During their visit to Europe, Caldas Telehealth authorities created alliances with European institutions that seek to implement their Telemedicine ROUTE model.
After the visit of the European Observation Mission to Caldas in may this year, and the visit of Caldas Telehealth authorities to Spain and France between September and October. They have managed to form an academic mobility alliance to implement the Caldas Telemedicine Route to Europe model in communities in France.
The Telehealth team worked for more than a month with researchers from the LHUMAIN laboratory at the Paul Valéry University of Montpellier III in France. During their stay they visited several towns and met with public authorities, academics and health institutions to present their model.
The cities that were part of the tour in France were Adge, Nime, Séte, Castelnau, Perpignan, Montpellier and Paris, in which it was sought to evaluate the operation of the available technologies and verify that it was an optimal scenario to implement a telemedicine model.
"We were received by several very important institutions that are endorsing and seeking to work with us in this international collaboration and with government authorities with whom we seek to manage more resources to strengthen this alliance," said Esteban Granada, director of Telehealth.
Telehealth reported on three short-term partnerships:
- Alliance with the Le Fil à Metisser Association of Perpignan and the Castelnau-le-Lez clinic, work is being done to develop a telepsychology project to benefit the vulnerable population of that region.
- Project with delegates from WHO Europe, working on the need to contribute and seek resources to strengthen the telemedicine model on both continents and participation in different academic settings.
- Project with SAMU (National Model of Emergency Medical Care) in Paris, a collaborative work that allows, through the use of Caldas Telehealth technology and the care model, to contribute to different cases such as vital emergencies or medical emergencies.
These alliances were made through the support of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (Minciencias), the Government of Caldas and the Caldas Health Territory.
