In Charente, a teleconsultation in anesthesia before the operation

In Charente, this patient who will soon be operated on did not need to travel to the Angoulême hospital center for her anesthesia appointment. It was from Ruffec hospital that she met the anesthesiologist by teleconsultation before the operation.

I was a little apprehensive because I didn’t know, but that’s good. No need to go to Angoulême. In addition at present at the price where the fuel is it is not negligible.

Isabelle Fragnaud

Patient

A nurse has been specially trained for this new practice. She is the one who receives the patients And for the anesthetist, the quality of the interview by teleconsultation is not altered. In case of doubt, the doctor does not hesitate to have the patient moved to the Angoulême hospital center.

When we sometimes have a little detail that we miss we will say no, we cancel the teleconsultation.

Doctor Yann Coeytaux

Head of the anesthesia department at the Angoulême Hospital Center

Set up by the Regional Health Agency of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, this teleconsultation system, which seems to satisfy users, is deployed only in Ruffec for a period of one year. The objective is to limit travel and to fight against medical deserts. This experimentation should extend to the EHPADs of Charente as well as to the county’s remand centres.