who access a facility that has TeleStroke connect in real time with a stroke and vascular neurologist from St. Cloud Hospital.

How does TeleStroke help patients?

Telestroke machine

TeleStroke will speed treatment decisions, which will improve patient outcomes. Treatments such as intravenous alteplase can quickly be administered to break up clots. Alteplase is the only U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved drug for the treatment of acute ischemic strokes.

Where is TeleStroke available?

Telestroke is available in the following locations:

  • Aitkin – Riverwood Health Care
  • Alexandria – Douglas County Hospital
  • Appleton – Appleton Area Health Services
  • Benson – Swift County Hospital
  • Glenwood – Glacial Ridge Hospital
  • Hutchinson – Hutchinson Health
  • Little Falls – CHI-St. Gabriel’s Health
  • Long Prairie – CentraCare Health
  • Madison - Madison Healthcare Services
  • Melrose – CentraCare Health
  • Monticello – CentraCare Health 
  • Olivia – Renville County Hospital
  • Paynesville – CentraCare Health
  • Redwood Falls – Redwood Area Hospital
  • Sauk Centre – CentraCare Health
  • Staples – Lakewood Health System
  • St. Cloud Hospital – CentraCare Health
  • Wadena – Tri-County Heath Care
  • Willmar – Rice Memorial Hospital

View a map of the service area (PDF)

Learn How TeleStroke Has Made a Difference

View the following patient stories to learn more about Telestroke and how it has impacted the lives of these individuals:

Jeff, Melrose, stroke at age 45

Jim, Winona, stroke while fishing with friends at age 65

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