Updated: Feb 1, 97
Group 6. Application Framework for Telemedicine

The following projects have been grouped into this line:

AFASIA	A standard framework for AIM selected interconnected applications
EMDIS	European Marrow Donor Information System
EPIC	European Prototype for Integrated Care
FEST	Framework for European Services in Telemedicine
ISAAC	Integrated Support Communication System
ISAR	Integration system architecture
NUCLEUS	Customisation Environment for Multimedia Integrated Patient Dossier
SHINE	Strategic Health Informatics Network for Europe
TELEPRIM	Telematics services for primary care
TRILOGY	Health care telematics services implementation framework

The projects in this line was broken down along two subareas: the domain of networks and databases, involving the projects ISAAC, SHINE, EMDIS and NUCLEUS, and the domain of telemedicine, addressed by the projects EPIC and FEST.

Their results have been:

All projects were concerned with the applications of services in different areas with a common interest in the characteristics mentioned above. Not only are the requirements and architecture were addressed across the spectrum of care from hospital to home but also the creation of a common framework for the establishment of telemedicine services across Member States.

The main groups of users considered were:

1. The health care professionals (nurses, general practitioners, physicians in ambulatory centres, medical specialists in acute care...)
2. Other professionals involved in the broader provision of care process (managers, researchers, epidemiologists, technicians, information engineers, statisticians...)
3. The citizens (potential patients, representative groups, environmental and charitable groups...)

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