A tele-ultrasonographic platform to collect specialist second opinion in less specialized hospitals
| Autor: | Vincenzo Ferrari, Valeria Pagni, Daniele Adami, Roberta Piazza, Marina Carbone, Raffaella Nice Berchiolli, M. Marconi, Andrea Del Corso, Quintilia Lucchesi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Telemedicine Knowledge management 020205 medical informatics 02 engineering and technology computer.software_genre Tele-ultrasound Limited access 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Videoconferencing VOIP Health care 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering medicine Humans Second opinion 030212 general & internal medicine Referral and Consultation Ultrasonography Voice over IP business.industry Remote Consultation Tele-medicine Surgery Rural hospital Rural area business computer |
| Zdroj: | Updates in Surgery. 70:407-413 |
| ISSN: | 2038-3312 2038-131X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s13304-018-0582-9 |
| Popis: | In non-urban scenarios: rural areas or small cities, there is often a limited access to specialistic healthcare due to the inherent challenges associated with recruitment, retention, and access to healthcare professionals. Telemedicine is an economical and effective way to address this problem. In this research, we developed a framework for real-time communication during ultrasound examination that combines interaction via standard video conference protocols and basic AR functionalities (commercial) and a custom-developed application. The tele-ultrasonographic platform has been installed in a rural hospital in the Tuscan Apennines, and was tested on 12 patients. The study explores the utility of the system from the local and remote clinician perspectives. The results obtained provide valuable insight: the platform and the telemedicine paradigm can reduce the costs related to the necessity to move critical patients when there is a need for a specialist second opinion. Moreover, the possibility of having an expert guiding and commenting on the fly the diagnostic examination has also a didactic power, and thus allows the local less specialized clinicians to grow in competencies over time. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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