What ring tone should be used for patient safety? Early results with a Blackberry-based telementoring safety solution

A comprehensive review of telementoring applications in laparoscopic general surgery

“…The literature search identified a total of 75 articles; 10 studies were considered eligible [11,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] (Table 1). Reasons for exclusion were that the studies were of other disciplines (n = 35), they were other than original articles (n = 29), and duplicate cases (n = 1).…”

“…Considering the purchase and annual maintenance costs, the parameters of internal utilization of these systems should be planned in advance. Parker et al [22] reported on the use of a BlackBerry telecommunication system for remote assistance of junior surgeons. The authors demonstrated the feasibility of remote assistance based on short video clips with manipulation around Calot's triangle in laparoscopic cholecystectomies.…”

Telemedicine in Surgery: What are the Opportunities and Hurdles to Realising the Potential?

“…Various solutions have been tested in the literature; for example, using video clips recorded on a blackberry to provide remote assistance for junior surgeons performing laparoscopic cholecystectomies [31]. This trial did demonstrate the potential feasibility of using mobile phones to view surgical video clips, but the lack of real-time two-way communication limits its applicability.…”

The uses of smartphones and tablet devices in surgery: A systematic review of the literature

“…In the first study, the mentoring surgeons viewed video snippets of laparoscopic cholecystectomies (demonstrating the cystic duct prior to its clipping) on a smartphone and were able to identify the duct in the majority of cases. 39 Although they were only happy to give the go-ahead for clipping 60% of the time, mentors commented that they would have felt more confident had they been able to communicate with the operating surgeon or obtain further anatomic views. In the second study, the mentoring surgeons used a tablet device and stylus to control a camera and laser pointer located in a remote operating room compared with 2 other control systems 38 ; The tablet scored highly in all objective and subjective measures of outcome.…”

“…Surgery j 2015 tele-mentoring, 38,39 tele-diagnosis, [40][41][42] and telerounding 43 domains (Table II).…”