# COVID-19 — GCMD Library living collection

Everything in the library about COVID-19 — built automatically from dossiers that name it.

Updated: n/a · 3 episodes · 87 cited statements

## Episodes
### Emerging & Future Directions
- [AIMed Talks with Dr Todd Ponsky](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348) — video · 7:32 · [machine version](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348.md)
- [Innovation and patient engagement with Dr Alberto Tozzi](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866) — podcast · 46:17 · [machine version](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866.md)
- [AI applications in pediatric surgery and clinical transformation with Dr. Todd Ponsky](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908) — video · 7:41 · [machine version](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908.md)

## Chapters
- [0:08](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=8) Knowledge Transfer Challenges During COVID-19 Pandemic (Ep 1)
- [3:35](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=215) Platform Requirements for Effective Knowledge Sharing (Ep 1)
- [4:27](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=267) Surgical Telementoring and Future AI Integration (Ep 1)
- [0:00](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=0) Introduction and Alberto Tozzi's Background (Ep 2)
- [5:05](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=305) Bambino Gesù Hospital Culture and the Pope's Role (Ep 2)
- [10:57](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=657) COVID-19 Response and Contact Tracing (Ep 2)
- [19:11](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1151) Cultural Barriers to Innovation in Medicine (Ep 2)
- [23:46](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1426) Science Shops Project for Rare Disease Patients (Ep 2)
- [35:47](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2147) Pediatric Space Medicine and Future Preparation (Ep 2)
- [43:25](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2605) Vision for Child Health and Closing (Ep 2)
- [0:07](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=7) Knowledge Transfer Challenges During COVID-19 Pandemic (Ep 3)
- [4:27](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=267) Surgical Telementoring and Future AI Integration (Ep 3)

## Statements
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- Effective knowledge transfer requires both a platform people will use and a method to filter what information is important — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 1:26](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=86)
- A communication platform must work with all different types of healthcare professional lifestyles to be effective — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 1:45](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=105)
- A trusted network is essential, as too much information from too many people creates noise — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 1:58](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=118)
- Crowdsourcing and AI can help filter important information — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 2:17](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=137)
- The COVID-19 crisis exaggerated the pre-existing problem of too many communication channels without knowing which to pay attention to — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 3:35](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=215)
- Proning was already known but is now being discussed for earlier use in COVID-19 — Todd Ponsky (clinical) [Ep 1 · 4:00](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=240)
- Some clinical information like early proning cannot wait 6 months to disseminate — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 4:09](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=249)
- Pilots always have a co-pilot, but surgeons are oftentimes by themselves in a community doing operations in spaces they're not comfortable with — Todd Ponsky (clinical) [Ep 1 · 4:45](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=285)
- Surgical telementoring allows one surgeon to beam into the room and guide another surgeon with telestration and pointing to make operations safer — Todd Ponsky (clinical) [Ep 1 · 5:01](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=301)
- Telementoring is intended for trained surgeons who need interaction from others, not for novices being told what to do — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 5:18](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=318)
- Measurements have shown that surgical telementoring absolutely needs to take place — Todd Ponsky (clinical) [Ep 1 · 5:27](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=327)
- Medical-legal issues could get in the way of surgical telementoring implementation — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 5:34](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=334)
- Real-time peer review should be crowdsourced rather than limited to selected individual peer reviewers — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 6:03](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=363)
- Senior surgeons who may not be able to operate anymore still have the skill set and know-how to contribute through telementoring — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 6:16](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=376)
- Two people talking together elevates the entire surgical procedure — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 6:27](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=387)
- Two surgeons should be walking and telestrating during telementoring — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 6:32](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=392)
- AI image recognition could be applied live during surgery to implement CT scan data and warn surgeons about anatomical structures like the hepatic artery — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 1 · 6:44](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=404)
- In the 1980s, being able to program a computer and use statistical software packages was extremely unusual in medicine. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 6:04](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=364)
- Bambino Gesù Hospital is owned by the Vatican, with the Pope as the ultimate authority. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 9:57](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=597)
- During H1N1 pandemic preparedness, an experiment at Bambino Gesù used active RFID tags to track every person in the hospital to understand contact patterns. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 12:04](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=724)
- Nurses are one of the categories most likely to spread infection in hospitals because they spend significant time with children and care for many patients. — Alberto Tozzi (epidemiological) [Ep 2 · 12:33](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=753)
- Food distribution staff touch every single bed, making them important vectors for understanding infection spread patterns. — Alberto Tozzi (epidemiological) [Ep 2 · 12:51](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=771)
- Measuring contact patterns and translating them into numbers is crucial for creating effective infection control policies. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 13:06](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=786)
- Contact tracing apps are powerful tools, but you cannot contact trace people you don't know - this is a basic limitation. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 13:53](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=833)
- Privacy concerns about contact tracing apps are much greater than healthcare professionals initially expected. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 14:11](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=851)
- Bambino Gesù screens every patient and caregiver with questions, and performs lab diagnostic tests if there is any suspicion of COVID-19. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 15:10](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=910)
- Northern Italian hospitals were unfortunate because they did not realize the new infection was coming and failed to limit contacts or screen patients. — Alberto Tozzi (epidemiological) [Ep 2 · 15:55](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=955)
- Rome was more fortunate because virus circulation happened later, allowing time to set up screening systems. — Alberto Tozzi (epidemiological) [Ep 2 · 16:20](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=980)
- New COVID-19 clusters in Rome came especially from people arriving from abroad, including from Bangladesh. — Alberto Tozzi (epidemiological) [Ep 2 · 16:35](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=995)
- Speed is critical in outbreak response - once a single case is discovered, you must be as fast as possible in finding other cases. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 17:02](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1022)
- Children do not appear to play a major role in driving COVID-19 infection transmission. — Alberto Tozzi (epidemiological) [Ep 2 · 17:42](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1062)
- There is insufficient epidemiological information about COVID-19 in children, and a dedicated epidemiologic study is needed. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 17:52](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1072)
- School closure may not have a major impact on COVID-19 circulation, which would be extremely important for allowing children to participate in community activities. — Alberto Tozzi (epidemiological) [Ep 2 · 18:15](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1095)
- In 2-3 months, we will discover new therapies and be even more ready to handle COVID-19 than we are now, progressing until a vaccine is available. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 18:48](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1128)
- It is very rare for an Italian hospital to have a Chief Innovation Officer position. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 7:29](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=449)
- Skepticism exists in hospitals about the possibility that disciplines different from medicine can help improve children's and patients' health. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 20:26](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1226)
- Medical education traditionally consists only of medicine with no exposure to other disciplines, and because it is heavy and long, doctors feel it should be the highest profile possible. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 21:07](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1267)
- Exploring other disciplines provides different points of view and reveals that you can learn even more than you did in medical training alone. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 21:36](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1296)
- After attending an artificial intelligence in medicine conference with mostly data scientists and engineers, Tozzi realized he had to start studying things in a different way to remain at the same level. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 21:53](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1313)
- People with long, consolidated careers are reluctant to go back and learn something new again. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 22:45](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1365)
- The healthcare system lacks room for innovation and does not provide adequate investments, with confusion between innovation and research. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 23:04](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1384)
- Everyone is enthusiastic about research, but nobody cares about innovation, despite a strong link between the two. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 23:23](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1403)
- The system outside hospitals does not care about innovation, forcing innovators to translate innovation activities into research to access available funding and support. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 24:03](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1443)
- Bambino Gesù's innovation group includes writers, data scientists, journalists, architects, nurses, and medical doctors - this diversity of profiles convinced people the group deserved attention. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 24:46](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1486)
- Working in innovation with children provides a big advantage because children have fresh ideas and come up with solutions adults never think about. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 25:42](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1542)
- Innovation is simply trying to find a solution to a problem when that solution does not exist yet. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 26:40](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1600)
- The Science Shops project is a collaborative effort with hospitals in Barcelona (San Juan de Deo), Helsinki, and Toronto (Sick Children), pending European Commission funding. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 27:36](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1656)
- The Science Shops project focuses on rare diseases because patients have several complex problems not yet addressed, including practical daily life issues beyond therapies. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 28:35](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1715)
- Science Shops would be divided into three fields: innovation (inventing new devices), therapy (involving patients in clinical trial design), and service design (improving access to health structures and patient journey). — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 29:34](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1774)
- Science Shops would not only listen to patient-proposed issues but also select some and develop solutions within 6 to 12 months. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 30:25](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1825)
- If successful, every hospital should have an infrastructure like Science Shops where patients can find someone who listens and helps make something real together with them. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 30:50](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1850)
- Science Shops would involve patients by providing educational activities and bringing them on board to set up new solutions, not just having researchers work on innovation separately. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 31:19](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1879)
- Rare disease patients face barriers to participation including disabilities that prevent leaving home, and COVID-19 adds additional connection barriers. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 32:27](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1947)
- Virtual solutions and web connections can overcome participation barriers, and COVID-19 has created one of the biggest digital experiments in the world. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 33:01](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=1981)
- Rare disease patient associations are extremely active with strong backgrounds in participating in research and innovation and connecting with hospitals. — Alberto Tozzi (epidemiological) [Ep 2 · 33:28](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2008)
- The Federation of Rare Diseases patient associations represents many people, and rare diseases collectively present many issues to address beyond single vertical approaches. — Alberto Tozzi (epidemiological) [Ep 2 · 33:48](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2028)
- Virtualizing connections between associations, patients, and large hospitals will help bring innovations and approaches to local, smaller hospital settings. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 34:39](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2079)
- The Science Shops application was submitted under citizen science, which is unusual for medical science but appropriate because participation is the key word. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 34:59](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2099)
- Healthcare professionals consistently fail to recognize the power of patients and their families to make a difference. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 35:15](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2115)
- SpaceX took less than one day to bring two people to a space station, making it similar to an air flight. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 39:27](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2367)
- In 20 or 30 years, families may be living in space, and children will be subjects with significant health problems. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 39:59](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2399)
- Children traveling to space would be exposed to radiation and physical forces that might be problematic for their health because they are very young. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 40:19](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2419)
- Rather than declaring children should not travel to space, we should study whether they can do so in the future and what effects to expect. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 40:31](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2431)
- It is completely unethical to make experiments on children in space; current knowledge comes only from animal models. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 40:53](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2453)
- Laboratory experiments growing cells can be useful to understand what a child might suffer from space travel. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 41:07](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2467)
- Artificial intelligence could be used to virtualize a model resembling a child to understand what happens if they travel to space. — Alberto Tozzi (clinical) [Ep 2 · 41:23](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2483)
- Several technologies have had problems with ethics because ethical considerations were not addressed at the beginning. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 42:02](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2522)
- Space travel presents an opportunity to think about technology and ethics simultaneously from the beginning, which is crucial and important. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 42:14](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2534)
- Pediatricians should be involved in studying space travel effects on children because they take care of children's health and can address many issues, working alongside other disciplines. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 42:35](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2555)
- This is the right time to put together ethics and technology for pediatric space medicine before it is too late and progress is conducted in the wrong way. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 43:09](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2589)
- Healthcare remains very paternalistic; asking 'what do you think about that?' is different from directly involving families, caregivers, and children. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 44:30](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2670)
- Children, families, and caregivers can give significant support because they know their disease and have fresh minds. — Alberto Tozzi (opinion) [Ep 2 · 44:48](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/innovation-and-patient-engagement-with-dr-alberto-tozzi-15866?t=2688)
- Knowledge transfer requires both a platform people will use and a method to filter what information is important — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 3 · 1:25](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=85)
- A communication network for knowledge transfer must work with different healthcare professional lifestyles and be a trusted network — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 3 · 1:45](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=105)
- When there is too much information from too many people creating noise, knowledge transfer becomes difficult — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 3 · 2:02](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=122)
- Crowdsourcing and AI can help determine what information is important in knowledge transfer — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 3 · 2:19](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=139)
- The COVID-19 crisis has exaggerated pre-existing problems with too many communication channels and uncertainty about which to follow — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 3 · 3:34](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=214)
- Proning was already known as a technique, but its earlier use in COVID-19 is new information that cannot wait six months to disseminate — Todd Ponsky (clinical) [Ep 3 · 4:00](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=240)
- Pilots always have a co-pilot, but surgeons are often alone in community settings performing operations in anatomical spaces where they are not comfortable — Todd Ponsky (clinical) [Ep 3 · 4:45](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=285)
- Surgical telementoring allows an expert surgeon to beam into the operating room and guide another surgeon using telestration and pointing to make operations safer — Todd Ponsky (clinical) [Ep 3 · 4:59](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=299)
- Surgical telementoring is intended for trained surgeons seeking expert interaction, not for novices being told what to do — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 3 · 5:19](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=319)
- Measurements have shown that surgical telementoring is successful and needs to take place — Todd Ponsky (clinical) [Ep 3 · 5:25](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=325)
- Medical-legal issues could be barriers to surgical telementoring implementation — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 3 · 5:37](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=337)
- The peer review method for surgical telementoring should be real-time and crowdsourced rather than using selected individual peer reviewers — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 3 · 6:01](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=361)
- Senior surgeons who may not be able to operate anymore still have valuable skill sets and knowledge for telementoring — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 3 · 6:16](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=376)
- Having two surgeons watching and telestrating together elevates the quality of surgical telementoring — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 3 · 6:20](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=380)
- AI image recognition could be applied live during surgery to implement CT scan data and provide warnings such as proximity to the hepatic artery — Todd Ponsky (opinion) [Ep 3 · 6:40](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=400)

## Host summaries
Recaps by a host of what the experts said — not the host's own clinical position.
- COVID-19 presents a different lung disease pattern than ICU physicians typically see — Anthony Chang summarizing a resource [Ep 1 · 0:42](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=42)
- Proning patients and avoiding intubation appears to be a good strategy for some COVID-19 patients, at least early in the disease — Anthony Chang summarizing a resource [Ep 1 · 3:00](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=180)
- Gastroenterologists are already using real-time AI to determine which lesions to biopsy — Anthony Chang summarizing a resource [Ep 1 · 7:11](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/aimed-talks-with-dr-todd-ponsky-13348?t=431)
- ICU physicians are observing that the lung disease in COVID-19 patients is quite different from typical presentations — Anthony Chang summarizing a resource [Ep 3 · 1:09](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=69)
- Proning patients on oxygen to avoid intubation appears to be a good strategy for some COVID-19 patients, at least early in the disease — Anthony Chang summarizing a resource [Ep 3 · 3:01](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=181)
- After four months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the medical community is still discovering basic management strategies like proning — Anthony Chang summarizing a resource [Ep 3 · 3:01](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=181)
- Gastroenterologists are already using real-time AI to determine which lesions to biopsy — Anthony Chang summarizing a resource [Ep 3 · 7:11](https://library.globalcastmd.com/watch/ai-applications-in-pediatric-surgery-and-clinical-transformation-with-dr-todd-po-15908?t=431)

## Changelog
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