Will “Video kill the Radiostar” or is zooming just a pandemic transient Hype? Some cautionary notes

Throughout these last 3 months, many Gastroenterologists have been facing the thrills of substantial video conferencing, watching webinars, conference calls, discussing new strategies and solutions while struggling not only with these challenging times but, unexpectedly for them, with bandwidth and video resolution issues. We all acknowledge the extreme usefulness of this tool, during times of uncertainty and when prompt sharing of information and cross talking is seriously needed. But after some weeks, surprisingly, we also recognized that the amount of time spent with these virtual meetings -chats, seminars and so on, - was similar to our previous ways of communication, not as productive as our expectations were and that we lacked social interaction, not only with our colleagues but also in the setting of telehealth, including with our well-known patients.
Source: Digestive and Liver Disease - Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research