Initial Project Information: CATCH


	Updated: Dec 8, 97
CATCH

Citizen advisory system present on telematics for communication and health

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Project Nr:	HC 1006	Group: VI	Project Duration: 24 months
Key words:
Category:	Health Advice for All
Summary:	A multi-media multi-lingual knowledge based citizens advisory service for healthcare, to be deployed in urban, information points and access sites
Mission:	CATCH aims to exploit advanced multimedia technologies in a novel information service on health matters for everyone. It will enable virtually all groups, including elderly and handicapped people, to take preventive action against ill-health, understand symptoms, and generally assume responsibility for their own well-being. Besides pointing the way to the right treatment, the system will also assist personal decision-making in the area of health insurance. The project will result in a multilingual advisory service for use anywhere and at all times.
URL:	www-iik.cs.uni-magdeburg.de/~CATCH/catch.html

Coordinator(s)

Dr. phil. Tina. Reckert

ComEAST
c/o Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg Akademisches Auslandsamt/International Office Universitätsplatz 2 Postfach 4120 D- 39016 Magdeburg	tel: +49 (0)391 67-18514/-18515 fax: +49 (0)391 67-1 11 32 catch@hp735.cs.uni-magdeburg.de
url: www.uni-magdeburg.de

Participants:

Name of Institution	City+Postal Code	Country	Region
Information Technology Center	Letterkenny,IE-Donegal	IE	IE001
Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse AOK	Magdeburg D-39106	Germany	DEE3
Deutsche telekom, ComputerService Magdeburg GmbH	Magdeburg D-39124	Germany	DEE3
ADI, Informatik Akademie	Magdeburg D-39001	Germany	DEE3
Medisch Expertise Centrum, University of Groningen	Groningen NL-9700	Netherlands	NL11
EDON BU CAI NV Telecom	Groningen NL-9703	Netherlands	NL11
Hospital Santa Maria	Lisboa P-1600	Porutgal	PT13

Project Objectives, Summary Description and Anticipated Results

The aim of CATCH is the widespread implementation of health sources for every European citizen at any time and any place with the use of modern advanced information and communication technologies for:

background information in preventive health
offer data-based and knowledge based facilities to make the citizens aware and give them directions and opportunities to make independent decisions about his own (preventive) health
give the opportunity to every European citizen to become informed about differences in (preventive) health throughout Europe and take decisions about treatment, insurances.The result of the project will be the multimedia multilingual citizens advisory system (M2-BBS), a European tool that will be highly effective and efficient.
it can be used any time at any place
it is multifunctional using multimedia, such as text, pictures, videos
it is accessible for many groups: elderly, handicapped, minorities, youngsters.

Other Characteristics of the Project:

Users involved
Clients visiting the health care organisations, patients, visitors of hospitals, consumers at home, company personnel, health care institutions, doctors, para-medical institutions.

Technologies and/or approach used
Databases, knowledge processing, communication technology, hypertext technologies, multimedia technology, client/server architecture.

Expected benefits for the citizen
The European citizen will be informed about opportunities to make decisions about his own health, about differences in health throughout Europe, about treatment and insurances.

Expected benefits for the users of the application
The multimedia multilingual citizens advisory system - M2-BBS will be a tool to bridge the gap between the existing demand of the European citizen and the professionals, such as doctors, psychologists, but also insurance companies, health services, hospitals.

Expected benefits for the European Industries
The European industries, espacially the telecommunication industry, can benefit strongly from the input of large amount and large diversity of data to be collected from the use of the M2-BBS. This will be also a push for health insurance companies, hospitals to change their services into a more efficient and effective way.

Contribution to EU-policies
Through the interdisciplinarity and multi-national cooperation and the inclusion of multi-lingual applications, the project aims to reach every citizen in Europe

Validation Sites

Hospital Santa Maria	Lisbon	Lisboa e Vale do tejo	PT
Medisch Expertise Centrum	Groningen	Groningen	NL
Information Technology Center	Letterkenny, Donegal	Border	IE
Otto-von-Guericke-Universität	Magdeburg	Magdeburg	DE

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