Improving measurement-based care implementation in adult ambulatory psychiatry: a virtual focus group interview with multidisciplinary healthcare professionals by Hayoung Ko, Alyssa J. Gatto, Sydney B. Jones, Virginia C. O’Brien, Robert S. McNamara, Martha M. Tenzer, Hunter D. Sharp, Anita S. Kablinger, Lee D. Cooper

“…Methods Semi-structured focus group interviews were conducted with clinicians (n = 18) and staff (n = 7) to identify their current attitudes, facilitators, and barriers of MBC implementation in their healthcare setting. Virtual video-conferencing software was used to conduct focus groups, and based on transcribed verbatin, emergent barriers/facilitators and four themes were identified. …”
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Evaluation of an interactive virtual surgical rotation during the COVID‐19 pandemic by Yasmeen M. Byrnes, Neil N. Luu, Ariel S. Frost, Tiffany N. Chao, Robert M. Brody, Steven B. Cannady, Karthik Rajasekaran, Rabie M. Shanti, Jason G. Newman

“…Study Design A virtual OHNS elective was created, with three components: (1) interactive virtual operating room (OR) experience using live‐stream video‐conferencing, (2) telehealth clinic, (3) virtual didactics. …”
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Integrating assisted tele-psychiatry into primary healthcare in Goa, India: a feasibility study by Ankur Garg, Ravindra Agrawal, Richard Velleman, Anil Rane, Sheina Costa, Devika Gupta, Ethel Dsouza, Abhijeet Jambhale, Akshada Sabnis, Godwin Fernandes, Urvita Bhatia, Abhijit Nadkarni

“…In total, 161 adults with either a mental or alcohol use disorder were provided tele-consultation by psychiatrists through a customised video conferencing platform, along with medication or counselling (via trained lay counsellors) or both as needed. …”
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Virtual Oncology Appointments during the Initial Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Survey of Patient Perspectives by Jonathan M. Loree, Hallie Dau, Nevena Rebić, Alyssa Howren, Louise Gastonguay, Helen McTaggart-Cowan, Sharlene Gill, Kanwal Raghav, Mary A. De Vera

“…Virtual health platforms used differed across countries with higher telephone use in Canada (87%) and other countries (86%) as compared to the United States (54%; <i>p</i>-value < 0.05), where there was higher use of video conferencing. Altogether, our findings demonstrate favorable patient perspectives towards virtual oncology appointments experienced during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.…”
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Possible Concomitant Aggressive NK Cell Leukemia and EBV-positive T-cell lymphoma; Using the online beta version of WHO-HAEM5 and videoconferencing software to make diagnoses acces... by Vanessa J. Dayton, Dang Hoang Thien, Phan Thi Xinh, Cade Arries, Nguyen Ngoc Sang, Ngo Ngoc Ngan Linh, Nguyen Phuong Lien, Phu Chi Dung

“…We describe a 30-year-old woman who presented to a Vietnam hospital and was rapidly diagnosed with ANKL, SEBVTCL, and HLH using WHO-HAEM5bv essential criteria, aided by expert consultation from a United States (US) board certified hematopathologist in real-time using video conferencing software. Methods Zoom™ videoconferencing software; Immunohistochemistry; flow cytometric immunophenotyping; polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). …”
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Gaining consensus on clinical quality outcomes for eating disorders: Framework for the development of an Australian national minimum dataset by Stephen Touyz, Sarah Maguire, Emma Bryant, Catherine Broomfield, Jennifer Burrows, Sian McLean, Peta Marks, Danielle Maloney

“…InsideOut Institute was contracted by the Australian Government Department of Health to develop a minimum dataset (MDS) for the illness group with consideration given to data capture mechanisms and the scoping of a national registry.Design A four-step modified Delphi methodology was used, including national consultations followed by three rounds of quantitative feedback by an expert panel.Setting Due to social distancing protocols throughout the global SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the study was conducted online using video conferencing (Zoom and Microsoft Teams) (Step 1), email communication and the REDCap secure web-based survey platform (Steps 2–4).Participants 14 data management organisations, 5 state and territory government departments of health, 2 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advising organisations and 28 stakeholders representing public and private health sectors across Australia participated in consultations. 123 ED experts (including lived experience) participated in the first quantitative round of the Delphi survey. …”
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Identification of Factors Necessary for Enabling Technology-Based Dietary Record Surveys: A Qualitative Focus Group Interview with Japanese Dietitians by Yuko Tousen, Chifumi Shimomura, Ai Yasudomi, Yukie Kaneda, Nanako Nishiwaki, Mayumi Fujita, Hiroko Oya, Toshiro Kobori, Masuko Kobori, Hidemi Takimoto

“…We conducted a non-face-to-face survey of dietary records of 44 Japanese individuals, maintained by dietitians using dietary photography and video conferencing services. We conducted a focus group interview with the six dietitians who conducted that survey. …”
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The Impact of Patient Preference on Attendance and Completion Rates at Centre-Based and mHealth Pulmonary Rehabilitation: A Non-Inferiority Pragmatic Clinical Trial by Candy S, Reeve J, Dobson R, Whittaker R, Garrett J, Warren J, Calder A, Tane T, Robertson T, Rashid U, Taylor D

“…When services were forced to transition to telehealth services during COVID-19 restrictions, the attendance and completion rates were higher with telephone calls and video conferencing compared to mPR – suggesting that synchronous interpersonal interactions with clinicians may facilitate the best attendance and completion rates.Conclusion: When offered the choice of PR delivery method, the majority of participants preferred centre-based PR and this facilitated the best completion rates. mPR was the preferred choice for younger, working participants suggesting that mPR may offer a viable alternative to centre-based PR for some participants, especially younger, employed participants.Keywords: chronic respiratory disorder, mHealth, preference, pulmonary rehabilitation, telehealth, telerehabilitation…”
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Mapping Surveillance Capitalism in South American Higher Education / Mapeo del Capitalismo de Vigilancia en la Educación Superior Sudamericana by Tel Amiel, Filipe Saraiva, Leonardo Ribeiro da Cruz, Priscila Gonsales

“…The business model behind these services is largely based on the collection and analysis of massive quantities of user data and metadata, collected through educational packages, which include e-mail, video-conferencing, groupware, file sharing, and other integrated services. …”
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Who cares for the carer? Codesigning a carer health and wellbeing clinic for older care partners of older people in Australia by Natasha Layton, Aislinn Lalor, Susan Slatyer, Den‐Ching A Lee, Christina Bryant, Moira Watson, Anjali Khushu, Elissa Burton, Déborah Oliveira, Natasha L. Brusco, Alessandro Jacinto, Elizabeth Tiller, Keith D. Hill

“…Participants took part in a series of three codesign workshops conducted remotely via video conferencing. The workshops were supported with briefing material and generated consensus‐based summaries, arriving at a preferred service model. …”
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Infrastructure revisited: an ethnographic case study of how health information infrastructure shapes and constrains technological innovation by Greenhalgh, T, Wherton, J, Shaw, S, Papoutsi, C, Vijayaraghavan, S, Stones, R

“…In a fourth subcase, configuration issues with licensed video-conferencing software limited the spread of the innovation to another UK site. …”

Building a postgraduate psychiatry training program in Liberia through cross-country collaborations: initiation stages, challenges, and opportunities by Senait Ghebrehiwet, Temitope Ogundare, Temitope Ogundare, Micaela Owusu, Micaela Owusu, Benjamin L. Harris, Babawale Ojediran, Mia Touma, Michelle P. Durham, Michelle P. Durham, Kimberly Hook, Kimberly Hook, Christina P. C. Borba, Christina P. C. Borba, David C. Henderson, David C. Henderson

“…Key strengths of the program planning process include: (1) collaboration with a coalition of local and national stakeholders committed to improving mental health care in Liberia; (2) early procurement of quality video conferencing equipment and internet service to facilitate remote learning and broaden access to digital materials; and (3) leveraging of intra-continental partnerships for subspecialty training. …”
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Growing Healthy Hearts: a single-arm feasibility study of a digitally delivered gardening, cooking, and nutrition intervention for adults with risk factors for cardiovascular disea... by Susan Veldheer, Maxfield Whitehead-Zimmers, Candace Bordner, Olivia Weinstein, Hena Choi, Kira Spreenberg-Bronsoms, Jason Davis, David E. Conroy, Kathryn H. Schmitz, Christopher Sciamanna

“…The intervention included ten 1-h video-conferencing sessions, written materials, and access to a study website. …”
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Closed-loop sound source localization in neuromorphic systems by Thorben Schoepe, Daniel Gutierrez-Galan, Juan P Dominguez-Morales, Hugh Greatorex, Angel Jimenez-Fernandez, Alejandro Linares-Barranco, Elisabetta Chicca

“…Sound source localization (SSL) is used in various applications such as industrial noise-control, speech detection in mobile phones, speech enhancement in hearing aids and many more. Newest video conferencing setups use SSL. The position of a speaker is detected from the difference in the audio waves received by a microphone array. …”
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The effectiveness of smartphone applications as an effort to improve cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) : Literatur review by Aris Nur Rahmat, Ridlwan Kamaluddin

“…Other articles discuss CPR learning features with video conferencing audio telephone calls instruments, Resusci Anne Skillreporter manikin, Laerdal skillreporting system V.2.2.1 software, use of U-CPR, The VADSS software application, Laerdal resusci-anne simulator, A SimMan simulator (Laerdal, Stavanger, Norway) and cardiac arrest simulation test score, guidelines for basic life support suitability test and system usability scale (SUS), video instructions for Dispatcher-assisted CPR and CPR quality, and CPR manikins and resuscitation council (UK)-endorsed lifesaver VR.…”
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Remote versus face-to-face neuropsychological testing for dementia research: a comparative study in people with Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia and healthy older indiv... by Jason D Warren, Jonathan D Rohrer, Caroline Greaves, Lucianne Dobson, Rebecca L Bond, Chris JD Hardy, Sebastian J Crutch, Jessica Jiang, Elia Benhamou, Mai-Carmen Requena-Komuro, Suzie Barker, Lucy Russell, Emilie V Brotherhood

“…For patients, we used a cross-sectional design, contrasting a prospective remote cohort with a retrospective face-to-face cohort matched for age/education/severity.Setting Remote assessments were conducted using video-conferencing/online testing platforms, with participants using a personal computer/tablet at home. …”
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Contextual factors that shape uptake of COVID-19 preventive measures by persons of Ghanaian and Eritrean origin in the Netherlands: A focus group study by Marieke Torensma, Janneke Harting, Linda Boateng, Charles Agyemang, Yordi Lassooy Tekle, Yodit Jacob, Maria van den Muijsenbergh, Fatima el Fakiri, Maria Prins, Karien Stronks

“…Focus group discussions were held online, therefore, experience in the use of video conferencing software was a prerequisite. Results: Participants’ awareness and knowledge of COVID-19 and COVID-19 preventive measures was shaped by migration-related factors, such as limited Dutch proficiency, by access to understandable information and interference of misinformation. …”
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Teaching Lab Science Courses Online : Resources for Best Practices, Tools, and Technology / by Jeschofnig, Linda, 1948- 525890, Jeschofnig, Peter 525891

TeleRehabilitation with Aims to Improve Lower extremity recovery in community-dwelling individuals who have had a stroke: protocol for a multisite, parallel group, assessor-blinded... by Jennifer C Davis, Janice J Eng, Mark Bayley, Ruth Barclay, Elizabeth L Inness, Amy Schneeberg, Anne Harris, Ada Tang, Courtney Pollock, Brodie M Sakakibara, Elise Wiley, Marilyn MacKay-Lyons, Jennifer Monaghan, Sepideh Pooyania, Robert Teasell, Jennifer Yao

“…In response, we developed the TeleRehabilitation with Aims to Improve Lower extremity recovery poststroke (TRAIL) programme, a 4-week progressive exercise and self-management intervention delivered synchronously using video-conferencing technology. Our primary hypothesis is that individual within 1-year poststroke who participate in TRAIL will experience significantly greater improvements in functional mobility than individuals in an attention-controlled education programme (EDUCATION).Methods and analysis In this multisite, parallel group, assessor-blinded randomised attention-controlled trial, 96 community-living stroke survivors within 1-year poststroke will be recruited from five sites (Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, London and Halifax, Canada) from the CanStroke Recovery Trials Platform which is a network of Canadian hospital sites that are affiliated with academic institutions to facilitate participant recruitment and quality trial practices. …”
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CONTINUITY OF CARE PADA NEONATUS DAN BAYI DI ERA PANDEMI COVID-19 DI SUMATERA BARAT by Lusiana El Sinta Bustami, Yulizawati Yulizawati, Erda Mutiara Halida, Fitrayeni Fitrayeni, Rafika Oktova, Laila Rahmi, Ulfa Farrah Lisa, Aldina Ayunda Insani, Uliy Iffah, Feni Andriani, Miranie Safaringga

“…The method used by conducting surveys and interviews for data collection, data analysis, data presentation, formulating discussions and give the education, information by online using SMS, video conferencing applications, zoom, WA and other video applications. …”
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