European Research in Telemedicine/La Recherche Européenne en Télémédecine (2013) 2, 11—15 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ORIGINAL ARTICLE / REMOTE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE The role of the clinical nurse within a combined stroke and telefibrinolysis network: The G5 pilot study in Burgundy, France Le rôle de l’infirmier clinique au sein d’un réseau AVC et téléfibrinolyse : l’expérience pilote G5 dans la Bourgogne, France M. Hervieu-Begue a , A. Jacquin a , G.-V. Osseby a , C. Quantin b , E. Hérail a , D. Minier c , F. Ricolfi d , D. Honnart e , M. Freysz e , A. Barrondeau-Leuret f , Y. Béjot a , B. Mayol g , Y. Cottin g , B. Lerhun h , M. Cavalier h , M. Giroud a,* a Stroke Unit, Dijon University Hospital, Bocage Central, 14, rue Gaffarel, 21000 Dijon, France b Service Informatique Médicale, Dijon University Hospital, Bocage Central, 14, rue Gaffarel, 21000 Dijon, France c Stroke Unit, Centre Hospitalier William-Morey, 4, rue Capitaine-Drillien, 71100 Chalon-sur-Saône, France d Neuroradiology department, Dijon University Hospital, Bocage Central, 14, rue Gaffarel, 21000 Dijon, France e Emergency department, Dijon University Hospital, Bocage Central, 14, rue Gaffarel, 21000 Dijon, France f Emergency department, centre hospitalier William-Morey, 4, rue Capitaine-Drillien, 71100 Chalon-sur-Saône, France g Head office, Dijon University Hospital, Bocage Central, 14, rue Gaffarel, 21000 Dijon, France h Agence régional de santé, immeuble Le-Diapason, 2, place des Savoirs, 21000 Dijon, France Received 1st July 2012; accepted 28 January 2013 Available online 16 February 2013 KEYWORDS Telestroke; Telefibrinolysis; Nurse; Telephone follow-up Summary Background. — We aimed to demonstrate that a combined stroke and telefibrinolysis network can reduce the rates of death and recurrent stroke events. In these two types of organisation, nurses play a pivotal role in all phases of stroke patient care. In our study, nurses are responsible for the coordination of care throughout the care continuum. In this paper, we describe the stroke ∗ Corresponding author. E-mail address: maurice.giroud@chu-dijon.fr (M. Giroud). 2212-764X/$ — see front matter © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurtel.2013.01.004