Transition to a virtual multidisciplinary tumor board during the COVID‐19 pandemic: University of Pittsburgh experience

Multidisciplinary conferences (MDC) are an important component of head and neck oncologic care including diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship. Virtual MDC allows for improved collaboration between providers at distant sites and proper allocation of health care resources in a time of crisis. When a...

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Published in:Head & Neck 2020-06, Vol.42 (6), p.1310-1316
Main Authors: Dharmarajan, Harish, Anderson, Jennifer L., Kim, Seungwon, Sridharan, Shaum, Duvvuri, Umamaheswar, Ferris, Robert L., Solari, Mario G., Clump, David A., Skinner, Heath D., Ohr, James P., Zandberg, Dan P., Branstetter, Barton, Hughes, Marion A., Traylor, Katie S., Seethala, Raja, Chiosea, Simion I., Nilsen, Marci L., Johnson, Jonas T., Kubik, Mark W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Medical Centers
Betacoronavirus
Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections - transmission
COVID-19
Head & neck cancer
Head and neck
Health care
Humans
Medical Oncology - organization & administration
multidisciplinary
Pandemics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Patient Care Team - organization & administration
Pennsylvania
Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - transmission
remote
SARS-CoV-2
Special Issue
Survival
teleconference
Telemedicine
Telemedicine - organization & administration
Telemedicine and Virtual Care
virtual
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Summary:Multidisciplinary conferences (MDC) are an important component of head and neck oncologic care including diagnosis, treatment, and survivorship. Virtual MDC allows for improved collaboration between providers at distant sites and proper allocation of health care resources in a time of crisis. When approached systematically, a virtual MDC is feasible to design and implement in a large academic medical center with multiple satellite hospitals.
ISSN:1043-3074
1097-0347
DOI:10.1002/hed.26195