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The 16th Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) annual scientific meeting welcomed 781 digital attendees from 55 countries. The program included 27 sessions across three simultaneously streaming channels, 11 exhibitors, 153 poster presentations, and 32 âhours of on demand videos. The main themes of the meeting included coronary artery disease, valvular heart disease, structural heart disease, and advanced analytics including machine learning. This article summaries the main themes of the meeting and some of the key presentations, which will shape the future of cardiovascular computed tomography in clinical practice.
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Sistema Cardiovascular/diagnóstico por imagen , Cardiopatías/diagnóstico por imagen , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Tomografía Computarizada por Rayos X , COVID-19 , Difusión de Innovaciones , Humanos , Imagen Multimodal , Sociedades CientíficasRESUMEN
Introduction Remote consultation is of growing in importance and gaining popularity in both primary and secondary healthcare settings. Reduced necessity for a physical presence of the patient within the healthcare setting is of particular benefit in the current COVID-19 era. It is also of benefit to a diverse group of patients, for example: those who are geographically distant from the base hospital, those suffering from mobility issues or chronic illness, those who require chaperoning as well as those with limited access to transport. We have developed guidelines for the use of the medical telecommunications platform, Attend Anywhere, which has been utilised across the English and Scottish National Health Services, as well as with the Australian Health service, and is now available in Health Service Executive (HSE) settings. Herein we describe and recommend a process that we have found helpful, and we propose guidelines on how a Health Care Worker (HCW) might consider approaching a virtual consultation when initiating and safely executing a patient encounter on Attend Anywhere, in a secure and efficient manner. The guidelines were created following review of the literature on previous experience by others with this software, as well as recent guidance published by the Irish Medical Council. A proportion of this guidance is transferable to other platforms. Methods We also undertook a short survey of our patients and physicians in Sligo University Hospital, who used Attend Anywhere over a six-week period to gauge their satisfaction levels with the experience., We estimated distance that our patients would have travelled for their appointment had the traditional face-to-face consultation been carried out. We noted whether we considered the medium appropriate for the patient consultations. Results 53 patients took part and satisfaction was rated from satisfied to very satisfied on a 3-point scale for all stakeholders. In addition, we found that remote consultation, when compared to face-to-face consultation, alleviated an average of 144km of unnecessary travel per appointment. Remote consultation was deemed appropriate in all cases and no rescheduled face-to-face appointments were required due to failure of the consultation due to difficulties encountered. Conclusion The authors recommend the implementation of the described guidance, with suggested Checklist, Information leaflet and Consent form, as a means of ensuring the confidentiality of the consultation and to ensure that processes are adhered to that optimise protection for both the patient and the clinician, while reducing the burden of attendance to the healthcare location.
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COVID-19/epidemiología , Dolor Crónico/diagnóstico , Dolor Crónico/terapia , Consulta Remota/organización & administración , Tecnología de Sensores Remotos/métodos , Australia , Humanos , Programas Nacionales de Salud , Manejo del Dolor , Satisfacción del Paciente , Investigación Cualitativa , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Tecnología InalámbricaRESUMEN
The global spread of COVID-19 pandemic forced the scientific community to identify new ways of exchanging and transferring the scientific knowledge, also considering that the measures taken to combat the pandemic, such as travel restrictions, closed borders and gathering bans, led to cancellations of many conferences, meetings and workshops. The enhancement of the existing digital platforms and the development of new systems to share scientific knowledge has allowed the scientific community to "meet" again in new virtual environments (e.g., Zoom, Cisco WebEx, Live Stream, Demio, GoToWebinar Seminar, Google Hangouts, Skype, Microsoft Teams, etc.), providing an unprecedented opportunity to reform methods of organizing academic conferences in all disciplines.Starting from the review of the existing literature, this study aimed at investigating the impact of the spreading of virtual conferences on the field of research. The SWOT analysis was used to identify strengths and weaknesses of the scientific conferences organized in the new format, as well as opportunities and threats created by the socio-economic and political context in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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COVID-19/epidemiología , Congresos como Asunto/organización & administración , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Humanos , Difusión de la Información , Pandemias , SARS-CoV-2 , ViajeRESUMEN
Telecommunication assisted forensic assessments of capacity and mistreatment by geriatricians with expertise in elder abuse and self-neglect are helping to meet the demand for such forensic services for Adult Protective Services (APS) clients in remote and underserved areas of Texas. The use of synchronous audiovisual assisted interviews instead of in-person interviews with clients to provide capacity assessments has become more important with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. There is growing interest in establishing similar programs in other states using geriatrician faculty from medical schools to serve the clients of their state Adult Protective Services agencies. The arrangement between APS and the geriatricians at McGovern Medical School in Houston, Texas is novel. The structure of the arrangement is important for the success of the program. Legal, ethical, and practical considerations are discussed in this article, including approaches to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, physician liability, state law, and resource limitations. It is hoped that sharing how one such collaboration has addressed these important issues will suggest approaches for the structuring of similar programs.
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COVID-19 , Abuso de Ancianos , Medicina Legal , Evaluación Geriátrica/métodos , Telemedicina , Anciano , COVID-19/epidemiología , COVID-19/prevención & control , Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles/métodos , Abuso de Ancianos/diagnóstico , Abuso de Ancianos/ética , Abuso de Ancianos/legislación & jurisprudencia , Abuso de Ancianos/prevención & control , Medicina Legal/ética , Medicina Legal/legislación & jurisprudencia , Medicina Legal/métodos , Humanos , Innovación Organizacional , Evaluación de Programas y Proyectos de Salud , SARS-CoV-2 , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Telemedicina/ética , Telemedicina/legislación & jurisprudencia , Telemedicina/métodos , Estados Unidos/epidemiología , Poblaciones VulnerablesAsunto(s)
Redes Sociales en Línea , Médicos Mujeres/ética , Cirugía Plástica , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Derechos de la Mujer/ética , COVID-19/epidemiología , COVID-19/prevención & control , Relativismo Ético , Humanos , Evaluación de Necesidades , SARS-CoV-2 , Cirujanos/ética , Cirujanos/estadística & datos numéricos , Cirugía Plástica/organización & administración , Cirugía Plástica/estadística & datos numéricosRESUMEN
In 2009, the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) and the 16 German federal state public health authorities (PHAs) established a weekly epidemiological teleconference (EpiLag) to discuss infectious disease (ID) events and foster horizontal and vertical information exchange. We present the procedure, discussed ID topics and evaluation results of EpiLag after 10 years. We analysed attendance, duration of EpiLag and the frequency of reported events. Participants (RKI and state PHA) were surveyed regarding their satisfaction with logistics, contents and usefulness of EpiLag (Likert scales). Between 2009 and 2018, RKI hosted 484 EpiLag conferences with a mean duration of 25 min (range: 4-60) and high participation (range: 9-16; mean: 15 PHAs). Overall, 2975 ID events (39% international, 9% national and 52% subnational) were presented (mean: 6.1 per EpiLag), most frequently on measles (18%), salmonellosis (8%) and influenza (5%). All responding participants (14/16 PHAs and 9/9 at RKI) were satisfied with the EpiLag's organization and minutes and deemed EpiLag useful for an overview and information distribution on ID events relevant to Germany. EpiLag is time efficient, easily applicable and useful for a low-threshold event communication. It supports PHAs in crises and strengthens the network of surveillance stakeholders. We recommend its implementation to other countries or sectors.
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Enfermedades Transmisibles/epidemiología , Comunicación en Salud/métodos , Telecomunicaciones , Monitoreo Epidemiológico , Alemania/epidemiología , Intercambio de Información en Salud , Humanos , Difusión de la Información , Evaluación de Programas y Proyectos de Salud , Participación de los Interesados , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Telecomunicaciones/estadística & datos numéricosAsunto(s)
Huella de Carbono , Congresos como Asunto , Relaciones Interprofesionales , Investigación , Ciencia , Telecomunicaciones , COVID-19 , Congresos como Asunto/economía , Congresos como Asunto/organización & administración , Congresos como Asunto/tendencias , Humanos , Investigación/economía , Investigación/organización & administración , Investigación/tendencias , Ciencia/economía , Ciencia/organización & administración , Ciencia/tendencias , Telecomunicaciones/economía , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Telecomunicaciones/tendenciasAsunto(s)
Huella de Carbono , Congresos como Asunto , Relaciones Interprofesionales , Ciencia , Telecomunicaciones , COVID-19 , Congresos como Asunto/organización & administración , Congresos como Asunto/tendencias , Humanos , Ciencia/organización & administración , Ciencia/tendencias , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Telecomunicaciones/tendenciasRESUMEN
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 84thAnnual Meeting of the Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) was held in a web-based format for the first time in its history as "The Week for JCS 2020" from Monday, July 27 to Sunday, August 2, 2020. All sessions, including general abstracts, were streamed live or on-demand. The main theme of the meeting was "Change Practice!" and the aim was to organize the latest findings in the field of cardiovascular medicine and discuss how to change practice. The total number of registered attendees was over 16,800, far exceeding our expectations, and many of the sessions were viewed by far more people than at conventional face-to-face scientific meetings. At this conference, the power of online information dissemination was fully demonstrated, and the evolution of online academic meetings will be a direction that cannot be reversed in the future. The meeting was completed with great success, and we express our heartfelt gratitude to all affiliates for their enormous amount of work, cooperation, and support.
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Cardiología/organización & administración , Congresos como Asunto/organización & administración , Sociedades Científicas/organización & administración , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Cardiología/tendencias , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/diagnóstico por imagen , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/terapia , Congresos como Asunto/estadística & datos numéricos , Congresos como Asunto/tendencias , Humanos , Japón , Investigación , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Telecomunicaciones/estadística & datos numéricos , Telecomunicaciones/tendenciasAsunto(s)
COVID-19 , Cirugía General , Cooperación Internacional , Misiones Médicas , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , COVID-19/epidemiología , COVID-19/prevención & control , Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles/organización & administración , Países en Desarrollo , Predicción , Cirugía General/educación , Cirugía General/métodos , Cirugía General/tendencias , Humanos , Misiones Médicas/organización & administración , Misiones Médicas/tendencias , SARS-CoV-2 , Reino Unido/epidemiologíaRESUMEN
Objective: The Covid-19 pandemic disrupted instructional activity in neuropsychology training programs. In response, the Association of Postdoctoral Programs in Clinical Neuropsychology (APPCN) launched a multisite didactic initiative (MDI). This manuscript describes the development and implementation of the MDI and presents findings from a recently conducted online survey concerning MDI participation.Methods: Faculty and trainees at APPCN member programs were recruited to complete the MDI survey, administered using the Qualtrics platform, through email announcements and via website link and on-screen quick response code shared at online didactic sessions. The MDI survey instrument was designed to capture basic demographics and professional role; information regarding level of site participation, benefits of participation, barriers to participation, online conference platform(s) used, and interest in continued participation; as well as anxiety and work engagement ratings.Results: The response rate was estimated to be 21-29%. Transition to videoconferencing for didactics was noted by 80% due to Covid-19, with 17% of respondents experiencing cancellation or reduction in didactic activities. About 79% endorsed that participation in MDI activities was always or nearly always beneficial. Barriers to participation included not having time, difficulty accessing didactic information, and not knowing about the MDI. Interestingly, trainees at nonparticipating sites reported greater anxiety than trainees at participating sites.Conclusion: It is hoped that these findings will inform future efforts to develop and implement online training activities. The benefits reported by respondents suggest that this work is warranted, while reported barriers to participation identify areas for improvement.
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COVID-19 , Educación a Distancia , Neuropsicología/educación , Telecomunicaciones , Adulto , Educación a Distancia/organización & administración , Educación a Distancia/normas , Educación a Distancia/estadística & datos numéricos , Humanos , Neuropsicología/estadística & datos numéricos , Encuestas y Cuestionarios , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Telecomunicaciones/normas , Telecomunicaciones/estadística & datos numéricosAsunto(s)
COVID-19 , Congresos como Asunto/organización & administración , Pediatría/tendencias , Neumología/tendencias , Telecomunicaciones , COVID-19/epidemiología , COVID-19/prevención & control , Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles/métodos , Humanos , Comunicación Interdisciplinaria , Cooperación Internacional , Innovación Organizacional , Distanciamiento Físico , SARS-CoV-2 , Telecomunicaciones/economía , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Telecomunicaciones/tendencias , Reino UnidoAsunto(s)
COVID-19 , Congresos como Asunto , Enfermedades Renales , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , COVID-19/epidemiología , COVID-19/prevención & control , Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles/métodos , Congresos como Asunto/organización & administración , Congresos como Asunto/tendencias , Humanos , Enfermedades Renales/epidemiología , Enfermedades Renales/terapia , Innovación Organizacional , SARS-CoV-2 , Sociedades Médicas , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: To describe the design and implementation of a virtual network event at the American Neurological Association (ANA) annual meeting led by the Junior and Early Career Member (JECM) Committee. METHODS: We designed a one-hour virtual networking session featuring three 15-minute small group meetings preceded and followed by general remarks. Each small group session consisted of one senior mentor, a junior/early career faculty moderator, and three to four junior/early career mentees. All participants completed an exit survey to evaluate perceived benefit of this event. RESULTS: We recruited 103 mentees, 26 moderators, and 26 mentors for the event. Mentees were primarily at the resident training level or above (17% students). 56% of registered mentees, 100% of moderators and 96% of mentors attended the event for a total of 110 participants. Due to mentee attrition, each room contained 2-3 mentees. 90% of respondents felt the session met their goals very well or extremely well. Further, 99% felt this session was at least comparable to in-person networking at conferences and 60% felt this session was better than in-person networking. INTERPRETATION: Virtual networking sessions between junior and senior academic neurologists are feasible and are at least comparable to, if not better than, in-person conference networking. Future events should consider nuanced mechanisms of matching mentors and mentees, inclusion of ad hoc small groups to foster organic networking, and measures to safeguard against mentee attrition. Future studies should evaluate the long-term benefits of this event to determine if virtual networking should be utilized moving forward.
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Congresos como Asunto/organización & administración , Red Social , Sociedades Médicas , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Realidad Virtual , Humanos , Mentores/estadística & datos numéricos , Encuestas y CuestionariosAsunto(s)
COVID-19 , Relaciones Interprofesionales , Cirugía Plástica , Telecomunicaciones , COVID-19/epidemiología , COVID-19/prevención & control , Barreras de Comunicación , Difusión de Innovaciones , Predicción , Humanos , Invenciones , SARS-CoV-2 , Cirugía Plástica/educación , Cirugía Plástica/organización & administración , Cirugía Plástica/tendencias , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Telecomunicaciones/tendencias , Compromiso LaboralRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: The COVID crisis hit during the interview season for the Complex General Surgical Oncology (CGSO) fellowship. With minimal time to adapt, all programs transitioned to virtual interviews. Here we describe the experience of both program directors (PDs) and candidates with virtual interviews, and provide guidelines for implementation based on the results. METHODS: Surveys regarding interview day specifics and perceptions were created for CGSO fellowship PDs and candidates. They were distributed at the conclusion of the season, prior to match. RESULTS: Thirty (94%) PDs and 64 (79%) candidates responded. Eighty-three% of PDs and 79% of candidates agreed or strongly agreed that they felt comfortable creating a rank list. If given the choice, 60% of PDs and 45% of candidates would choose virtual interviews over in-person interviews. The majority of candidates found PD overviews, fellows only sessions and pre-interview materials helpful. CONCLUSION: Overall, the majority of PDs and candidates felt comfortable creating a rank list; however, more PDs preferred virtual interviews for the future. Our results also confirm key components of a virtual interview day.
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Internado y Residencia/organización & administración , Satisfacción Personal , Selección de Personal/métodos , Oncología Quirúrgica/educación , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Adulto , COVID-19/epidemiología , COVID-19/prevención & control , Control de Enfermedades Transmisibles/normas , Femenino , Humanos , Internado y Residencia/métodos , Internado y Residencia/estadística & datos numéricos , Masculino , Pandemias/prevención & control , Selección de Personal/organización & administración , Selección de Personal/normas , Selección de Personal/estadística & datos numéricos , Cirujanos/psicología , Cirujanos/estadística & datos numéricos , Oncología Quirúrgica/organización & administración , Oncología Quirúrgica/normas , Encuestas y Cuestionarios/estadística & datos numéricos , Telecomunicaciones/normas , Telecomunicaciones/estadística & datos numéricosRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: The clinical teaching of psychiatry to medical students throughout the COVID-19 pandemic has presented opportunities for support, engagement and learning above and beyond usual practice. Like other teaching faculties, we needed to quickly adapt the course material to an online platform. However, for psychiatric teaching, it was also essential to find alternatives to patient interviewing, and to provide support and containment in uncertain times. We aim to describe our philosophical stance and framework for the delivery of our online course. CONCLUSIONS: Key components in the delivery of our modified course were the transition to online learning and assessment, developing a suite of surrogate clinical learning experiences, using simulated patients for online interviewing, and attention to student well-being whilst providing a supportive and contained environment for student learning. Supportive leadership and good communication assisted the teaching staff to deliver the course during COVID-19.
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COVID-19 , Educación a Distancia , Educación Médica , Entrevista Psicológica , Psiquiatría/educación , Estudiantes de Medicina , Telecomunicaciones , Adulto , Curriculum , Educación a Distancia/métodos , Educación a Distancia/organización & administración , Educación Médica/métodos , Educación Médica/organización & administración , Humanos , Entrevista Psicológica/métodos , Estudiantes de Medicina/psicología , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Adulto JovenRESUMEN
Background COVID-19 presented significant challenges to healthcare organisations, which needed to rapidly remodel their services but were unable to allow staff to meet face to face to minimise infection risk. During this communication predicament, National Health Service (NHS) Digital announced the provision of Microsoft Teams, a digital communication and collaboration tool, which was implemented at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust within 2 weeks.Method Given the need to deploy at scale, rapidly and with minimal resource, an agile decentralised innovation management approach was used, empowering staff to be local implementors.Results Resulting use cases were highly original and varied, ranging from a COVID-19 Education Programme to coordination of oxygen demand. Analytics showed rapid and persistent adoption, surpassing 500 daily active users within 11 days. Usage continues to increase, consistent with a direct network effect.Conclusion These findings suggest a high demand for this format of communication and high willingness to adopt it. Further qualitative research into staff perceptions would be valuable to confirm this, and to assess the user experience.Overall, this has been a radical approach to digital implementation in healthcare, and has so far proved effective in delivering a cost minimal, rapid communication tool at scale in the midst of a global pandemic.
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Comunicación , Infecciones por Coronavirus/epidemiología , Neumonía Viral/epidemiología , Medicina Estatal/organización & administración , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Humanos , Pandemias , SARS-CoV-2RESUMEN
The 2020 annual Congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) was the first ever to be held virtually. Under the spotlight of 'the cutting edge of cardiology', exciting and ground-breaking cardiovascular (CV) science was presented both in basic and clinical research. This commentary summarizes essential updates from ESC 2020-The Digital Experience. Despite the challenges that coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has posed on the conduct of clinical trials, the ESC Congress launched the results of major studies bringing innovation to the field of general cardiology, cardiac surgery, heart failure, interventional cardiology, and atrial fibrillation. In addition to three new ESC guidelines updates, the first ESC Guidelines on Sports Cardiology and Exercise in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease were presented. As former ESC president, Professor Casadei undoubtedly pointed out the ESC Congress 2020 was a great success. During the ESC 2020 Congress, BMC Cardiovascular Disorders updated to seven journal sections including Arrhythmias and Electrophysiology, CV Surgery, Coronary Artery Disease, Epidemiology and Digital health, Hypertension and Vascular biology, Primary prevention and CV Risk, and Structural Diseases, Heart Failure, and Congenital Disorders. To conclude, an important take-home message for all CV health care professionals engaged in the COVID-19 pandemic is that we must foresee and be prepared to tackle the dramatic, long-term CV complications of COVID-19 patients.
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Cardiología , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares , Infecciones por Coronavirus , Control de Infecciones/métodos , Pandemias , Neumonía Viral , Telecomunicaciones/organización & administración , Informes Anuales como Asunto , Betacoronavirus , COVID-19 , Cardiología/métodos , Cardiología/normas , Cardiología/tendencias , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/clasificación , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/epidemiología , Enfermedades Cardiovasculares/terapia , Congresos como Asunto , Infecciones por Coronavirus/epidemiología , Infecciones por Coronavirus/prevención & control , Europa (Continente) , Humanos , Pandemias/prevención & control , Neumonía Viral/epidemiología , Neumonía Viral/prevención & control , Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto , SARS-CoV-2 , Sociedades MédicasRESUMEN
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 is a highly contagious acute respiratory syndrome and has been declared a pandemic in more than 209 countries worldwide. At the time of writing, no preventive vaccine has been developed and tested in the community. This study was conducted to review studies aimed at preventing the spread of the coronavirus worldwide. METHODS: This study was a review of the evidence-based literature and was conducted by searching databases, including Google Scholar, PubMed, and ScienceDirect, until April 2020. The search was performed based on keywords including "coronavirus", "COVID-19", and "prevention". The list of references in the final studies has also been re-reviewed to find articles that might not have been obtained through the search. The guidelines published by trustworthy organizations such as the World Health Organization and Center for Disease Control have been used in this study. CONCLUSION: So far, no vaccine or definitive treatment for COVID-19 has been invented, and the disease has become a pandemic. Therefore, observation of hand hygiene, disinfection of high-touch surfaces, observation of social distance, and lack of presence in public places are recommended as preventive measures. Moreover, to control the situation and to reduce the incidence of the virus, some of the measures taken by the decision-making bodies and the guidelines of the deterrent institutions to strengthen telecommuting of employees and reduce the presence of people in the community and prevent unnecessary activities, are very important.