Virtual communication is commonly used in Finnish interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meetings
Multidisciplinary meeting (MDM) is a core element in the diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases (ILD). The aim of the study was to investigate the implementation and key elements related to ILD MDMs in Finnish specialized care, which is characterized by long travel distances and a large number of s...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:10026813 2023-05-15T17:42:33+02:00 Virtual communication is commonly used in Finnish interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meetings Salonen, Johanna Nurmi, Hanna Hodgson, Ulla Hasala, Hannele Kilpeläinen, Maritta Hollmen, Maria Purokivi, Minna Kaarteenaho, Riitta 2023-03-17 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10026813/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36950471 https://doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2023.2190210 en eng Taylor & Francis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10026813/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36950471 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2023.2190210 © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. Eur Clin Respir J Research Article Text 2023 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2023.2190210 2023-03-26T02:00:19Z Multidisciplinary meeting (MDM) is a core element in the diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases (ILD). The aim of the study was to investigate the implementation and key elements related to ILD MDMs in Finnish specialized care, which is characterized by long travel distances and a large number of small centers treating patients suffering from ILDs. An electronic questionnaire was sent to ILD experts working at five academic centers of Finland regarding the implementation of ILD MDMs with the focus on utilization of virtual communication. Responses were received from all academic centers of Finland (n = 5) whose catchment areas cover all of Finland. ILD MDMs were organized in each center approximately every two weeks and the core participants included a radiologist, respiratory physicians, junior staff, pathologist and a rheumatologist. All non-academic centers could refer their patients to be evaluated in ILD MDM of an academic center. Virtual communication was utilized by all academic centers in the implementation of ILD MDMs, being most common among small centers located in Eastern and Northern Finland. Virtual access to ILD MDM of an academic center was available in most parts of Finland, enabling small centers to benefit from the ILD expertise of academic centers. Text Northern Finland PubMed Central (PMC) European Clinical Respiratory Journal 10 1 |
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Multidisciplinary meeting (MDM) is a core element in the diagnosis of interstitial lung diseases (ILD). The aim of the study was to investigate the implementation and key elements related to ILD MDMs in Finnish specialized care, which is characterized by long travel distances and a large number of small centers treating patients suffering from ILDs. An electronic questionnaire was sent to ILD experts working at five academic centers of Finland regarding the implementation of ILD MDMs with the focus on utilization of virtual communication. Responses were received from all academic centers of Finland (n = 5) whose catchment areas cover all of Finland. ILD MDMs were organized in each center approximately every two weeks and the core participants included a radiologist, respiratory physicians, junior staff, pathologist and a rheumatologist. All non-academic centers could refer their patients to be evaluated in ILD MDM of an academic center. Virtual communication was utilized by all academic centers in the implementation of ILD MDMs, being most common among small centers located in Eastern and Northern Finland. Virtual access to ILD MDM of an academic center was available in most parts of Finland, enabling small centers to benefit from the ILD expertise of academic centers. |
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Virtual communication is commonly used in Finnish interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meetings |
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Virtual communication is commonly used in Finnish interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meetings |
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Virtual communication is commonly used in Finnish interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meetings |
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Virtual communication is commonly used in Finnish interstitial lung disease multidisciplinary meetings |
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© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
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