%0 Journal Article
%@ 1438-8871
%I JMIR Publications
%V 24
%N 4
%P e29841
%T Operationalizing and Evaluating Synchronous Virtual Group Health Interventions: Wide-Scale Implementation at a Tertiary Care Academic Hospital
%A Hussain-Shamsy,Neesha
%A McMillan,Ian
%A Cook,Sheridan
%A Furfaro-Argier,Alyssa
%A Sadler,Andrea
%A Delos-Reyes,Faith
%A Wasserman,Lori
%A Bhatia,Sacha
%A Martin,Danielle
%A Seto,Emily
%A Vigod,Simone N
%A Zaheer,Juveria
%A Agarwal,Payal
%A Mukerji,Geetha
%+ Institute for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care, Women's College Hospital, 76 Grenville Street, Toronto, ON, M5S 1B2, Canada, 1 416 323 6400, geetha.mukerji@wchospital.ca
%K virtual care
%K group therapy
%K patient education
%K videoconferencing
%K sustainability
%K innovation
%K health systems
%K health promotion
%K patient portal
%K electronic medical records
%K health service delivery
%K video call
%D 2022
%7 7.4.2022
%9 Viewpoint
%J J Med Internet Res
%G English
%X Group-based health interventions are an important component of health promotion and management. To provide continuity of care throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our institution undertook a rapid pivot to delivering group-based health interventions via a videoconferencing service which was securely embedded into both the electronic medical record and the patient portal to sustainably address immediate health service delivery needs during the pandemic and beyond. In this paper, we (1) describe the institutionally driven operationalization of a system to provide integrated synchronous video group visits across our hospital and (2) present a proposed strategy to comprehensively evaluate outcomes regarding their implementation, quality, and impact. Lessons for other institutions and the potential future role of synchronous video group visits to enhance how care can be scaled for delivery are discussed.
%M 35389350
%R 10.2196/29841
%U https://www.jmir.org/2022/4/e29841
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/29841
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35389350