Wireless Handheld Echo Utilization Toward Refined Telemedicine in Japanese Hilly and Mountainous, Island Rural Areas - Optimize echocardiographic skill in trainee doctors, student doctors and nurses.

Wireless Handheld Echo Utilization Toward Refined Telemedicine in Japanese Hilly and Mountainous, Island Rural Areas - Optimize echocardiographic skill in trainee doctors, student doctors and nurses. - Wireless Handheld Echo Utilization Toward Refined Telemedicine in Japanese Hilly and Mountainous, Island Rural Areas - Optimize echocardiographic skill in trainee doctors, student doctors and nurses.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000054371

Enrollment

100

Registered

2024-06-01

Start date

2024-06-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Heart faillure

Interventions

Echocardiography performed by trainee doctors, student doctors and visiting nurses. Echocardiography will be performed to bout 100 patients within 6 months.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Patients who visit emergency department or in hospital for suspected heart failure

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Case in which informed consent is not obtained.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Echocardiographic skill for enrolled trainee doctors, student doctors and visiting nurses evaluated by check-list 6 months after starting this study. Check items are as follows 1/ Parasternal long axis view 2/ Parasternal short axis view (aortic valve level) 3/ Parasternal short axis view (mitral valve level) 4/ Parasternal short axis view (papillary muscle level) 5/ Parasternal short axis view (apex level) 6/ Apex four-chamber cross-sectional image 7/ Apical two-chamber cross-sectional image 8/ Apex three-chamber cross-sectional image	—

Measure

Time frame

Echocardiographic skill for enrolled trainee doctors, student doctors and visiting nurses evaluated by check-list 6 months after starting this study. Check items are as follows 1/ Parasternal long axis view 2/ Parasternal short axis view (aortic valve level) 3/ Parasternal short axis view (mitral valve level) 4/ Parasternal short axis view (papillary muscle level) 5/ Parasternal short axis view (apex level) 6/ Apex four-chamber cross-sectional image 7/ Apical two-chamber cross-sectional image 8/ Apex three-chamber cross-sectional image

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Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactHiroki Usuku

Kumamoto University Hospital Department of laboratory medicine

h-usuku@kumamoto-u.ac.jp096-373-5706

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026