Compendium of Health Telematics Projects 94-98 (Draft)


	Updated: Aug 26, 1998
This is the most recent structured* information on this project. Complementary data can be found on previous documents*
WISECARE Workflow information systems for european nursing care

Project code:	HC 3003
Project value:	1035.0 KECU
EC contribution:	938.0 KECU
Number of partners:	7
Number of countries:	6
Duration:	30 months
Starting date:	Apr 1, 97

Contact:	Walter Sermeus Kath. Universiteit Leuven Centre of Health Services & Nursing Research Kapucijnenvoer 35/4 3000 Leuven Belgium
Tel:	32-16-336972
Fax:	32-16-336970
E-mail:	Walter.sermeus@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
Web Site:

Overview

Scope and goals

The project focuses on the use of telematics technology for clinical and resource management in oncology care in hospitals.
The goal of the WISECARE is to systematically exploit existing nursing data stored in (electronic) patient records for resource management and to assess the impact of the use of advanced nursing informatics application on the management of nursing knowledge.
In WISECARE, the diversity of the patient population, the variability of care, patient outcomes and nursing resources are quantified and made visible through the use of information technology. It is emphasized that the real impact of information technology is not in the automation of existing processes but on the discovery of new ways of organizing nursing knowledge.

Knowledge management

Three important shifts in knowledge management will get high attention in WISECARE :

The shift from knowledge dissemination to knowledge sharing :
Pooling of experiences and information among partners, will lead to the development of a knowledge base of « best practices » in oncology nursing care. This allows participants to compare and measure their performance against best practices of other institutions.
The shift from individual knowledge to organizational knowledge :
Knowledge has become a key resource in the health care sector and has to be managed as strategic resource. Herefore, the individual’s knowledge should be made available to the entire organization. This is done by capturing and documenting the day-by-day experience of nurses in knowledge databases. In this way, individual experiences become available to everybody within the organization at any time, regardless of the individual’s presence.

The shift from deductive, prescriptive knowledge to more inductive, experience-based knowledge :
Often, knowledge is nowadays shared through practice policies, but they are too complex to base day-by-day health decisions upon. However, the experience of nurses captured in the patient record is more suited for supporting health decisions. Therefore, in WISECARE tools will be developed for the exploitation of clinical databases to support clinical decision making with a wide range of parameters.

Purpose and objectives

See Overview

Results

A WISECARE-model will be built, resulting in a nursing data collection tool, an analysis framework, a feedback tool, a technology assessment tool and a patient outcomes measurement tool.
All data collection will be done at 5 validation sites, where the WISECARE-model will be built and tested, leading to a more knowledgeable and efficient way of care-giving by nurses in oncology settings.
The results of WISECARE will be made available to the public via the WWW and demonstration oncology sites will be included at the end of the project to enlarge the scope of the knowledge sharing.

List of deliverables

Year 1 1997

D3.1: Report on the content and organisation of the clinical information system in the validation sites + migration plan (3, P)
D2.1: Report on information needs of oncology nurses (6, P)
D3.2: Record lay-out of the database (6, R)

Year 2 1998

D3.3: User booklets and training material for data collection (in English, Dutch, Swedish and Finnish) (9, P)
D3.4: Data input programme (9, R)
D5.1: WISECARE Technology assessment tool (9, R)
D4.1: WISECARE local feedback tool (16, P)
D6.1: WISECARE WWW-server (16, P)

Year 3 1999

D4.2: WISECARE global feedback tool (24, P)
D2.2: Report on the oncology nurses’ change with respect to clinical management (28, P)
D3.5: Report on success and problems in achieving harmonised data collection in different member state situations (28, P)
D5.2: Report on the impact of WISECARE on clinical behaviour of oncology nurses (28, P)
D5.3: Report on the impact of WISECARE on patient outcomes (28, P)
D5.4: European impact analysis (28, P)
D1.1: Report of the managerial and financial progress of the project (30, R)
D1.2: Publication of WISECARE report (Technology and Informatics Series, IOS Press) (30, P)
D1.3: Market analysis and exploitation plan (30, P)
D1.4: Quality Review Report (30, P)
D2.3: Report on classification systems and their applicability to the needs of oncology nurses (30, R)
D2.4: Report on patient outcomes measures for oncology care (30, R)
D2.5: Starting up a WISECARE oncology usergroup (30, P)
D6.2: Wisecare simulation game for training (30, P)

List of participants

Name:	Prof. Ir. Luc Delesie
Organisation:	Centre of Health Services Research & Nursing, KULeuven
Address:	Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine Kapucijnenvoer 35/4 B-3000 Leuven
Country:	Belgium
Tel:	+32 16 336 972
Fax:	+32 16 336 970
E-mail:	luc.delesie@med.kuleuven.ac.be

Name:	Mr. Tonny Gypen
Organisation:	Arthur Andersen Healthcare Practice
Address:	Business Consulting Group Montagne du Parc 4 B-1000 Brussels
Country:	Belgium
Tel:	+32 2 545 35 75
Fax:	+32 2 545 35 99
E-mail:	tonny.gypen@arthurandersen.com

Name:	Mr. Jacob Hofdijk
Organisation:	HISCOM BV
Address:	Central Development and Support Group Hospital Information System Schipholweg 97 NL-2316 XA Leiden
Country:	Netherlands
Tel:	+31 71 525 67 08 ; Mobile: +31 653 25 62 74
Fax:	+31 71 521 98 56
E-mail:	jhofdijk@hiscom.nl

Name:	Mr. Derek Hoy
Organisation:	Research Fellow
Address:	Glasgow Caledonian University Home address for mail: 68 Brunstane Road Edinburgh EH15 2QR
Country:	United Kingdom
Tel:	+44 (0) 131 669 7508
Fax:	same number, but please phone first !!!
E-mail:	d.hoy@gcal.ac.uk

Name:	Mr. Alan Hyslop
Organisation:	The National Health Service in Scotland
Address:	National Health Service in Scotland Management Executive St.-Andrew's House Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Country:	United Kingdom
Tel:	+44 131 244 23 66
Fax:	+44 131 244 34 70
E-mail:	ahyslop@cix.compulink.co.uk

Name:	Ms. Nora Jodrell
Organisation:	Department of Nursing Studies
Address:	University of Edinburgh - Adam Ferguson Building 40 George Square Edinburgh EH8 9LL
Country:	United Kingdom
Tel:	+44 131 650 38 94
Fax:	+44 131 650 38 91
E-mail:	njodrell@ed.ac.uk

Name:	Prof. Juha Kinnunen
Organisation:	Department for Health Policy and Management
Address:	University of Kuopio Harjulantie 1B PO Box 1627 SF - 70211 Kuopio
Country:	Finland
Tel:	+358 17 162 616
Fax:	+358 17 162 999
E-mail:	Juha.Kinnunen@uku.fi

Name:	Prof. John Mantas
Organisation:	University of Athens, Faculty of Nursing
Address:	Laboratory of Health Informatics 75 M. Asias Street, Goudi GR - 11527 Athens
Country:	Greece
Tel:	+30 1 778 14 60
Fax:	+30 1 771 57 38
E-mail:	jmantas@asklipios.dn.uoa.gr

Name:	Prof. Walter Sermeus
Organisation:	Centre of Health Services Research & Nursing, KULeuven
Address:	Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine Kapucijnenvoer 35/4 B-3000 Leuven
Country:	Belgium
Tel:	+32 16 336 972
Fax:	+32 16 336 970
E-mail:	walter.sermeus@uz.kuleuven.ac.be

Name:	Dr. Jeff Tansley
Organisation:	An Tealleach Limited
Address:	Cnoc nan Cruach by Catlodge, Laggan Bridge Newtonmore PH20 1BT
Country:	United Kongom
Tel:	+44 1528 544 312 ; Mobile: 831 616 393
Fax:	+44 1528 544 360 ; +44 1316 620 368
E-mail:	jeff@an-teallach.com



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