Conducting interdepartmental tele-joint clinic during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in a tertiary cancer care center

Kajari Bhattacharya; Suyash Kulkarni; Amit Janu; Anand Jadhav; Sudhir Nair; Amit Joshi; Navin Khattry; Sudeep Gupta; Nitin Sudhakar Shetty

doi:10.4103/jhnps.jhnps_59_20

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Year : 2020 | Volume : 8 | Issue : 2 | Page : 134-136

Conducting interdepartmental tele-joint clinic during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in a tertiary cancer care center

Kajari Bhattacharya¹, Suyash Kulkarni², Amit Janu², Anand Jadhav³, Sudhir Nair⁴, Amit Joshi⁵, Navin Khattry⁶, Sudeep Gupta⁶, Nitin Sudhakar Shetty¹
¹ Department of Radiology, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
² Department of Radiology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
³ Department of Information Technology, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
⁴ Department of Head and Surgical Oncology, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
⁵ Department of Medical Oncology, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
⁶ ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence Address:
Nitin Sudhakar Shetty
Department of Radiology, ACTREC, Tata Memorial Centre, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai - 410 210, Maharashtra
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/jhnps.jhnps_59_20

Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic has posed numerous challenges to health care across the globe. Time is of the essence in cancer care to prevent disease progression. Materials and Methods: TrueConf ®, a local area network-based software, has been used for holding joint clinic meetings which are an essential part of cancer management at our hospital. Results: A total of 12 meetings were held over a period of 12 weeks where 42 patients were examined and their clinicoradiological evaluation was done. Further treatment decisions were made based on these joint clinics. Conclusion: TrueConf ® is an economical platform and easily implementable system, easing decision-making for critical cases, avoiding crowding in outpatient departments.

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