Improved access to rapid electroencephalography at a community hospital reduces inter-hospital transfers for suspected non-convulsive seizures

Evan Samuel Madill, Kapil Gururangan, Prashanth Krishnamohan

Objective Patients with suspected non-convulsive seizures are optimally evaluated with EEG. However, limited EEG infrastructure at community hospitals often necessitates transfer for long-term EEG monitoring (LTM). Novel point-of-care EEG systems could expedite management of nonconvulsive seizures and reduce unnecessary transfers. We aimed to describe the impact of rapid access to EEG using a novel EEG device with remote expert interpretation (tele-EEG) on rates of transfer for LTM.