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IKON NETWORK FOR PRACTICE OF TELERADIOLOGY IN MALI
Pr Mahamadou TOURE
Bamako Mali
WHY A PROJECT OF TELERADIOLOGY IN MALI?
• Very large country: more than 1 240 000 km²
• Under populated: 16 000 000 hbts.
• Weak rate of medical cover: 30 - 40% in a ray of 15 km.
• Unequal distribution of medical personnel: all radiologists in public sector are in Bamako (2002 – 2005).
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CHALLENGES
• How to assist medical staff and patients living in remote areas in radiologic diagnosis at low cost?
• Objective: Transfer medical images to a radiologist and provide an answer within 3 hours to 24 hours according to emergency level
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CHALLENGES
Answer:
ICTs and Internet networking
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NETWORK COMPOSITION: Hardware in remote hospital
• Desktop or mobile devices (laptop or mobile phone or I-pad)
• Radiologic image digitalizer / hight resolution digital camera / mobile phone
• Internet provider device
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NETWORK COMPOSITION: Hardware in radiologist expert office
• Desktop or mobile devices (laptop or mobile phone or I-pad)
• Internet provider device
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NETWORK COMPOSITION: Hardware
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NETWORK COMPOSITION: Software
• Open source software called « open YaLIM » designed by young medical and IT students
• May operate under weak bandwidth network
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HOW DOES IT WORK? Step 1: digitalize radiologic image
• Dedicated digitalizer
• High resolution digital camera
• Mobile phone camera
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HOW DOES IT WORK? Step 2: create and upload a new patient folder
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HOW DOES IT WORK? Step 3: expert analysis
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HOW DOES IT WORK? Step 3: expert analysis
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HOW DOES IT WORK? Step 3: expert analysis
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HOW DOES IT WORK? Step 3: expert analysis and upload report
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HOW DOES IT WORK? Step 3: expert analysis and upload report
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• A new version of software for android and I-phone mobile devices is now available :
• New image viewer : change size and contrast of images for better analysis
HOW DOES IT WORK? Step 4: expert analysis and upload report
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HOW DOES IT WORK? Step 5: download expert’s report
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HOW DOES IT WORK? Step 6: archives
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SOME RESULTS
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YEAR
NUMBER
2005 – 2008
1118
2014 - 2016
1580
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS
• 2009 - Article Original - Processus de mise en place d'un réseau de téléradiologie au Health Informatics in Africa (Helina) à Abidjan en RCI. Participation financée par le Centre Recherche pour le Développement International (CRDI) du Canada.
• 2009 - Participation a Monterrey au Mexique sur le Forum sur les TIC et l’Innovation pour l’éducation. - Selection parmi les meilleures pratiques TIC du continent. Participation financée par UN-GAID et l’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).
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SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS
• 2014 - Article Original – Evaluation des activités de Téléradiologie du Réseau IKON – Journal Of Telemedecine and Telecare
• 2014 – GetHealth: Communication Orale - IKON – A new model of implementing telemedicine in developing contexts
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PERSPECTIVES
• Wider use of application for mobile phone
• Possible extension to other fields of health and e-learning
• Possible experts networking at international level
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CONCLUSION
• The use of ICTs may help any nation to supply the lack of high qualified personnel and infrastructures.
• It may facilitate national and international e-health networking for a better integration and cooperation between nations.
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FOR MORE INFORMATIONS
• Web site: www.teleradiologieikon.org
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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