Is ROSIA ready for its purpose?
ROSIA is organizing four co-creation sessions with stakeholders
The objective of the co-creation sessions is to explore and co-design solutions to current challenges in tele-rehabilitation from the perspective of the involved groups: healthcare professionals, for the case of the first session, held in June 5th; and patients, families and support groups, for the case of the second session, which was held on June 26th. The goal was to foster active and effective participation and engagement to better adjust the proposed remote rehabilitation solutions to the needs of each of the groups. The goal was to better adjust the proposed remote rehabilitation solutions to the needs of each of the groups by fostering active and effective participation and engagement.
During these meetings, an exchange of opinions and experiences between different types of professionals took place. We had the participation of rehabilitators, physiotherapists, partners of the ROSIA consortium, patients’ representatives, as well as the developers working in the ROSIA solutions, Rehabilify and RAISE.
Key Challenges Addressed:
- Low accessibility for patients in rural areas.
- Lack of institutional support & resources.
- Security, ethics, and interoperability of digital tools.
- Overcoming resistance to adopting new technologies.
Collaborative Solutions Proposed
- Personalized training for both patients and practitioners.
- Flexible scheduling tools to adapt to clinicians’ busy workflows (consolidation of slots)
- Balanced digital solutions: simple where possible, interoperable where necessary, with as many functionalities as required.
- Adaptive platforms tailored to diverse patient needs and tech-savviness.
The most important conclusion is that the goal of tele-rehabilitation is not to replace in-person treatment, but to enhance it. It should be an extra tool for improving patient recovery through a powerful hybrid model.
In the second session, which was aimed at patients, the premise that was put to the audience was: Imagine getting top-quality physical therapy without leaving your home. What would it take to make that a reality for everyone?
This approach yielded some relevant features that any telerehabilitation platform should have:
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- Importance of including caregivers in the platform: by giving caregivers access to the solutions, they can follow the treatment of the patients, and even can help in those cases with less tech literacy
- The response to the needs of the patients (inquiries, modifications, new tools…) should be quick
- The platform can be adapted to different types of patients and diverse levels of urgency
- The platform should be automatically updated to ensure that its features and contents are always state-of-the-art and of the highest quality.
- Some interesting tools were proposed: a chatbot in natural language, a functionality of recording the session to repeat them later…
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Interestingly, one of the conclusions of this session was that clinicians should also obtain a gain from the solution in terms of better patient management, monetary improvements, time saving, new treatment possibilities…
After the summer break, the sessions will continue, with application developers on the 4th of September and procurers on the 25th of September, if you want to join, please register at: https://rosia-pcp.eu/rosia-organizes-co-creation-sessions/
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