France: telelehealth report by legislator Lasbordes: 15 recommendations

In Jan 2009, Pres. Sarkozy declared that telemedicine is a national priority. Prime Minister FIllon asked legislator Pierre Lasbordes to make a national policy recommendation.  Téléchargement 2009_11_10_Rapport_Telesante  The remarkable report was published on Nov. 12th. It is the strongest policy paper in favor of telemedicine that I have seen.  There is excellent  international data and very practical policy recommendations. Among the highlights:

1° Recommendation that the French national payor reimburse telemedicine

2° Recommendation that business model studies be executed as soon as possible

3° Projection that France would need to spend around €1 billion per year to set up telemedicine, but that savings would cover costs

There is much more...I'll be back

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[Mimouni]

This is a demo of the first e-health service (see http://www.senscare.com ) that really measures your physiological signals. It uses your webcam and transform it into a health sensor. Based on optical propagation in biological tissues, it captures skin reflected light to extract hemoglobin variations and thus cardiovascular activity.