2. A telemedicine’s
new step ongoing
Transatlantic teleconsultation
HEALTH Alfa Dr.André
PETITET,MD
Telemedicine and e-health International expert
ISfTeH secretary
President of the CATEL international commission
9. Tele is the latin word’s root
for equivalent of far in
english…
like Far West ..!!
10. Tele is the latin word’s root
for equivalent of far in
english…
like Far West ..!!
So, in english
Teleconsultation
is
Far Consultation
11. What is telemedicine ?
Telemedicine is the use of telecommunications to
facilitate health care.This could mean using
technologies as simple as phone lines , fax
machines , and e-mail , or the use of more
sophisticated as computers, scanners , cameras ,
and various diagnostic tools that can instantly
communicate information between two or more
distant sites.
1995- JOHNS HOPKINS telemedicine
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18. Telemedicine is a kind of remote medical practice using
the technologies of information and communication. It puts
in relationship, between them or with a patient, one or several
healthcare professionals among whom there is inevitably a
physician and, if necessary, the other professionals bringing their
care to the patient.
It allows to establish a diagnosis, to insure, for a risk patient , a
preventive follow-up or a post therapeutic treatment follow- up,
to require a specialized opinion, to prepare a therapeutic
decision, to prescribe products, to prescribe or to perform
services or acts, or to make a survey of the state of health of the
patients
French Law n°2009-879
July,21,2009
31. •To implemente and to simplify the
equipment
•To reach as closed as possible the
basic consultation process
•To be adapted and to be in conformity
with different countries legal rules for
health and drugs
HEALTH Alpha
64. •Because they are 10.000 expatried french
people living at Houston
•Because they are a majority of young
people with kids
•Because health care in US is very expensive
•Because some linguistic difficulties between
french and english
•Because most of french expatried prefer a
french physician
•Because french expatried are more familiar
with french drugs
Health Alfa….why ?
65. •Presented and accepted both by
french and american authorities
•FDA agreement for importation of
french drugs
•Respect of rules and guidelines for
teleconsultation on both sides : USA
and France
•Diplomatic support by the french
Consulate at Houston
Health Alfa process
66. HEALTH Alpha
LIM Star
It "teleports" the doctor to the patient making the act of remote consultation so natural as possible
Thank you for your attention
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