Figure 1
Overview of the Standardized Stroke Algorithm (SSA) and the resulting text message. (1) Physicians at the different EDs document routine clinical data in the electronic Standard Stroke Sheet (SSS) at the clinical workstations. (2) Data is saved and made available to interconnect by the clinical information system (CIS). (3) The CIS-server is polled by the e-Gate (interconnection gateway) every 10 minutes and data is retrieved from the CIS. (4) The filter server provides anonymous data and is controlled by a service desktop to adjust the filter settings. (5) The external provider sends the anonymized data to the (4a) pre-assigned recipients. (6) Screenshot of exemplary text messages received on mobile phone on January 8th, 2013, with information about hospital site and department as well as patient’s sex, age, date and time of admission, and NIHSS score. While the SSA operates on personalized patient data within the Charité intranet, no personal data is transmitted via internet.