Intersectoral telemedical reference reporting of video recordings: a usability, user acceptance and legal analysis for the German health care system

• Conditions: G40; F44.5; Epilepsy; Dissociative convulsions

• Registration Number: DRKS00028258
• Lead Sponsor: Förderverein Ruhr-Epileptologie e.V.

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-03-24
• Study Completion: 2023-09-30
• Last Update Posted: 19 August 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Complete
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

Neurologists in private practice agree to participate in the questionnaire-based collection of study data before and after the study, to transmit teleconsultations via KIM (communication in medicine; secure e-mail and data exchange within telematics) to Ruhr Epileptology for the evaluation of cell phone videos of seizure-like health disorders, and to issue TANs and information material about vCreateNeuro to patients with seizure-like health disorders in vCreate.
If KIM is not yet available for neurologists in private practice, a referral slip can be issued as an alternative.
Neurologists in private practice agree to discuss the findings of the tele-consult with the respective patient (which will not be documented and evaluated in the study).
Physicians of the Epilepsy Reference Center agree to participate in the questionnaire-based collection of study data before and after the study.

Exclusion Criteria

Neurologists in private practice or physicians at the Epilepsy Reference Center do not agree to participate in the study or are not willing to transmit teleconsults and inform patients about the use of vCreate Neuro to transfer videos and video-related clinical data.

Study & Design

• Study Type: observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Is the (organizational) establishment of teleconsultations for the reference reporting of videos of seizure-like events between neurologists in private practice and a hospital-based epilepsy reference center successful? <br><br>The frequency of successfully completed video reports sent to the referring physicians during the study period will be determined in comparison to the number of neurologists in private practice and the number of consilience requests sent by them to the epilepsy reference center.