RadioVolunteer, a novel combination of social, management and technological innovations by the Royal College of Radiologists of Thiland in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract

RadioVolunteer, a project launched by the Royal College of Radiologists of Thailand, combinedsocial, technological and management innovation, and integrated government, private and non-profit sectors, to overcome a complex task that only one sector could not seamlessly complete. Working on a digital platform which allowed radiologist volunteers from any part of Thailand to promptly read and report chest radiographs of patients with corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who resided in prisons across the country. Its digitized reporting format helped triage patients with Covid-19 pneumonia, and also screen for tuberculosis.

“Role of radiology in a multidisciplinary approach to patient care”: summary of the ESR International Forum 2022

“…In the RCRT-RST annual congress, parallel multidisciplinary sessions are regularly practiced in all three days of the congress. RCRT also has an important role in a multidisciplinary approach to patient care especially in major health problems of Thailand, such as during the COVID-19 pandemic [1,2]. The RCRT guides how to estimate disease and fibrotic extents which is part of the important information in deciding to start anti-fibrotic therapy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and systemic sclerosis [3][4][5].…”

Summary of the proceedings of the International Forum 2021: “A more visible radiologist can never be replaced by AI”

“…W. Tanomkiat explained that early introduction of AI to members of the RCRT has been done through the “RadioVolunteer”, a non-profit project organized by the RCRT, TCELS, J.F. Advance Med Company and Department of Corrections [ 8 ]. The project focused on the analysis of chest radiographs of the prisoners infected with COVID-19 in Thailand.…”

The first hybrid annual congress of the Royal College of Radiologists of Thailand and the Radiological Society of Thailand: How we live with COVID-19

“…Given the improved pandemic situation, the Royal College of Radiologists of Thailand (RCRT) and the Radiological Society of Thailand (RST) held their first hybrid but 58th annual congress during 23-25 March 2022 at Icon Siam, the megamall on the east bank of the Chao Phraya river, Bangkok, under the government's VUCA policy. The JF Advance Med Company who funded the RadioVolunteer Project [3] hosted volunteers in its thank you dinner party cruise along the Chao Phraya River in the evening of 22 March. In addition to an exhibition of novel technologies, a presentation of upcoming knowledge and research, and social functions during the 3 days of the congress, two sessions of knowledge sharing on tuberculosis were arranged under collaborations between the Asian Oceanian School of Radiology (AOSOR), RCRT, RST, and FUJIFILM (Thailand) company to support the government's End Tuberculosis policy.…”