{"id":5338,"date":"2025-11-19T14:34:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.lallianse.com\/?p=5338"},"modified":"2026-02-24T13:48:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:48:48","slug":"hospital-immersion-series-article-2bis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lallianse.com\/index.php\/en\/hospital-immersion-series-article-2bis\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospital Immersion Series \u2013 Article #2bis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When healthcare professionals’ ideas become concrete solutions: a comparative look at Pikidou and T-OUT & Romain Gombert (Craft & Care).<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Because they are closest to patients, their practices, and their needs, healthcare professionals’ ideas and insights have immense innovative potential \u2013 provided they are encouraged, listened to, supported, and put into action.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is the ambition behind our commitment through the #ChallengeInnovation, calls for projects initiated and managed within the APHP.Sorbonne University Hospital Group: to uncover these ideas from the field and empower them to become reality. Today, we are proud to share the story of two projects that illustrate this conviction: Pikidou, conceived and led by C\u00e9cile Combes<\/a>, and T-OUT, conceived and led by Sandrine Bottius<\/a> and now continued by Natasha Figueiredo<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two unique projects, two distinct contexts, two different editions of the Challenges Innovation , but the same ambition: to meet concrete needs with simple, human, and effective solutions. Both were supported by #LallianSe, received financial backing, and were co-developed with the same partner, Romain Gombert<\/a>, founder of Craft & Care<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pikidou: A fun cactus to ease the stress of pediatric care<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Winner of the Challenge Innovation <\/strong>#2 in 2021, C\u00e9cile Combes<\/a>, a physiotherapist at the Cystic Fibrosis Resource and Competence Center of the Pediatric Pulmonology Department at H\u00f4pital Armand-Trousseau<\/a> (#APHP), is the creator of the #Pikidou project.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pikidou was born from a simple observation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00abRecreational tools, although they exist, are often put away and therefore underutilized. I wanted to make them visible, accessible, and above all, fun for children. \u00bb C\u00e9cile Combes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

From this observation, an idea was born: a mobile, colorful, and expressive cactus-shaped distraction tower. Incorporating nitrous oxide (MEOPA) for treatment, it offers playful distractions attached to its \u00ab\u00a0spines,\u00a0\u00bb chosen directly by the children. Transforming what is often an anxiety-inducing moment into a gentler experience, Pikidou has become much more than a device: it’s a daily companion for hospitalized children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00ab Pikidou is now part of the service and evolves with the seasons. Children with chronic illnesses are delighted to see him change and come to treatment more readily. He\u2019s a real icebreaker!\u00bb C\u00e9cile Combes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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