Telemedicine and Geriatrics in France: Inventory of Experiments

Table 2

Outpatient telemedicine projects.

ECARE project	Remote surveillance	175 patients with heart failure, 700 alerts in 68 patients	Cardiology
COMPAS study	Remote surveillance	It revealed security in monitoring patients with pacemakers	Cardiology
SETAM study	Remote surveillance	2,595 patients included out of 57 general hospitals; it revealed treating patients with atrial arrhythmias as soon as possible	Cardiology
Cardiauvergne	Remote surveillance	Halving of mortality and nearly 2/3 the rate of re-admissions on the first 538 patients included	Cardiology
DOMOPLAIES (CICAT-Occitanie/TELAP Normandy)	Tele-expertise	14,000 tele-consultations for 4,500 patients, with improved healing rate and reduced costs	Dermatology
SALVEO	Helpline	Use of environmental sensors	Geriatrics
HOMECARE project	Remote surveillance	Monitoring of patients with Alzheimer's disease, thanks to the use of a hybrid sensor network, experimentation at the local hospital of Caussade	Geriatrics
SEDIC study	Remote surveillance	Home experimentation in elderly patients with heart failure; it showed a reduction in cardiovascular mortality and number of days of hospitalization	Cardiology
Study by Dary, P. et al.	Remote surveillance	Optimization of treatments in 83 heart failure patients at home; it revealed weight loss, a 26% reduction in hospitalizations, and a reduction in heart failure deaths	Cardiology
Project of the Chronic Wounds Outpatient Treatment Center at CHRU Besançon	Tele-consultations-Helpline	820 outpatient wound dressings and 240 patients followed up	Dermatology
ESOPPE project	Helpline	Experiment on 100 elderly people at home; it reveals a 30% reduction in falls	Geriatrics
e-COBAHLT/ICARE Project	Remote surveillance	Ongoing experiment on 536 elderly patients, in collaboration with Limoges University Hospital	Geriatrics