ArticleJournal of digital imaging2019
Remote Real-Time Ultrasound Supervision via Commercially Available and Low-Cost Tele-Ultrasound: a Mixed Methods Study of the Practical Feasibility and Users' Acceptability in an Emergency Department.
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- Live teleultrasound for evaluation of the chest: a systematic review.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025Pooled it
- Teleguided Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Fluid Assessment in Geriatric Inpatients Performed by Nurses and Medical Students: Prospective Observational Feasibility Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Observational
- Point-of-care ultrasound training using near-peer training and remote Supervision: A pilot randomized controlled trial.The ultrasound journal · 2026Article
- Application of Digital, Web-Based, and Online Strategies in Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training: A Scoping Review.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Remote out-of-hours ultrasound live supervision in pediatrics - improvement of diagnostics and training.Ultraschall in der Medizin (Stuttgart, Germany : 1980) · 2025Article
- A quantitative needs assessment for a tele-ultrasound consult program in a tertiary care Emergency Department.Internal and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Echoes of precision: feedback, governance and ultrasound in prehospital care.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2025Article
- Ascending with ultrasound: telementored eFAST in flight-a feasibility study.Emergency radiology · 2024Article
- Paramedic-Performed Prehospital Tele-Ultrasound: A Powerful Technology or an Impractical Endeavor? A Scoping Review.Prehospital and disaster medicine · 2023Article
- Can Untrained Patients Perform Their Own Skin and Soft Tissue Ultrasound Examination by Teleguidance?POCUS journal · 2023Article
- Remote real-time supervision of prehospital point-of-care ultrasound: a feasibility study.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2022Observational
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- Telementored ultrasonography: a narrative review.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicinaReview
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Abstract
Minor emergency departments (ED) struggle to access sufficient expertise to supervise learners of lung and cardiac point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). Using tele-ultrasound (tele-US) for remote supervision may remedy this situation. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of real-time supervision via tele-US when applied to an everyday ED clinic. We conducted a mixed methods study that assessed practical feasibility, determined performance, and explored users' acceptability of supervision via tele-US. Technical performance was assessed quantitatively by the ratio in mean gray value between images on site and as received by the supervisor, and by after-compression frame rate. Qualitatively, 12 exploratory semi-structured interviews were conducted with exposed junior doctors and supervisors. Remote supervision via tele-US was performed with 10 junior doctors scanning 45 included patients. During performance assessment, neither alternating internet connection nor software significantly changed the mean gray value ratio. The lowest median frame rate of 4.6 (interquartile range [IQR]: 3.1-5.0) was found by using a 4G internet connection; the highest of 28.5 (IQR: 28.5-29.0) was found with alternative computer and local area network internet connection. In interviews, supervisors stressed the importance of preserving frame rate, and junior doctors emphasized a need for shared ultrasound terminology. In the qualitative analysis, setup mobility, accessibility, and time consumption were emphasized as being of key importance for future clinical implementations. Remote supervision via a commercially available and low-cost tele-US setup is operational for both junior doctors and supervisors when applied to lung and cardiac POCUS scans of hospitalized patients.
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