Cardiologie pour tous

Using telemedicine to improve the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular pathologies

Project start date : 01/01/2015

Last updated : 16/03/2022

Beneficiary country : Ivory Coast

Healthcare themes targeted

  • Cardiovascular illnesses

Fields of application

  • Telemedicine (remote diagnosis and consultations)

Stage of development

  • Pilot project/testing/trials

Financing method

  • NGO
  • Government agency (USAID, etc.)

Area where the project is utilised

  • National (in one country only)

Economic model(s)

  • Income generated by beneficiaries
  • Sales of data analysis

What problem does the initiative address ?

Problem to be solved: the geographic and economic accessibility of ECG examinations for Ivorian populations.

Detailed description of the initiative

Equip healthcare centres with cardiology-specific “medico-net kits” (KMN) that make it possible to send electrocardiograms (ECG) for analysis by a group of cardiology experts at the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Diseases of the Bouaké Teaching Hospital.

What is the proposed solution added value ?

The proposed solution helps reduce examination costs, eliminates secondary charges and improves the technical platform.

1 615

Number of beneficiaries since launch

N/C Full-Time equivalents

N/C Employees

6 Volunteers

1 Service providers

Cardiologie pour tous

1 615

Number of beneficiaries since launch

Target audience

  • Healthcare professionals and structures (hospitals, healthcare centres/clinics, health networks)
  • Sick people

Project objectives

  • Improved treatment

Materials used

  • Computer

Technologies used

  • Internet

Offline use

No

Open source

Yes

Open data

Yes

Independent evaluation

Yes, auto-evaluated or evaluated by a related organization

About the sponsor

Société Ivoirienne de Biosciences et d'Informatique Médicale (SIBIM)

The objectives of SIBIM are to: • Offer the various entities in the eHealth field in Côte d’Ivoire a platform for information, work, communication and international cooperation. • Help promote and develop information technology in healthcare, biosciences and public health. • Support implementation of micro-projects that tangibly demonstrate the advantages that ICT in the healthcare realm. • Support distance learning for health and bioscience professionals, knowledge sharing, promotion of best practices in technology and the code of ethics in health. • Collaborate with the field’s institutions, groups, associations, orders and professional unions having synergistic objectives.

Sector : Institutions (Communities, public authorities, NGOs, foundations, etc.)

Country of origin : Côte d'Ivoire

Contact : Sponsor website Project website

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