TY - JOUR
T1 - Remote transmission of live endoscopy over the Internet
T2 - Report from the 87th Congress of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society
AU - Shimizu, Shuji
AU - Ohtsuka, Takao
AU - Takahata, Shunichi
AU - Nagai, Eishi
AU - Nakashima, Naoki
AU - Tanaka, Masao
N1 - Funding Information:
THE AUTHORS ARE grateful for the cooperation and expertise of the entire medical and engineering staff in the supporting program organization and network preparations at all of the hospitals and medical centers involved. We are particularly grateful to Kyushu University engineering staff for technical preparations and to the APAN-NOC and TEIN-NOC teams for intensive network preparations. This project was funded in part by Grant-in-Aid No. 23256005 for Scientific Research from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors Digestive Endoscopy © 2015 Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society.
PY - 2016/1/1
Y1 - 2016/1/1
N2 - Live demonstration of endoscopy is one of the most attractive and useful methods for education and is often organized locally in hospitals. However, problems have been apparent in terms of cost, preparation, and potential risks to patients. Our aim was to evaluate a new approach to live endoscopy whereby remote hospitals are connected by the Internet for live endoscopic demonstrations. Live endoscopy was transmitted to the Congress of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopic Society by 13 domestic and international hospitals. Patients with upper and lower gastrointestinal diseases and with pancreatobiliary disorders were the subjects of a live demonstration. Questionnaires were distributed to the audience and were sent to the demonstrators. Questions concerned the quality of transmitted images and sound, cost, preparations, programs, preference of style, and adverse events. Of the audience, 91.2% (249/273) answered favorably regarding the transmitted image quality and 93.8% (259/276) regarding the sound quality. All demonstrators answered favorably regarding image quality and 93% (13/14) regarding sound quality. Preparations were completed without any outsourcing at 11 sites (79%) and were evaluated as 'very easy' or 'easy' at all but one site (92.3%). Preparation cost was judged as 'very cheap' or 'cheap' at 12 sites (86%). Live endoscopy connecting multiple international centers was satisfactory in image and sound quality for both audience and demonstrators, with easy and inexpensive preparation. The remote transmission of live endoscopy from demonstrators' own hospitals was preferred to the conventional style of locally organized live endoscopy.
AB - Live demonstration of endoscopy is one of the most attractive and useful methods for education and is often organized locally in hospitals. However, problems have been apparent in terms of cost, preparation, and potential risks to patients. Our aim was to evaluate a new approach to live endoscopy whereby remote hospitals are connected by the Internet for live endoscopic demonstrations. Live endoscopy was transmitted to the Congress of the Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopic Society by 13 domestic and international hospitals. Patients with upper and lower gastrointestinal diseases and with pancreatobiliary disorders were the subjects of a live demonstration. Questionnaires were distributed to the audience and were sent to the demonstrators. Questions concerned the quality of transmitted images and sound, cost, preparations, programs, preference of style, and adverse events. Of the audience, 91.2% (249/273) answered favorably regarding the transmitted image quality and 93.8% (259/276) regarding the sound quality. All demonstrators answered favorably regarding image quality and 93% (13/14) regarding sound quality. Preparations were completed without any outsourcing at 11 sites (79%) and were evaluated as 'very easy' or 'easy' at all but one site (92.3%). Preparation cost was judged as 'very cheap' or 'cheap' at 12 sites (86%). Live endoscopy connecting multiple international centers was satisfactory in image and sound quality for both audience and demonstrators, with easy and inexpensive preparation. The remote transmission of live endoscopy from demonstrators' own hospitals was preferred to the conventional style of locally organized live endoscopy.
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U2 - 10.1111/den.12508
DO - 10.1111/den.12508
M3 - Article
C2 - 26110485
AN - SCOPUS:84956669576
SN - 0915-5635
VL - 28
SP - 92
EP - 97
JO - Digestive Endoscopy
JF - Digestive Endoscopy
IS - 1
ER -