Review Article

Telemedicine and Geriatrics in France: Inventory of Experiments

Table 1

Telemedicine projects in nursing homes.

Telepsychiatry between CHSR [downtown hospital] Rouvray (CHU [University Hospital] Rouen) and Gournay nursing homeTele-consultationsOne hundred monthly consultationsPsychiatry

Télésanté [e-Health] Lorraine/ARS [regional health agency] LorraineTele-consultations60 tele-consultations for 41 residentsCardiology-Gerontopsychiatry-Dermatology-Iatrogenesis-Palliative Care

“Telemedicine, gerontology, and rurality” project of the Gorre valley (Limousin region)Tele-consultation9 nursing homes included (675 residents), project in progressGeriatrics

Chronic wounds telemedicine nursing home in Haute VienneTele-expertise10 nursing homes involved, photographs of 34 residents sent via digital mail over a period of 2 yearsDermatology

PROSAFE ProjectRemote surveillanceExperiment on 3 elderly patients during 8 months in the nursing home of Charron (Charente Maritime)Geriatrics

OURSES projectRemote surveillanceClinical evaluation (ECG) in a nursing home (Tibiran-Jaunac (Hautes-Pyrénées))Geriatrics

Aquitaine Chronic Pressure Sensors Télésanté Project (CHU Bordeaux) Tele-consultation6 nursing homes involved, 19 residents included over a period of one yearDermatology

Télégéria [remote geriatrics] (between nursing homes/Vaugirard Gabriel-Pallez Hospital and Georges Pompidou European Hospital)Tele-consultation, tele-expertise hotlineActivity report at 15 months = 700 sessionsOrthopedics-Dermatology-Vascular Medicine-Palliative Care-Pulmonology-Neurology-Urology

TELEHPAD Tele-consultationBreton telemedicine program, initiated by the French Mutuality of Côtes-d'Armor, project in progress

TELEFIGARTele-consultation and tele-expertiseAn ongoing projectGeriatrics, Neurology, Dermatology, Diabetology

Standardized gerontology evaluation project via telemedicine in nursing home (Bordeaux University Hospital)tele-consultation39 nursing homes involved, 304 residents, 500 tele-consultations performedGeriatrics

e-DENT projectTele-consultation400 tele-consultations in 8 nursing homes in CH [Downtown Hospital] Alès and 200 tele-consultations in 4 nursing homes in CH ThauDentistry

TELEDENT (between CHU Limoges and nursing home of Guéret Hospital)Tele-consultation235 patients examined, with 128 residents with a dental problemDentistry

DETECT study (CHU Toulouse)Tele-expertise and remote surveillanceProject in progress, 20 nursing homes includedGeriatrics

GERONTOACCESS studyTele-consultation428 residents of 9 nursing homes involved, project in progressGeriatrics

TELEPALTele-expertise and tele-consultationInvolvement of 51 nursing homes in the area of GCS [Geriatric Care Services] Geriatrics = Valenciennes, Saint Amand, Denain, Le Quesnoy, and 2 mobile palliative care teamsPalliative care