Podcast Show Notes: Dr. YiDing Yu spoke with Fight Stroke Now about Twiage, a platform for hospitals and EMS which facilitates stroke patient care and other emergencies. Dr. Yu is a Harvard College and Duke University of Medicine graduate. She was featured as a Boston Business Journal 40 under 40 Honoree, and the 2015 Cleveland Clinic Winner of New Venture Healthcare Challenge. Our common goal is to help reduce stroke disabilities by leveraging medical technology innovations and promoting empowerment across the continuum of stroke care. Dr. Yu is offering this app for free to EMS services and first responders. Please contact her for more information.
Podcast Host: LaVasha Cain-Lobbins Founder and Executive Director of Fight Stroke Now
www.fightstrokenow.org
Podcast Guest Speaker: Dr. YiDing Yu Founder and Chief Medial Officer of Twiage
www.twiagemed.com
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), stroke is the leading cause of long term disability. Stroke also costs about $34 billion each year including various healthcare services and time away from work. These statistics alone show there is more that needs to be done to achieve better patient outcomes from the effects of stroke. Fight Stroke Now goes beyond awareness… it is empowered training!
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