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Karolinska University Hospital is one of Scandinavia’s premier medical centres. Together with Karolinska Institutet they represent the leading edge of medical science and patient care in Sweden.

Recognized as one of Europe’s top five teaching hospitals and for excellence – in Sweden as a teaching hospital and internationally as a centre for clinical research.

Karolinska University Hospital Uses Polycom Video Collaboration Solutions to Mentor Surgeons at Regional Hospitals across Sweden

Videos and images of surgeries are shared for instant collaboration and multiple video sources can be

displayed in operating rooms

Program improves the skills and confidence of the surgeons in

regional hospitals while providing the highest quality patient care

About 75 ERCP procedures are carried out annually.

66% of the examination procedures are overseen by an

experienced endoscopist

Video Collaboration allows Karolinska Institutet to provide remote mentoring for surgeries

during operations at other hospitals – potentially anywhere in the world

Video collaboration enables surgical sta� to consult on live medical

operations and utilize live medical operations for real-time trainingVideo support contributes to the

improved success rate of ERCP operations

Improved the overall cannulation rate at the district

hospital from 85 to 99%

Enhanced the quality of pre- and post-graduate education and training.

Providing patients in remote rural areas the same quality healthcare as urban areas is a challenge. The video supported ERCP project addresses this challenge using innovative video technology from Polycom, our telemedicine systems have reached the level where connecting and collaborating with remote surgeons over video is part of an informal daily, routine practice. This is important not only when optimizing professional results, but also when patient safety aspects, related legal issues, and data security dimensions are considered

Kristina Groth, Associate professor at MID/CSC/KTH responsible for telemedicine development at the Innovation Centre at Karolinska University Hospital.

The cannulation of a "virgin" papilla remains the most di�cult step in ERCP and the ERCP procedure fails without selective cannulation of the desired duct.

To provide remote mentoring from high-volume ERCP centers to local hospitals with less experience to o�er similar treatments and interventions that benefit both patients and healthcare providers.

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DEPLOYMENTRegional hospitals equipped

with a telestroke solution

PROJECT

Visby District Hospital was selected for the project

57,000 inhabitants

serves

Multipoint telemedicine links between the hospital and

University allow endoscopic images and x-rays to be shared at

the touch of a button

The Innovation Centre at Karolinska University has

established a telemedicine development unit

Reduced procedure-related

complications.

Visby Hospital endoscopists classified the teleguided mentoring as a crucial

factor to the successful outcome in approximately half of the operations.

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99%

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The university has also used Polycom video collaboration solutions

successfully to provide video imaging for esophageal and duodenal stenting,

thereby avoiding conventional palliative operations.

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