Updated: Feb 1, 97
EDICON

A case study on the concept of the European Distributed Consulting Hospital

Contract No: 18006 Total cost: 200 KECU EC contribution: 200 KECU Duration: 9 months

Contact: Ing. Girolamo Di Genova SIP Via Flaminia 189 I-00196 Roma, Italy Tel.: +39-6-36.88.49.89 Fax: +39-6-36.88.99.46

The objective of this study was to investigate the feasibility of a network of Centres of Excellence, obtained by interlinking scientific Institutions, each providing mono-specialist health care services, via a high-speed backbone for transfer of voice, data and images. The interconnection of these vertical structures, identified as the Centres of Expertise for their specific disciplines, suggests the concept of the "Distributed Consulting Hospital", able to provide consulting service to other health care providers (GP's, local hospitals, etc.) throughout the territory, irrespective of where the expertise itself is physically located. User profiles have been analysed (characteristics and needs to patients, health care professionals and institutions) and the description of the specification for a working model for a European distributed consulting procedure. An economic evaluation technique referring to the EDICON model were produced. Finally, various cases to validate the Distributed Consulting Hospital functional architectures were elaborated.

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