The accuracy of self-performed ultrasound tele-guidance image acquisition among laypeople

Authors

Stanley Szeto, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Ammar Saati, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Barry S. Ziring, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Rebecca Davis, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Frances Mae West, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Rohin Singla, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Titus Chu, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Neeharika Bhatnagar, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Kelly Goodsell, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Arthur Au, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Resa Lewiss, MD, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Abstract

Publication Date

2-2021

Academic Year

2020-2021

Abstract

Background: The recent events of COVID-19 has expedited an evolving interest in furthering telemedicine technology to maximize the quality of remote healthcare provided to patients. Studies that assessed the quality of lung and cardiac tele-ultrasound images performed by patients under supervision to be of satisfactory quality for diagnosis and management.^2,3

Objectives: We set out to investigate the practical feasibility, performance, and acceptability of tele-ultrasound performed under real-time supervision.

Curricular Design: A consensus group of patients over 18 years of age and without any fever, skin rash, pregnancy, and incarceration. This is a single-center prospective trial performed at Jefferson Internal Medicine Associates (JIMA). Participants will have an instruction sheet on how to turn on the device. Through tele-communication participants will be instructed to use the Philips Lumify® ultrasound transducer. The participant will apply the transducer on their antecubital fossa. The image will be saved with no identifier. The quality of all images will be assessed by a certified Ultrasound physician.

Applicability: Successful results at the conclusion of this study will demonstrate the feasibility for patients to self-obtain tele-ultrasound images under proper instruction that are both accurate and diagnostically helpful. This imaging technique can possibly empower patients to have a direct role in managing their health and provide clinicians valuable diagnostic information that would have otherwise been obtained at bedside or in the office. A new depth to telemedicine can help establish this arm of medicine as more independent, and thus reducing the need for patients to physically meet with a provider.

Recommended Citation

Szeto, Stanley; Saati, Ammar; Ziring, MD, Barry S.; Davis, MD, Rebecca; West, MD, Frances Mae; Singla, Rohin; Chu, Titus; Bhatnagar, MD, Neeharika; Goodsell, MD, Kelly; Au, MD, Arthur; and Lewiss, MD, Resa, "The accuracy of self-performed ultrasound tele-guidance image acquisition among laypeople" (2021). Phase 1. Paper 2.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/si_me_2023_phase1/2

Language

English