GPG – Content and Usability

Janne RasmussenProject Manager

OUH Odense University HospitalRegion of Southern Denmark

[DK]

RTF aim and results

New knowledge and skills of all involved stakeholders Improvement of regional policies/strategies Successful transfer of telemedicine services btw. regions

GPG on telemedicine services for chronic patients with 1) COPD), 2) Diabetes, 3) Cardiovascular disease (CVD)

GPG on regional strategies for IT-support of chronic patients

GPG on market facilitation for SME’s within telemedicine

Policy recommendations for wider implementation and deployment of telemedicine

Aim & results

Good Practice Guidelines - for chronic disease management

Overview of Good Practice Guidelines – content and usability Good Practice Guidelines – a political view by Dr. Toni Dedeu, Senior International Officer – International Affairs and Health Cooperation, Ministry of Health, Catalonia

Good Practice Guidelines – a practical view by Anne Reoch, Clinical Lead for Stroke and Cardiovascular Diseases, The Scottish Centre for Telehealth and Telecare, Scotland

GPG – content and structure• Context

- Condition / characteristics of disease- Users’ needs analysis- Role of telemedicine

• Good Practice Guideline- Methodology - Clinical aspects- Organisational aspects - Technical aspects- Economic aspects - Legal aspects- Political aspects - Lessons Learned

• Telemedicine services – examples from healthcare organisations in Europe

GPG for COPD services• Region of Southern Denmark: video nursing-consultations - short-term

follow-up after hospital admission due to exacerbation• Veneto Region, Italy: poly-specialist teleconsultation in homecare for

COPD patients with deambulatory difficulties and domiciled in disadvantaged areas

• Ministry of Health of the Catalan Government, Spain: Pulmonary rehabilitation program - continuous care between sectors, promoting healthy life-styles, enhancing self-management and improving compliance.

• Northern Norway Regional Health Authority: home-based rehabilitation through TV interface as a supplement to outpatient rehabilitation provided by the hospital

GPG for Diabetes services

• Auvergne Region, France: Glucose control in type 1 and type 2 diabetes through PDA phones (Diabeo)

• Norrbotten Region, Sweden: assisted self-monitoring in diabetes - self-test and exercise data (MyHealth@Age)

• Northern Norway Regional Health Authority: ’The Few Touch Digital Diabetes Diary’ for type 2 Diabetes

• Region of Southern Denmark: Tele-consultations and shared care system for home-treatment of patients with diabetic foot ulcers

GPG for CVD services• Estonia: alarm handling and home-monitoring for chronically ill

patients (DREAMING)

• Auvergne Region, France: Telecardiology – follow-up of pacemaker operated patients

• Veneto Region, Italy: Conegliano Telemedicine Service - cardiac implantable electronic device (RENEWING HeALTH)

• Malopolska Region, Poland: Medical Teleconsultation for improving the treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome

• Scotland: Scottish Telestroke Programme – increasing the equity of access to stroke thrombolysis across Scotland

GPG - usability

Based on real-life services and experiences Described in detail and from many different angles

Accessible in the RTF network and shared beyond

Possible to transfer and customise to local settings

Many pieces of valuable information:

GPGs – for all!

regional-telemedicine.eu/resultsregional-telemedicine.eu/results

GPG – Content and Usability

Janne RasmussenProject Manager

OUH Odense University HospitalRegion of Southern Denmark [DK]

Thank you!janne.rasmussen2@ouh.regionsyddanm

arl.dk