Israel: innovation in telemedicine galvanized by the health crisis
The Covid-19 crisis and health restrictions have accelerated technological innovation in telemedicine.
AP - Mark Lennihan
Text by: Michel Paul
3 min
Israel is stepping up the development of its remote consultation technologies.
A dynamic maintained by the same actors of the vaccination campaign.
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From our correspondent in Jerusalem,
Once again, the
Koupot Holim are
leading the way: the Israeli health insurance funds.
There are four of them and two of them come directly from the early socialist system of the State of Israel.
Until recently, they were directly dependent on the Histadrut, the large Israeli trade union center.
A third is from a sports club, the Maccabi.
It was the coronavirus crisis that gave a boost.
In these difficult times when everything is done remotely via the Internet, telemedicine is now essential.
The idea is simple: to consult remotely by going as little as possible to dispensaries which are nevertheless omnipresent in Israel, and which are often even one of the favorite outings, especially for seniors.
Self-examination
Problem: how to make this idea practical and achievable?
This is the slightly more complicated part of this project.
Because it is not only a question of teleconsultation - to speak with his doctor - but also for the insured to be able to self-examine.
TytoCare, an Israeli high-tech company, has developed a TytoHome telemedicine device, now subsidized by health insurance funds in the country.
It allows consultants to easily perform a whole series of exams themselves: audio recordings of the heart, lungs and abdominal region.
The insured can also transmit digital images and videos of the eardrum, throat and skin, as well as many additional data such as heart rate.
All this without leaving home.
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To listen: How can telemedicine improve access to health
Virtual emergency room
Health insurance funds are now working on another project: Notal Vision, which should make it possible to detect visual disturbances.
In the pipes also a mini-defibrillator in case of cardiac arrest of one of the members of the family.
There is already a virtual emergency room system.
In the event of a problem, an emergency physician can give remote and video instructions while receiving parameters from the sufferer and even activate responses.
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See also: Covid-19: in Israel, encouraging results two months after the start of vaccination
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