Researcher at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Details Research in COVID-19 (Innovating in a crisis: a qualitative evaluation of a hospital and Google partnership to implement a COVID-19 inpatient video monitoring program): Coronavirus – COVID-19

2022 JUN 09 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- A new study on COVID-19 is now available. According to news originating from New York City, New York, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “To describe adaptations necessary for effective use of direct-to-consumer (DTC) cameras in an inpatient setting, from the perspective of health care workers. Our qualitative study included semi-structured interviews and focus groups with clinicians, information technology (IT) personnel, and health system leaders affiliated with the Mount Sinai Health System.”

Financial supporters for this research include Office of Clinical Innovation, Mount Sinai Health System.

The news editors obtained a quote from the research from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: “All participants either worked in a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) unit with DTC cameras or participated in the camera implementation. Three researchers coded the transcripts independently and met weekly to discuss and resolve discrepancies. Abiding by inductive thematic analysis, coders revised the codebook until they reached saturation. All transcripts were coded in Dedoose using the final codebook. Frontline clinical staff, IT personnel, and health system leaders (N = 39) participated in individual interviews and focus groups in November 2020-April 2021. Our analysis identified 5 areas for effective DTC camera use: technology, patient monitoring, workflows, interpersonal relationships, and infrastructure. Participants described adaptations created to optimize camera use and opportunities for improvement necessary for sustained use. Non-COVID-19 patients tended to decline participation. Deploying DTC cameras on inpatient units required adaptations in many routine processes. Addressing consent, 2-way communication issues, patient privacy, and messaging about video monitoring could help facilitate a nimble rollout. Implementation and dissemination of inpatient video monitoring using DTC cameras requires input from patients and frontline staff.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Given the resources and time it takes to implement a usable camera solution, other health systems might benefit from creating task forces to investigate their use before the next crisis.”

For more information on this research see: Innovating in a crisis: a qualitative evaluation of a hospital and Google partnership to implement a COVID-19 inpatient video monitoring program. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2022. The publisher for Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association is Oxford University Press (OUP).

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocac081.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Ksenia Gorbenko, Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, United States. Additional authors for this research include Afrah Mohammed, Edward I I Ezenwafor, Sydney Phlegar, Patrick Healy, Tamara Solly, Ingrid Nembhard, Lucy Xenophon, Cardinale Smith, Robert Freeman, David Reich, Madhu Mazumdar.

ORCID is an identifier for authors and includes bibliographic information. The following is ORCID information for the authors of this research: Ksenia Gorbenko (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1010-2257), Cardinale Smith (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3635-8701), Robert Freeman (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4946-6533), Madhu Mazumdar (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3965-5146).

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