title: Embedding QR codes in tumor board presentations, enhancing educational content for oncology information management.
abstract: Quick Response (QR) Codes are standard in supply management and seen with increasing frequency in advertisements. They are now present regularly in healthcare informatics and education. These 2-dimensional square bar codes, originally designed by the Toyota car company, are free of license and have a published international standard. The codes can be generated by free online software and the resulting images incorporated into presentations. The images can be scanned by "smart" phones and tablets using either the iOS or Android platforms, which link the device with the information represented by the QR code (uniform resource locator or URL, online video, text, v-calendar entries, short message service [SMS] and formatted text). Once linked to the device, the information can be viewed at any time after the original presentation, saved in the device or to a Web-based "cloud" repository, printed, or shared with others via email or Bluetooth file transfer. This paper describes how we use QR codes in our tumor board presentations, discusses the benefits, the different QR codes from Web links and how QR codes facilitate the distribution of educational content.
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA. richard.siderits@gmail.com
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Siderits
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yates
authors.forename: Arelis
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rimmer
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roche
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone; D034201:Computers, Handheld; D044962:Data Compression; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000639:trends*; D020407:Internet; D009369:Neoplasms