Research has shown that 87% of respondents are satisfied with their current job.1Despite 56%, 56% of clinical staff are using smartphone apps for commercial purposes to discuss patient cases at work.1It was not possible to be certain that the information was safe. Consider that 67%2Many healthcare providers believe that image sharing is essential. This is why it was obvious that a solution needed to be integrated into a digital platform for health and security. teamplay images3The mobile application integrates into the teamplay digital platform and allows for chat, video calling, chat, and live video calling. You can also share DICOM file files.
It is putting patient data in a vulnerable position because so many doctors are using commercial applications to comment on and send studies. Siemens Healthineers wants to combine the features and functionality of a commercial chat app with our current application, teamplay images. This would allow customers to access their PACS via the DICOM node that is used by teamplay’s digital health platform. Customers can also chat, create chat group, make calls and have a videoconference all from one app.
Teamplay Images integrates into the workflow of clinicians in such a way as to replace current methods (commercial chat application), where patient information could be in danger. It allows users to preview the images, scroll through slides and change the windowing. This allows users to communicate with colleagues at work in real-time4, 5.
One of our first customers was Dr. Ma Xing Wu, the CSIT Director of Shandong’s Medical Engineering Department and president-elect of China Society of Imaging Technology. He is also responsible for visiting smaller regional hospitals to provide his expertise and teaching opportunities.
This brought us to Dr. Wu’s biggest challenge: the constant need for him to be in two places at the same time. This is a problem that many radiologists are familiar with. As the senior radioologist in his area, he is often required to travel to the local hospitals to discuss important cases and issues. He also needed to be capable of performing the same tasks at Shandong’s department. This problem was solved by teamplay Images, which allowed him to work remotely. He shared his story with us: We can reduce the fatigue from traveling by focusing more on teaching tasks that will improve the capabilities of our hospitals.It is important to be able to work together over long distances. However, the ability to communicate quickly across distances will become the norm in medicine.
Participation in MDT (multidisciplinary group) consultations was the next challenge. In Shandongs’ case, this was the heads for the various departments who needed to meet. Although it is easy to get one department director to a meeting due the scheduling issues, it can take up to 10 working days for five directors. Even then, only a few cases can be discussed due to time constraints. With teamplay Images they can easily create a group chat called MDT team. They could easily share information and solve cases within the MDT team chat by forwarding the images from any workstation to the group chat. This was even explained by Dr. Wu. This allows us to have more discussions about these MDTs. This gave them the freedom to discuss these cases whenever and wherever they wanted to.
Security was the last and most pressing challenge. Security threats are all around the world. 36% of them are in healthcare.6The average break cost is $4297. Dr. Wu is also sensitive about these issues and knew that he could trust the teamplay platform for digital health. teamplay Images offers privacy protection and data security. This means that we can avoid data leaks and privacy concerns during data transmission. We could also practice the teaching workshop remotely from a secure environment. The teamplay digital health platform creates solutions according the Privacy By Design and by Default principle to ensure data protection.
Teamplay Images will allow you to collaborate and support your clinicians during important case discussions. It will allow you to communicate with the right device at right time, in either a mobile or desktop environment. While remaining secure in an infrastructure that allows you to share DICOM files, it will also allow you to be flexible.
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Foot Notes
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34074319/
- Medical Image Sharing at peer60.com (n.d.). Retrieved April 19, 2020, at http://docplayer.net/9186339-Peer60-com-medical-image-sharing-2015.html
- Teamplay is not available in all countries. The service offering can’t be guaranteed if it isn’t available in all countries, whether due to regulatory or any other reasons.
- Access to the application requires an internet connection. A browser with HTML 5 is required for the desktop browser application.
- teamplay Images is not a medical device. The viewer is for visuals only and is not intended for diagnosis.
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/08/05/its-time-to-re-engineer-health-care-cybersecurity/#4d09c48d1278August 2020
- https://healthitsecurity.com/news/health-sector-most-targeted-by-hackers-breach-costs-rise-to-17.76b, June 2020