Going live: implementing a telesurgery program.
Telesurgery is the real-time transmission of surgery to an audience in a location separate from the OR suite. Staff members at Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, established an annual telesurgery event as a method of teaching health care providers about specific orthopedic and gynecology procedures. In October 2009, staff members at Faulkner Hospital successfully completed five separate live transmissions during a four-day period. Extensive planning, attention to detail, and cooperation among team members and hospital service line members are essential to conducting a safe and successful telesurgery event.
Faulkner Hospital, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA.
Patricia M
PM
McCarthy
D006801:Humans; D008404:Massachusetts; D010934:Planning Techniques; D011184:Postoperative Period; D057234:Preoperative Period; D016730:Program Development; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D017216:Telemedicine