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The role of technology in video-mediated consensus meetings
- Source :
- Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 14:349-353
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2008.
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Abstract
- We have studied the use of video-mediated technology to facilitate multidisciplinary meetings where consensus is reached about the diagnosis and treatment of patients. The meetings involved 2–5 sites, with 1–20 participants from each site, and concerned patients with severe diseases in the upper abdomen. During a period of about one year we conducted observations and interviews at the Karolinska hospital and some of the local hospitals. Eight video-mediated consensus meetings were video-recorded and transcribed. The audio and the radiology images presented during the meetings were considered to be most important; video was not critical for the consensus meeting itself, but contributed to a feeling of awareness and social presence. We conclude that video-mediated consensus meetings are affected by the technology used, and certain changes in the technology or environment could improve the meetings. Without the technology, such meetings would lead to more travelling for the patient and for the medical staff involved.
- Subjects :
- Medical education
Medical staff
Education, Medical
Multimedia
business.industry
Consensus Development Conferences as Topic
media_common.quotation_subject
Health Informatics
computer.software_genre
Telemedicine
Education, Distance
Feeling
Videoconferencing
Humans
Medicine
Education, Medical, Continuing
Upper abdomen
business
computer
Specialization
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17581109 and 1357633X
- Volume :
- 14
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4647205d3d81c4fb46ba95d48d11a71c