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Updated: Jun 3, 97 |
CHIN | |
| Co-operative Health Information Networks for the Community - A marketplace for Telemedicine Services |
| Project Nr: | HC 1007 | Group: IV | Project Duration: 36 months |
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| Category: | Regional Health Information Networks | ||
| Summary: | The project will establish a network of regional co-operative health information networks which will provide comprehensive and integrated sets of Healthcare telematics services | ||
| Mission: | CHIN establishes and promotes cooperation between regional information networks for comprehensive telematics-based health care services. The overall system will cover eight European regions, taking in both city and rural areas. It will be validated on the basis of feedback from users, including hospitals, clinics and doctors, as well as private individuals. Clients linked to CHIN will be able to call on technical facilities including desk-top video-conferencing and file transfer, and consider generic approaches suited to specific regions or services such as patient care management. | ||
| URL: | b5www.deteberkom.de/CHIN/ | ||
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| Name of Institution | City+Postal Code | Country | Region |
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| Klinikum Virchow | Berlin D-13355 | Germany | DE3 |
| National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos" | Athens GR-60228 | Greece | GR3 |
| CHCSA | Spain | ES51 | |
| AC Västerbotton | SE-Umea | Sweden | SE06 |
| MidSim | Brussels B-1210 | Belgium | BE1 |
| North Karelien Hospital District | Joensuu FI-80210 | Finland | FI 13 |
| Heriot-Watt University | Edinburgh UK | United Kingdom | UKA1 |
| Medasys | Les Ulis Cedex F-91953 | France | FR1 |
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The main objective of CHIN is to establish a network of regional Co-operative Health Information Networks (CHINs) which support comprehensive and integrated sets of Health Care Telematic (HCT) services for a broad range of users. This will be implemented in eight representative European regions, both rural and metropolitan, and a realistic validation of their benefits will be performed by measuring acceptance and usage of HCT services by representative user groups. The networks are being considered as crystallisation points for further enhancements.
Technically a Network of Co-operative Health Information Networks within Europe will be set up. It consists of modular CHIN clients, linked to CHIN network servers, which are connected on a European level. The technical systems will integrate application and service components in a standard conforment, modular and scalable way. These services and applications are grouped into basic services - such as desk-top videoconferencing, file transfer, e-mail and application sharing, generic services such as security and generic solutions for region-specific services - and specific services - such as patient care management and healthcare education and online information services for patients and doctors. Specific services make use of basic and generic services. Key criteria for the CHIN components are a set of international standards to support interoperability and scalability. The approach as a whole is based on an in depths investigation of user needs and takes into account the expertise of previous phases of European research in HCT and several national research programmes. The establishment of permanent, appropriate co-operative operational structures will be encouraged by the CHIN initiative which involves partners representing end-users, HC-administrations, IT-industries and Telecoms, assisted by applied research and standardisation bodies.
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Users involved Technologies and/or approach used HW: Modular PCs for MM-HCTS, regional servers for online/offline services Expected benefits for the citizen Improved health services for rural areas, better education and information on services, expert advice at remote sites, reduced travel and time to stay in hospitals, Expected benefits for the users of the application Improved Patient Care Mangement including resource planning, assistance for less senior medical personnel, improved usage of scientific & technical resources both by better cooperation inside a region as well as through cooperating European regions, HCT-supported ways of exchanging experiences Expected benefits for the European Industries Harmonised approach to common user needs, standardisation of solutions, introduction of HCTS under strict user and service orientation, large scale field trials and realistic validation by usage instead of theoretical evaluation, implementation of research efforts of previous programmes, paving the way for new products and services. Contribution to EU-policies Implementation of results of previous EU R&D programmes, harmonisation of services between EU-member states, contribution to standardisation through involvement of stand.-bodies (CEN TC251), practical implementation of leading edge technology, generation of business opportunities for SMEs, support of cohesion between member states, availability of results of previous R&D phases to new member states. |
| Klinikum Virchow | Berlin | Berlin, Brandenburg | DE |
| National Centre for Scientific Research " Demokritos" | Athens | Notio Aigaio Kriti | GR |
| County Councils of | Väster-botten, Jämtland, Norrbotten,Västernorrland | Umeå | Norra Mellansverige Mellersta Norrland Oevre Norrland |
| City of Umeå | Umeå | Norra Mellansverige | SE |
| RAMIT State University Gent | Gent | Oost-Vlaanderen | BE |
| North Karelian Hospital Destrict Joensuu Central Hospital, Computing Center | Joensuu | Itae-Suomi | FI |
| Lanarkshire Health Board | Lanarkshire | Borders-Central-Fife Lothian-Tyaside | UK |
| Health Education Board Scotland | Edinburgh | Borders-Central-Fife Lothian-Tyaside Dumfires & Galloway Strathclyde | UK |
| Hopital Lariboisiere | Paris | Ile de France | FR |
| K. University Leuven | Leuven | Vlaams Brabant | BE |
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