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Stroke app speeds prehospital-to-ED handover
Digital Health-Enabled Prehospital Notification for Acute Stroke Using the Brain Saver Mobile App in Emergency Medical Transport in South Korea: Pilot Quasi-Experimental Study
JMIR Medical Informatics · 2026-10-08 · Added 10 October 2026
A South Korean pilot of a mobile app that streams stroke data from ambulances to EDs found shorter onset-to-door times in 34 app-supported transports versus 129 matched standard transports.
- Study type
- Other
- Design
- Pilot quasi-experimental study with matched comparison group
- Participants
- 163 stroke patients (34 intervention, 129 comparison), 80 EMS personnel
- Main finding
- Intervention transports had shorter median onset-to-door time than matched controls; door-to-needle times were also compared post-match
- Caveat
- Small, non-randomised pilot in a single Korean city with a truncated abstract reporting limited detail on effect sizes
- Bottom line
- Context only
Why it matters in Australia (Medium relevance). Prehospital stroke notification is already standard Australian practice by radio and eMR — this adds a structured app workflow, so it informs how digital handover might evolve rather than change practice.
Learning goal
Understand how structured digital prehospital stroke notification could shorten onset-to-door times in Australian practice.
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- Topic: Stroke & neuro
- Daily scan: 10 October 2026
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