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

Head Neck. 2020 Jun;42(6):1310-1316. doi: 10.1002/hed.26195. Epub 2020 Apr 27.

Abstract

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.

Keywords: multidisciplinary; remote; teleconference; telemedicine; virtual.

MeSH terms

  • Academic Medical Centers
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
  • Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control*
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
  • Humans
  • Medical Oncology / organization & administration*
  • Pandemics / prevention & control*
  • Patient Care Team / organization & administration*
  • Pennsylvania
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
  • Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Telemedicine / organization & administration*