During the period of 12-16th of September 2016 VULSK team and the consortium carried out a number of dissemination activities to widely spread the results of CARRE project. A press release on Baltic News Service was issued inviting journalists and representatives of major national TVs, radios and journals to press conference which was organized on the 15th of September during CARRE project consortium meeting in The Centre of Innovative Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania.
During the press conference Eleni Kaldoudi, Romualdas Kizlaitis and Domantas Stundys informed media about the CARRE project structure, main goals and achievements, the ongoing pilot study and interim results. Prof. A. Laucevičius, the former General Director of VULSK and Prof. A. Aidietis, the Head of Cardiology Centre of VULSK, also shared their insights about the innovative approach towards patient empowerment and monitoring and expressed their support for further deployment of CARRE platform.
After the press conference VULSK team members gave interviews to interested journalists, demonstrated CARRE platform and smart equipment which was given for pilot study participants for the period of CARRE evaluation study.
A particular interest of journalists working in the field of healthcare and IT was observed which resulted in a number of dissemination activities:
Romualdas Kizlaitis and Domantas Stundys were invited to participate in the morning TV broadcast “Labas rytas, Lietuva” of The Lithuanian National Radio and Television and give an interview about CARRE and its interim results. A short video about the project was demonstrated during the interview. The link to TV broadcast is located at: http://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/103584/labas_rytas_lietuva._i_dalis, starting from 42:45.
Neringa Bileisiene gave an interview during the radio broadcast „Ryto Garsai“ of The Lithuanian National Radio and Television, talking about the CARRE platform, sensors used in the pilot and platform’s benefit for patients with cardiovascular or renal diseases. The link to radio broadcast is located at http://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/1013074854/ryto_garsai_2016-09-15_06_30 starting from 1:39:53.
Domantas Stundys gave an interview on News radio broadcast “Aktualioji valanda” about CARRE project and its deployment, the link is located at http://www.ziniuradijas.lt/laidos/aktualioji-valanda/nuspresta-atleisti-valstybines-maisto-ir-veterinarijos-tarnybos-vadova-jona-miliu?video=1, starting at 19:22.
A TV broadcast about CARRE on Lietuvos Ryto TV, http://tv.lrytas.lt/?id=14739453491473581805
A TV broadcast about CARRE on TV3 TV, http://play.tv3.lt/programos/tv3-vakaro-zinios/767927?autostart=true, starting at 08:08
A TV broadcast about CARRE on Init TV News, http://init-tv.lt/main.php/id/1427/lang/1, starting at 11:17
An article on “Verslo žinios“ web portal, http://vz.lt/sektoriai/informacines-technologijos-telekomunikacijos/2016/09/15/telemedicinos-startas-lietuvoje-pristatyta-nuotolinio-pacientu-stebejimo-sistema
An article in Lietuvos Rytas web portal, http://sveikata.lrytas.lt/medicinos-zinios/del-tokiu-zaisliuku-eiles-prie-mediku-kabinetu-isnyks.htm
An article on elektronika.lt web portal, http://www.elektronika.lt/projektai/ivairus/56353/nuotoline-pacientu-stebesena-zingsnis-i-skaitmenizuota-medicinos-ateiti/
An article in viena.lt web portal, http://viena.lt/2016/09/15/telemedicinos-startas-lietuvoje-pristatyta-nuotolinio-pacientu-stebejimo-sistema/
An article on VULSK website, http://www.santa.lt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2342:nuotolin-pacient-stebsena-ingsnis-skaitmenizuot-medicinos-ateit&catid=35:naujienos&Itemid=373
A link to press release for Baltic News Service, http://sc.bns.lt/view/item.php?id=209858&query=Nuotolin%C4%97%20pacient%C5%B3%20steb%C4%97sena%20%E2%80%93%20%C5%BEingsnis%20%C4%AF%20skaitmenizuot%C4%85%20medicinos%20ateit%C4%AF?