Category A1
Service support
What solutions are category A1?
These are technical support services for patients or professionals with the aim of improving medico-administrative management or optimizing the organization of the care path. These solutions may enable the collection of personal data.
Is medical CE marking required?
In the absence of a claimed medical purpose, these solutions are not considered a medical device (absence of medical CE marking).
Target users
Solutions in this category may be used by: healthcare professionals, patients or their entourage.
Existing funding
- For use in healthcare institutions, digital solutions can be acquired via a call for tenders and are funded via the hospital budget.
- For use in the city, the structure package enables funding of solutions used by healthcare professionals.
Examples
The shared medical file (DMP)
This is an example of a digital solution for the healthcare professional.
The DMP brings together individual health data, such as medication treatment, the existence of allergies, or medical examination results. In particular, it enables health data to be shared between professionals. This collective patient data management medium optimizes the sharing of information between professionals in order to improve the patient's care pathway by promoting the coordination of healthcare professionals, and can thus help avoid repeat examinations in the absence of access to results.
A platform for medical appointments
This is an example of a digital solution for the patient and the professional.
Platform for putting patients in touch with the professional, used in particular to obtain a medical appointment in the city or in a healthcare facility.
The platform provides the professional with several functionalities:
- online appointment booking;
- health data sharing enabling the patient to upload biological tests, medical imaging results or other document ahead of the appointment to facilitate the healthcare professional's work.
The platform for optimizing hospital care pathways
This is an example of a digital solution for hospital use.
We're considering a care pathway management platform, used in a healthcare facility. This platform enables intelligent management of the patient's care pathway, to improve care coordination in particular. The platform offers various modules, such as risk assessment prior to anesthesia, to identify low-risk patients and offer them an accelerated care pathway.