FED FCT 16E00128 Age'Inn Testing a telemetry tool among the general population, in a semi-rural environment
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AGE'INN CONSULTING
The company Age'Inn Consulting specializing in e-health - from the Hom'agence group working in the field of gerontology and innovation serving seniors - is joining forces with the company H4D, which develops e-health solutions, and with the Dozulé Town Hall with the aim of testing a telemetry tool among the general population, in a semi-rural environment. This experimental project aims to be sustainable and duplicable, the deployment of which is planned for one year from March 2016, will take place in Dozulé, a dynamic town in Calvados, whose attractive territory represents around 6,000 inhabitants. At the origin of this initiative, Mr Jacques Pleurmeau (President of the Hom'agence group) and Dr Marc Goullet de Rugy (ENT and Director of the e-health branch of Hom'agence), sought an alternative to the problem of access to care for population, through cooperation between different actors. Indeed, our region has been facing medical desertification for several years, and despite numerous initiatives, this problem remains serious. Access to specialized medicine is particularly increasingly difficult for Norman users living in an area far from large cities and/or having mobility difficulties. Dozulé elected officials have proactively positioned themselves as partners in this project, facing the problem of medical desertification experienced by residents; also with the aim of improving the attractiveness of the territory. Allowing users to more easily access specialized examinations, close to their homes, while preserving their comfort thanks to the use of innovative tools, is the main objective of this project. If the tool used has an important place in this project, the treating physician remains at the heart of the ecosystem. The general practitioners of Dozulé were involved in the reflection from the start. It is a real networking of various actors which allowed the creation of this experimental project. The implementation of an innovative and duplicable solution within the population's care pathway requires real knowledge of the territory and its inhabitants. The tool must adapt to the doctor's practice, in a context where medical time is limited. The tool deployed by H4D, the Consult Station, was designed to allow the patient to access an in-depth medical consultation, with recordings of numerous complex parameters, access to which is, for some, non-existent routinely in general medicine. For more than 20 years, the Hom'agence group has done everything possible to ensure quality care for dependent elderly people, with the desire to put technology at the service of people. The project presented in this document is the result of a reflection combining the experience of care for the senior population and the search for technological solutions that have proven their usefulness, for local care of users.
Smarter Europe / Information and communication technology / ICT solutions addressing the healthy active ageing challenge and e-Health services and applications (including e-Care and ambient assisted living)