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Burden of Epilepsy and treatment gap in Epilepsy
  • According to the WHO, there are nearly 50 million people with epilepsy (PWE) worldwide and 80% of them reside in developing countries.
  • Among them, nearly 12 million reside in India, amounting to nearly one-fifth of the global burden.
  • The estimated proportion of the worldwide general population with active epilepsy at a given time is between 4 and 10 per 1000 people; however, in low and middle-income countries, the proportion is much higher, ranging between 7 and 14 per 1000 people.
  • In low or middle income countries, up to 90% of people with epilepsy are not given the correct treatment. This is called the Treatment Gap.
  • The treatment gap in epilepsy in India ranges from 22% in the urban setting to as high as 90% in villages.
What is role of doing an EEG?
  • An EEG (electroencephalogram) is the gold standard test used by neurologists to diagnose or rule out seizures/epilepsy.
  • An EEG test is helpful to diagnose and treat seizure disorders, to look for the cause of confusion, and to evaluate head injuries, tumors, infections, degenerative diseases, and metabolic disturbances that affect the brain.
  • It is also used to evaluate sleep disorders and to investigate periods of unconsciousness.
What is TeleEEG?
  • EEG machines are now small enough, portable and inexpensive. They can be installed in most clinics in need. Similarly local staff can be trained to apply EEG electrodes to a patient's scalp and carry out a good quality routine EEG recording.
  • However, there are not enough people in the world trained to interpret the EEG recording. With the establishment of global communications through the Internet this problem can be rectified. EEG files can be uploaded to a server and then download by a qualified EEG interpreter anywhere in the world. The EEG can be read and reported on immediately.
  • Tele-EEG is a complete medical examination that upholds the same quality criteria as a test performed in a local setting
  • The implementation of a tele-EEG service must be defined by an agreement between all relevant parties: physicians, managing entities of the healthcare centers, and the company providing the tele-EEG service.
Advantages of Tele EEG
  • Patients’ satisfaction: They have a better access to high-level medical care and save money by avoiding lengthy trips to EEG-interpreting centers.
  • Satisfaction of healthcare personnel: This service is also greatly appreciated by medical teams who can use tele-EEG in routine practice and thus offer patients better quality local care. Local physicians can improve their diagnostic capacities without having a specialized physician onsite.
  • Research prospects: Among other things, it enables teams to conduct cohort studies on important populations of patients, for example, in epilepsy.
Our mission in establishing TeleEEG services
  • Be the first of its kind large scale TeleEEG service provider in India
  • Help establish TeleEEG services at the grass-root levels to enable to bridge the treatment gap in Epilepsy
  • Provide services in cost-effective manner to the patient’s and local healthcare personnel
  • Avoid the need for unnecessary travel during COVID times
  • Establish syndromic diagnosis for difficult to treat epilepsy and enable early identification of patients who will benefit from Epilepsy surgery