Tele PID – a feasibility study on a remote expertise platform which allows to get a second expert medical and radiology opinion in case of suspected IPF.
Objective:
- Assess the technical feasibility according to various methods (PACS, CD-Rom) and in various environments (independent private practice, private clinic, public hospital)
- Assess the medical relevance of the service
- Prepare for development of a sustainable organisational and economic model for the service, with the aim of its rollout and sustainability of the funding by the public authorities
Timescale:
3 months for configuration and installation of the system, 3 months for testing, 2 months for analysis of the results and preparation of the communications
Methods:
- Writing specifications (workflows, forms)
- Selection of the technology service provider, development of the platform
- Creation of the Steering committee and selection of its members
- Software installation and training workshops
- Follow-up assistance and handling of 16 requests over 3 months
- Case by case analysis of the results, assessment of the satisfaction of every single participant, cocreation workshop with all participants
Results
- Validation of the technical feasibility and medical relevance
- Customer experience feedback on the software
- Communication of the results at CPLF 2019 (French Pulmonology Congress) and publication of the abstract in a renowned medical journal in 2019
