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Global Health Initiatives: International Physician-to-Physician Consultation Programs

Journal of the American College of Radiology, ISSN: 1546-1440, Vol: 21, Issue: 8, Page: 1239-1247
2024
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  • Citations
    1
    • Citation Indexes
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  • Captures
    7
  • Mentions
    1
    • News Mentions
      1
      • 1

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Investigators at Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra Northwell Report Findings in Telemedicine (Global Health Initiatives: International Physician-to-physician Consultation Programs)

2024 SEP 03 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Medical Imaging Daily News -- Investigators discuss new findings in Telemedicine. According to

Article Description

The goal of this article is to provide technical and operational blueprints for two successful global telehealth programs. The authors designed a physician-to-physician consultation program to provide subspecialty expertise to physicians in war-torn Ukraine. Leveraging secure web applications, telehealth platforms, and image-sharing platforms, the authors repeatedly iterated upon infrastructure and workflows, which in turn facilitated the development of a parallel international program for US Department of State (DOS) employees and families. The authors provide descriptive statistics and metrics of both programs’ successes and failures and detail iterative improvements with workflow visuals. To measure the added value of subspecialty imaging consultation, two radiologists performed a retrospective comparative review of the DOS program imaging reports, comparing the initial report to the consult report in consensus, measuring diagnostic report agreement, and rating the clinical impact of identified discrepancies on a three-point scale (mild, moderate, or major). Bivariate analyses using χ 2 tests were conducted to assess associations between diagnostic discrepancies and patient or imaging factors. P values <.05 were considered to indicate statistical significance. The Ukraine program (May 2022 to August 2023) provided 114 patient consultations with 77 subspecialty radiology consults, >50 WhatsApp chats, and >1,000 messages exchanged, with a 92% overall consult request response rate. The DOS program (November 2022 to July 2023) provided 275 consultations with 70 subspecialty radiology consults and a 36% to 38% rate of alternative diagnoses, with 20% rated as incurring moderate or major clinical impact. Bivariate analyses demonstrated no significant patient or imaging association with diagnostic disagreements ( P >.05 for all). Global telehealth infrastructure and multiple applications and platforms can be optimized in a workflow to provide efficient, high-level clinical and imaging consultation services across the globe.

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