Tele-medicine : from cottage industry to industrial organisation

• Catherine VIENS-BITKER
  In charge of the 'tele-medicine' study, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
  

Summary

Drawing on the example of the Télif network, which enables neurosurgeons to make diagnoses at a distance using scanner images, Catherine Viens-Bitker explains the complexities of 'tele-medicine'. This innovation implies profound change, not only in medical practice and the organisation of health care, but also in the legal structure and economic models. According to Catherine Viens-Bitker, the key to success lies in the existence of a genuine demand and also in the implementation of an economic logic which makes each member of the team commit himself to this new method.

Summary translated from French by Rachel MARLIN.

• The entire article was written by Élisabeth BOURGUINAT.

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The entire article appears in French in the Journal de l'École de Paris du management N° 25.