A practical guide to graphic communication for quality assurance, education, and patient care in echocardiography.

ABSTRACT: Graphic communication (GC) is useful for continuous quality improvement (CQI), education, and patient care when in-person discussion is not possible because of geographic and schedule constraints. In echocardiography, these constraints can be mitigated by (a) capturing screenshots and device photos or videos and sharing them by email or text message, (b) simultaneous viewing of images on digital displays, and (c) broadcasting the study real time during acquisition to other mobile or stationary devices. Screenshots are useful for CQI and education and can be acquired, annotated, and shared with minimal impact on the flow of clinical echo interpretation. Providers at different locations can employ GC for shared clinical decision making by viewing echo studies from the same server, video conf

SUBMITTER: Cohen GI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6856834 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature