학술논문

A Delphi consensus statement for digital surgery
Document Type
article
Source
npj Digital Medicine. 5(1)
Subject
Health Services and Systems
Health Sciences
Patient Safety
Clinical Research
Health and social care services research
7.1 Individual care needs
Management of diseases and conditions
8.1 Organisation and delivery of services
8.3 Policy
ethics
and research governance
7.3 Management and decision making
Generic health relevance
Health services and systems
Language
Abstract
The use of digital technology is increasing rapidly across surgical specialities, yet there is no consensus for the term 'digital surgery'. This is critical as digital health technologies present technical, governance, and legal challenges which are unique to the surgeon and surgical patient. We aim to define the term digital surgery and the ethical issues surrounding its clinical application, and to identify barriers and research goals for future practice. 38 international experts, across the fields of surgery, AI, industry, law, ethics and policy, participated in a four-round Delphi exercise. Issues were generated by an expert panel and public panel through a scoping questionnaire around key themes identified from the literature and voted upon in two subsequent questionnaire rounds. Consensus was defined if >70% of the panel deemed the statement important and