Initial Project Information: BEAM II


	Updated: Jul 23, 97
BEAM II

Assessment of medical devices

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Project Nr:	HC 1003	Group: IV	Project Duration: 36 months
Key words:	biomedical technology, biomedical equipment management ; maintenance,assessment
Category:	Biomedical Equipment Assessment and Management
Summary:	Creation, validation and commissioning of tools and telematics services, provided to professionals in the field of biomedical technology
Mission:	BEAM II pursues EU research in telematics for biomedical professionals involved in the distribution, use and follow-up of medical devices. Its main aims are to extend the already developed application, by creating, validating, and commissioning BEAM services over the European information highway, and to prepare BEAM tools for the market. The project will bring developments into the area of field applications, while creating generic applications readily adaptable to individual hospital requirements. It will provide the platform for a new approach to biomedical technology management, based on compliance with EU regulations and standards.
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Coordinator(s)

Mr Nicolas Pallikarakis

Inbit

Boukaoeri 93 and Goenari
GR-26225 Patras
Greece tel: 30 61 22 36 75
fax: 30 61 27 23 46
nipa@inbit.gr

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Participants:

Name of Institution	City+Postal Code	Country	Region
JBP	Roskilde, 4000	Denmark	DK004
DTI	Taastrup, 2630	Denmark	DK
TNO	Leiden, 2301 CE	Netherlands	NL32
CRS/TBS	Trieste, I-34012	Italy	IT33
GBT/UPM	Madrid, 28040	Spain	ES3
VTT	Tampere, 33720	Finland	FI
EMTEC	Berlin, D - 13349	Germany	DE3
MPCE/CSUH	Sheffield,S102 JF	GB	UK
HYKS	Helsinki, FIN - 00290	Finland	FI
PSP	Patras, 26110	Greece	GR25
INSA-LEMES	Lisboa, 1699	Porutgal	PT13
ITAl-TBS	Trieste, I-34012	Italy	IT33

Project Objectives, Summary Description and Anticipated Results

BEAM II is a follow up to BEAM, a successful AIM Project, which has addressed issues related to the Biomedical Technology sector and has demonstrated its contribution to the domain, by introducing front-end telematic technology to the service of professionals that share involvement in the distribution, use and follow - up of medical devices. The main objectives of BEAM II are:

to extend the existing application, by creating, validating, installing and commissioning BEAM services over Europe’s Information Highway and
to upgrade, populate and widely evaluate the BEAM tools, in preparation for commercial development.

A significant impact in the field can be anticipated, as BEAM II will provide the platform for the new approach to the management of biomedical technology, based on standardization and compliance with the EU directives and standards, but also on communication, sharing and exchange of knowledge, ideas and information, towards achievement of common goals within the European Union.

The emphasis, in this BEAM II phase, has been placed on bringing the developments into the application areas in the field, while creating generic applications which can be readily reproduced to fit individual sites’ requirements. The BEAM@Net service, once it has achieved a substantial level of population, it will comprise a valuable tool for interaction, as well as collection and dissemination of information to professionals. For this reason, the relevant associations have assumed the responsibility of running the services during the evaluation period.

Other Characteristics of the Project:

Users involved
Hospital sites participating with their clinical engineering departments and distributed over 6 different geographical regions. The demonstration experiment at the sites will be coordinated by responsible coordinating partners.

Technologies and/or approach used
Widely available technologies will be used for the BEAM tools. BEAM services will be implemented as WWW servers with a common BEAM homepage.

Expected benefits for the citizen
The BEAM system supports the safe an efficient use of technology in the hospitals. Benefits are expected to occur from improved safety of equipment, minimization of risks for the patient and concurrent cost savings resulting from proper management of technologies.

Expected benefits for the users of the application
Clinical Engineers and medical physicists will benefit from increased efficiency procedures, accessibility to information and open communication with other professionals in the field.

Expected benefits for the European Industries
Availability of Quality Control and Maintenance data collected systematically will provide useful feedback to industry regarding usage, trends and equipment.

Contribution to EU-policies
The BEAM system is based on standardized, widely accepted practices throughout Europe and observes the requirements imposed by the European Directives. In addition, it proposes unified nomenclature and codification systems.

Validation Sites

INBIT	Patras	Dytiki Ellada	GR
JBP	Roskilde	Roskilde Amt	DK
RH	Copenhagen	Koebenhavns Amt	DK
TNO	Leiden	Noord-Holland	NL
CRS/TBS	Trieste	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	IT
GBT/UPM	Madrid	Comunidad de Madrid	ES
EMTEC	Berlin	Berlin	DE
MPCE/CSUH	Sheffield	Yorkshire	UK
HYKS	Helsinki	Uusimaa	FI
ITAL/TBS	Trieste	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	IT
INSA-LEMES	Lisboa	Lisboa e Vale do Tejo	PT
DTI	Taastrup	DK
PSP	Patras	Dytiki Ellada	GR

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