Author
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- Alicia Le Bras
(Hôtel Dieu Hospital, URC Eco Ile-de-France (AP-HP), Unité de Recherche Clinique en Économie de la Santé, 1 Place du Parvis Notre Dame, 75004 Paris, France)
- Kevin Zarca
(Hôtel Dieu Hospital, URC Eco Ile-de-France (AP-HP), Unité de Recherche Clinique en Économie de la Santé, 1 Place du Parvis Notre Dame, 75004 Paris, France
Department of Public Health, Henri Mondor-Albert Chenevier Hospitals (AP-HP), 94000 Créteil, France)
- Maroua Mimouni
(Hôtel Dieu Hospital, URC Eco Ile-de-France (AP-HP), Unité de Recherche Clinique en Économie de la Santé, 1 Place du Parvis Notre Dame, 75004 Paris, France)
- Isabelle Durand-Zaleski
(Hôtel Dieu Hospital, URC Eco Ile-de-France (AP-HP), Unité de Recherche Clinique en Économie de la Santé, 1 Place du Parvis Notre Dame, 75004 Paris, France
Department of Public Health, Henri Mondor-Albert Chenevier Hospitals (AP-HP), 94000 Créteil, France
Faculty of Medicine, University Paris-Est, 75000 Créteil, France
CRESS UMR 1153, 75004 Paris, France)
- ARS Ile de France Telemedicine Group
(ARS Ile de France Telemedicine Group is in the Acknowledgments.)
Abstract
Background: Telemedicine is increasingly viewed as a tool to provide a wide range of health services. This article presents policy lessons drawn from the evaluation of telemedicine experiments conducted in the Paris region. Methods: We used a mixed method design to study telemedicine projects commissioned by the Paris Regional Health Agency between 2013 and 2017. We combined data analysis of the telemedicine projects, review of the protocols, and interviews with stakeholders. Results: We identified the following reasons for disappointing outcomes: the outcome measure was requested too early during the experiments because payers required information for budgetary decisions; and the learning curve, technical problems, diversion of use, insufficient number of inclusions, and a lack of adherence prevented the demonstration of successful outcomes of the projects. Conclusion: The evaluation of telemedicine should be undertaken after sufficient uptake to ensure barriers to implementation are overcome, and to obtain the sample size necessary for statistical power and reduce the average cost for one telemedicine request. Randomized controlled trials should be encouraged with appropriate funding and the follow-up period should be extended.
Suggested Citation
Alicia Le Bras & Kevin Zarca & Maroua Mimouni & Isabelle Durand-Zaleski & ARS Ile de France Telemedicine Group, 2023.
"Implementing Technologies: Assessment of Telemedicine Experiments in the Paris Region: Reasons for Success or Failure of the Evaluations and of the Deployment of the Projects,"
IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 20(4), pages 1-13, February.
Handle:
RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:20:y:2023:i:4:p:3031-:d:1062773
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