I started my doctoral studies in September 2022, and I’m currently in my 3^rd year.  The title of my research is as follows:

An exploration of evidence-to-action: A study of telemedicine knowledge translation through the development of a research-driven telemedicine tool

Progress is mostly according to plan, and at this stage I’ve completed my 3^rd phase of research, and the manuscript is nearly ready for submission to a journal.  I have one more phase of research, along with the dissertation, to complete my doctoral studies.

The current status of each Phase is as follows:

• Phase 1 Development of the Support tool: A rapid literature review and development of the telemedicine Support tool along with explanatory resources.
  • Output: a publication by World Health Organization.

WHO Regional Office for Europe. (2024). Support tool to strengthen telemedicine: Guidance for telemedicine assessment and strategy development. https://www.who.int/europe/publications/i/item/WHO-EURO-2024-9548-49320-73720 .

• Phase 2 Expert consensus: a Delphi study to test the constructs of the draft Support tool.
  • Output: a publication in Digital Health.

Katz, C., Robles, N., Novillo-Ortiz, D., & Saigí-Rubió, F. (2024). Selection of criteria for a telemedicine framework for designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating telemedicine interventions: Validation using a modified Delphi process. DIGITAL HEALTH, 10. https://doi.org/10.1177/20552076241251951

• Phase 3  State-of-the-art: rapid umbrella review to  synthesis the peer-reviewed evidence and further assess the findings of Phase 1 and 2.
  • Output: a publication near to completion for submission to BMJ Global Health

Katz, C., Ruiz, J.M. & Saigí-Rubió, F. (in progress) The state-of-the-art of the telemedicine implementation architecture: a rapid umbrella review of systematic reviews

 Phase 4 Field-testing – participatory action research in the field to test the implementation of the Support tool

• Status: Survey currently in the field in Bosnia and Herzegovina

In addition to the above, I have been engaged in various other activities including:

1. Saigí-Rubió, F., Nascimento, I. J. B. do, Robles, N., Ivanovska, K., Katz, C., Azzopardi-Muscat, N., & Ortiz, D. N. (2022). The Current Status of Telemedicine Technology Use Across the World Health Organization European Region: An Overview of Systematic Reviews. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(10), e40877. https://doi.org/10.2196/40877
2. I’m second researcher for a study led by José María Ruiz titled Assessing Clinical and Economic Outcomes of Telemedicine Interventions in Cardiovascular Disease, which is a systematic review and meta-analysis.  First stage of screening will start in November 2024.
3. I’ve supported the development of Key Performance Indicators for a World Health Organization consultancy (July to November 2024) on telemedicine in the Republic of Georgia
4. I’m currently undertaking the UOC course Article Writing Workshop (October 2024 to February 2025)

Attached find my previous Annual report submissions which provide more detailed information of my activities to date.

2023-04-21 Katz – ActivityReport 2022-2023

2024-04-06 Katz-Annual Report 2023-2024