Mayer Nora, Sotiropoulos George, Novoa Nuria, Daddi Niccolo, Batirel Hasan, Asadi Nizar
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Harefield Hospital, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Athens Naval Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2024 Jul 3;39(1). doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivae119.
Digital transformation has drastically changed the surgical sector, but few is known about its impact on thoracic surgical practice. The aim of this paper is to report the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) survey results, assessing the impact of and the need for Digital Transformation in Thoracic Surgery.
A 23-item survey was designed by the ESTS Digital Transformation Working Group to assess the impact of and the need for Digital Transformation in Thoracic Surgery. All ESTS members (1668) were invited to complete the survey between 13 March and 21 May 2022 anonymously. Data analysis was descriptive calculating frequencies and percentages. Group comparison was done using chi-square test.
The response rate was 6.3%. Surgeons from 26 European countries participated of which more than 80% were based in academic hospitals. The impact of digital transformation was rated very important (43.8%) and fundamental (22.7%) in more than two-thirds of the cases, regardless of surgeons' age. None of the participants felt that digital transformation was of no importance and more than 85% had implemented digital platforms in their direct patient care. Almost 90% of the surgeons, currently not using digital platforms for training and education, would consider introducing them. About 70% were at least 'somewhat satisfied' with their current engagement in Digital Transformation in Thoracic Surgery.
Digital transformation seems to play a major role across European Thoracic Surgery departments in direct patient care, professional networking and surgical training. However, overall satisfaction with the current status of Digital Transformation in Thoracic Surgery was rather reserved, implying the need to increase the implementation of digital solutions in the latter.
数字转型已彻底改变了外科领域，但对于其对胸外科实践的影响却知之甚少。本文旨在报告欧洲胸外科医师协会（ESTS）的调查结果，评估数字转型对胸外科的影响以及胸外科对数字转型的需求。
ESTS数字转型工作组设计了一项包含23个项目的调查问卷，以评估数字转型对胸外科的影响以及胸外科对数字转型的需求。2022年3月13日至5月21日期间，邀请所有ESTS成员（共1668名）匿名完成该调查问卷。数据分析采用描述性统计，计算频率和百分比。组间比较采用卡方检验。
回复率为6.3%。来自26个欧洲国家的外科医生参与了调查，其中80%以上就职于学术医院。无论外科医生的年龄如何超过三分之二的受访者认为数字转型的影响非常重要（43.8%）或至关重要（22.7%）。没有参与者认为数字转型不重要，超过85%的人在直接的患者护理中使用了数字平台。目前未将数字平台用于培训和教育的外科医生中，近90%会考虑引入这些平台。约70%的人对他们目前在胸外科数字转型方面的参与程度至少“有些满意”。
数字转型似乎在欧洲各胸外科部门的直接患者护理、专业网络和外科培训中发挥着重要作用。然而，对胸外科数字转型现状的总体满意度相对不高，这意味着需要在胸外科增加数字解决方案的应用。
