TICU-Feedback-Tool: development and pilot application of a questionnaire to assess performance in tele-intensive care collaborations.
Franziska Lezius, Karin Steinecke, Anne Herholz, Stephen Sch����rhuis, Andreas Edel, Michaela Niebank, Nicolai Andrees, Claudia D Spies, Bj��rn Weiss, U START TICU consensus group
Author Information
Franziska Lezius: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charit�� - Universit��tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit��t Berlin and Humboldt Universit��t zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany. franziska.lezius@charite.de.
Karin Steinecke: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charit�� - Universit��tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit��t Berlin and Humboldt Universit��t zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany.
Anne Herholz: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charit�� - Universit��tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit��t Berlin and Humboldt Universit��t zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany.
Stephen Sch����rhuis: Institute of Biometry and Clinical Epidemiology, Charit�� - Universit��tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit��t Berlin and Humboldt-Universit��t zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Andreas Edel: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charit�� - Universit��tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit��t Berlin and Humboldt Universit��t zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany.
Michaela Niebank: Centre for Biological Threats and Special Pathogens (ZBS), Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany.
Nicolai Andrees: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Universit��tsklinikum Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
Claudia D Spies: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charit�� - Universit��tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit��t Berlin and Humboldt Universit��t zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany.
Bj��rn Weiss: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charit�� - Universit��tsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universit��t Berlin and Humboldt Universit��t zu Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Berlin, 13353, Germany.
BACKGROUND: Telemedicine is a suitable vehicle to facilitate collaboration among hospitals across borders, with the COVID-19 pandemic paving the way for rapidly growing tele-intensive care (TICU) networks, aiming to improve quality of care. Hitherto there are no validated instruments to assess and evaluate performance in international TICU collaboration. METHODS: We conducted a prospective, structured survey development study with a single-step online expert consensus approach and a pilot application. RESULTS: We propose a 26-indicator TICU-Feedback-Tool assessing user-friendliness, subjective benefit and usability, acceptance and potential for improvement in TICU networks. The instrument is suitable for self-reporting by online questionnaire. CONCLUSION: We suggest a pilot version of a feedback questionnaire for quality management in (inter-)national TICU networks that will be subject to revisions in the future.
