Topcon Healthcare Announces Partnership with TESSAN
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Companies to Join Forces to Improve Access to Eyecare for Patients Across France
TOKYO, JAPAN, JULY, 2024 – Topcon Healthcare, a leading provider of medical devices and software solutions for the global eye care community, is pleased to announce its partnership with TESSAN, the French innovative leader in medical teleconsultation solutions. The partnership offers eye care practitioners and their patients a teleconsultation service that allows eye exams to be performed remotely.
An aging population and rise in visual pathologies in France have increased patients' demands and expectations on the eye care sector for faster and more efficient access to services. This new partnership gives patients access to care in less than a week, including diagnosis and referrals, prescriptions, glasses or contact lens prescriptions, and screening for pathologies such as glaucoma, AMD, diabetic retinopathy, and cataracts.
The partnership delivers next-generation teleconsultation solutions using Topcon’s state-of-the-art diagnostic technology that will benefit both healthcare professionals and patients by:
● Offering patients access to a new service which reduces the wait time for primary eye care
● Delivering eye care in remote areas with limited access
● Patients in remote locations can now have the same quality of care as those in metropolitan areas
● Easing the time pressure on ophthalmologists so they can focus on patients who need it most
Using Topcon devices and TESSAN’s teleconsultation solution, the patient examination is remotely controlled by an orthoptist, followed by an ophthalmologist, who guides the patient through the visual test, including pachymetry, tonometry, retinography, objective and subjective refraction. Patients are also routinely screened for eye diseases, such as AMD, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and cataracts.
“Our partnership with TESSAN exemplifies our commitment to innovative, value-driven, efficient technologies that keep pace with the healthcare industry's ever-changing needs.”
- Hideyuki Takizawa Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Eye Care Business Division
“Topcon Healthcare and TESSAN share a common vision: facilitating patient access and improving vision care. An ophthalmology teleconsultation with TESSAN can usually be scheduled in less than six days. High-quality, easy-to-use Topcon devices ensure reliable screening can be performed at every teleconsultation. Our teleconsultation concept is supported by integrated devices and examination rooms, allowing the replication of the experience in a standard consultation room,” says Jordan Cohen, CEO of TESSAN.
“My first meeting with Jordan Cohen in January 2018 laid the foundation for future collaboration to revolutionise the integration of telemedicine into eye care. At that time, telemedicine was still in early development. Since then, Topcon has made considerable efforts to radically transform its solutions, making them remotely controllable in a secure environment. In late 2022, we saw an opportunity to make our innovations available to a partner with shared values and a common vision. We joined forces with TESSAN to develop a differentiated teleconsultation solution that goes one step further than traditional teleconsultation platforms by connecting the patient with the relevant devices for screening, thereby giving the ophthalmologist access to real-time data,” says Damien Nogier, CEO of Topcon France Medical.
“This new partnership with TESSAN gives Topcon Healthcare another avenue to continue to drive and grow the impact we are making on patient care by offering the latest integrated solutions to eye care professionals,” summarizes Hideyuki Takizawa, Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Eye Care Business Division. “Remote diagnostic technology has progressed rapidly in the last three years, and we are excited about working with partners who share our vision and see the potential of facilitating access to care for all. Our partnership with TESSAN exemplifies our commitment to innovative, value-driven, efficient technologies that keep pace with the healthcare industry's ever-changing needs.”
About TESSAN
TESSAN is a French company founded in 2018 with the mission of revolutionising and facilitating access to healthcare through augmented teleconsultation. They have grown substantially since their founding and now have over 850 medical devices installed in France, with more than 150 GPs, specialists, and paramedics working with them on a daily basis. TESSAN currently markets four products: a medical teleconsultation console and terminal equipped with 6 medical devices; a medical teleconsultation booth equipped with 7 medical devices; a teleconsultation case equipped with 3 medical devices; and a teleophthalmology unit. For more information, visit https://tessan.io.
About Topcon
Topcon’s vision is to provide healthcare professionals with intelligent, efficient technologies to improve patient care. In the fast-changing healthcare market, we offer the latest integrated solutions, including multimodal imaging, vendor-inclusive data management, and revolutionary remote diagnostic technology. In a global market, Topcon Corporation strives to develop solutions tailored to the societal challenges of healthcare, agriculture, and infrastructure. In the healthcare sector, the biggest challenges are prevalence of eye diseases, access to healthcare, and the shortage of doctors. By investing in cutting-edge technologies, Topcon Corporation works to improve people’s health and quality of life.
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