Updated: Apr 27, 1999
This is the most recent structured information on this project. Complementary data can be found on previous documents
I4C-TripleC

Overview

The project I4C-TripleC intends to validate in three hospitals in Eastern Europe (in Prague, Bratislava and Caslav) integrated workstations to support the continuity of cardiac care. The workstation is the outcome of the project I4C: Integration and Communication for the Continuity of Cardia Care, part of the 4^th Framework Programme in Health Telematics (HC1024). Validation will be supported by an industry (Cardio Control) that collaborates in the I4C project; co-ordination will be done by the co-ordinating partner of the I4C project (Erasmus University Rotterdam) .

The goals of I4C-TripleC will be reached by:

1.             Integrated access to cardiological patient data; 
2.             Support of patient care, research and the assessment of the quality of care;
3.             More compre­hen­sive and more consistent recording of patient data and biosignals, combined in a multimedia patient record.

Purpose and objectives

The purpose I4C-TripleC is to validate the workstation which is being developed in the EU-project Integration and Communication for the Continuity od Cardiac Care (I4C). The overall objective is to adapt the workstation to local clinical circumstances as met in the three clinical settings, contribute to the extension and assessment of the knowledge base for structured data entry and data retrieval, and take care of the language adaptation, which is part of the language module that will be implemented in I4C.
The work will be divided in three workpackages as described here.

Work Package 1.  System installation and technical adaptation of workstations

In this work package, work will be undertaken on the system installation and the technical adaptation of workstations and multimedia patient record to ensure the continuity of care. The work package will facilitate data availability for the different clinical users. The basis for this work package will be the existing and operational prototype of the workstation.
The participating industry will investigate the technical requirements of the clinical sites. Translation of documentation into the different languages has to be done. Technical adaptations will be carried out.

Work Package 2.  Adaptation to user requirements for workstations

The workstation as realised in I4C was adapted to typical clinical settings of cardiological clinics related to the partners. In this project, an adaptation should be made to the user requirements of clinics in three Eastern European countries that were not part of the original consortium. This work in I4C-TripleC will be as much as possible be implemented by industry, but co-ordinated from the co-ordinating partner in the I4C project.
The existing user requirements of the workstation for cardiological applications will be adapted, based on the analysis of the users' needs and the functional requirements. The medical terminology will be translated to that of the clinical partners.

Work Package 3.  Evaluation support and assessment of workstations

The objectives of this work package are to collect and analyse evaluation results on installations and user requirements adaptations, and to prepare and distribute evaluation reports.
The assessment will be take place at clinics of the three clinical partners of I4C-TripleC. The work is supported and a report is prepared by the work package co-ordinator. 

1.               Collect pre-installation evaluation data from associate clinical partners
2.               Collect post-installation evaluation data
3.               Prepare a final installation report

Results

The major results of the project will be:

1.             The clinical evaluation, together with the evaluations in the I4C project, will lead to an improved version of the I4C workstation.
2.             The clinics in the Czeck and Slovak Republic will be able to continue to work with the workstation which will lead to a better quality of care.
3.             The project gives the partners in the Czech and Slovak Republic the possibilty to work with latest technology in health telematics (knowledge transfer).

List of deliverables

- Documentation user requirements (6/PD)
- Realisation of changes in user requirements (24/PD)
- Documentation of user requirements (9/PD)
- Realisation of requirements (24/PD)
- Verification report (24/PD)

List of participants

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