[Telemedicine and care coordination : the two cornerstones of optimising the cardiology care pathway].

Telemedicine is considered as an appropriate solution to a large number of challenges in the health care field. The legal recognition of telemedicine by the French "Hospital, Patient, Health, Territory" law of July 21th, 2009 marks the implementation of a public strategy for the deployment of the activity in France and gives it an official definition. As a tool for producing remote care, telehealth offers an optimal response to the medical desert issues.

Simulation-based training in cardiology: State-of-the-art review from the French Commission of Simulation Teaching (Commission d'enseignement par simulation-COMSI) of the French Society of Cardiology.

In our healthcare system, mindful of patient safety and the reduction of medical errors, simulation-based training has emerged as the cornerstone of medical education, allowing quality training in complete safety for patients. Initiated by anaesthesiologists, this teaching mode effectively allows a gradual transfer of learning, and has become an essential tool in cardiology teaching. Cardiologists are embracing simulation to master complex techniques in interventional cardiology, to manage crisis situations and unusual complications and to develop medical teamwork.

[A health passport for patients with heart failure].

The health passport gives concrete form to the patient's care project. It constitutes a tool for sharing information between the community and hospital centred on and kept by the patient. It favours coordination between the different professionals involved in the care of patients with heart failure.