Télémédecine et coordination des soins : les deux piliers de l'optimisation du parcours de soins en cardiologie

Abstract

Telemedicine is considered as an appropriate solution to a large number of challenges in the health care field. The legal recognition of telemedicine by the French “Hospital, Patient, Health, Territory” law of July 21th, 2009 marks the implementation of a public strategy for the deployment of the activity in France and gives it an official definition. As a tool for producing remote care, telehealth offers an optimal response to the medical desert issues. In that way, in a context of cost effectiveness, telehealth provides a new model of healthcare organization within the health territories. Thus, telemedicine leads to interprofessional cooperation, as authorized and regulated by the hospital-health-territory law. However, it requires effective coordination implying professional qualification for the coordinator's job.