Department of Biomedical Sciences and Public Health, Cardiology and Arrhythmology Clinic, Marche Polytechnic University, University Hospital "Ospedali Riuniti Umberto I-Lancisi-Salesi", Via Conca 71, Ancona, Italy.
Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre and Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
Europace. 2021 Aug 6;23(8):1326-1330. doi: 10.1093/europace/euab063.
Instant messaging (IM) enables medical professionals to quickly share clinical data to their peers for counselling. Purpose of this survey is to assess the habits related to IM, their application in clinical practice and the perceived pros and cons. An online survey was distributed to the medical community via newsletters, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook. The survey consisted of 22 questions made on an individual-basis and collected anonymously on SurveyMonkey. A total of 287 subjects from 33 countries responded to the survey (mean age 43 years, 74.8% male). Of all respondents, 88.3% routinely send and 90.3% receive clinical data through IM which was second only to face-to-face contact as the preferred method for sharing clinical data. Twelve-lead electrocardiograms (88.6%), medical history (61.4%), and echo loops (55.7%) were the data shared most often. Nearly half of the clinical data that are sent (43%) or received (44%) are not anonymized. In the same way, 29.3% of the respondents were not aware of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) at the time of the survey. IM apps are used by medical professionals worldwide to share and discuss clinical data and are preferred to many other methods of data sharing, being second only to face-to-face contact. IM are often used to share many different types of clinical data, being perceived as a fast and easy way of communication. Medical professionals should be aware of the appropriate use of IM to prevent legal and privacy issues.
即时通讯 (IM) 使医疗专业人员能够快速与其同行共享临床数据以进行咨询。本调查的目的是评估与 IM 相关的习惯、其在临床实践中的应用以及感知到的优缺点。一项在线调查通过新闻通讯、Twitter、LinkedIn 和 Facebook 分发给医学界。该调查由 22 个基于个人的问题组成，并在 SurveyMonkey 上匿名收集。共有来自 33 个国家的 287 名受访者对该调查做出回应（平均年龄 43 岁，74.8%为男性）。在所有受访者中，88.3%例行通过 IM 发送和 90.3%接收临床数据，仅次于面对面接触，是分享临床数据的首选方法。十二导联心电图 (88.6%)、病史 (61.4%) 和超声心动图 (55.7%) 是最常共享的数据。发送的临床数据中有近一半 (43%) 或接收的临床数据有近一半 (44%) 没有匿名化。同样，29.3%的受访者在调查时不知道欧盟《通用数据保护条例》（GDPR）。即时通讯应用程序被全球医疗专业人员用于共享和讨论临床数据，并且比许多其他数据共享方法更受欢迎，仅次于面对面接触。IM 常用于共享许多不同类型的临床数据，被认为是一种快速简便的沟通方式。医疗专业人员应意识到适当使用 IM 以防止法律和隐私问题。
