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Updated: Jun 3, 97 |
NIVEMES | |
| Network of integrated vertical medical services - targeting ship vessels and remote population |
| Project Nr: | HC 1035 | Group: V | Project Duration: 36 months |
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| Category: | Better Medical Services at Sea and for Remote Populations | ||
| Summary: | Telemedicine service network for individuals in remote locations. | ||
| Mission: | NIVEMES aims to harness telematics to better treatment for people whose health services may be compromised by professional or geographical isolation, such as sailors or remote populations, the project target group. The project will develop a network of medical institutions and telemedical health care providers offering a core of integrated services, support functions and applications consistently and in an integrated manner. It is anticipated that the technology developed will take the scope of the system beyond the project target group application. | ||
| URL: | butler.hol.gr/atkosoft/nivemes.htm | ||
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| Name of Institution | City+Postal Code | Country | Region |
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| Agia Eleni Hospital | Piraeus 185 32 | Greece | GR3 |
| CENTIS | Lisboa 1300 | Porutgal | PT13 |
| Alenia Spazio S.p.A. | Roma 00131 | Italy | IT6 |
| Sahlgrenska University Hospital | Gothenburg S-413 45 | Sweden | SE052 |
| Health Systems Coordination | Oxford OX3 7AF | United Kingdom | UK52 |
| Southern Health Board | Wilton Cork | IE | IE007 |
| National Technical University of Athens | Athens 106 82 | Greece | GR3 |
| Hospital de Egas Moniz | Lisboa 1300 | Porutgal | PT13 |
| Cork University Hospital | Wilton, Cork | IE | IE007 |
| ELKCO Marine Consultants (GR) Ltd. | Piraeus 185 36 | Greece | GR3 |
| Bantry General Hospital | Cork | IE | IE007 |
| Irish Naval Service | Dublin | IE | IE002 |
| EuroTech Consultant Ltd. | Athens 104 32 | Greece | GR3 |
| International Transport Workers Federation | London SE11PD | United Kingdom | UK55 |
| Aspis Pronia General Insurance Company | Athens 151 25 | Greece | GR3 |
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The scope of NIVEMES begins from the observation that there are groups of people that receive health and medical services of a substantially lower quality level either temporarily or permanetely due to issues like job nature (for example sailors), geographical isolation of their residency (remote & isolated places), special circumstances (disaster sites) etc. This fact leads to unecessary health damages or even losses of lives but also to social problems like the isecurity fealing that leads to trends to avoid traditional professions or ageing of the population, and eventual the abandonment of areas like islands and the migration of people from the countryside to the cities.
NIVEMES also realises that the modern technology of telematics can sufficiently provide solutions to these problems and in order to demonstrate this identifies, in its current scope, the salors and the remote & isolated populations as its target group. To this, it provides software deliverables and integrates telematic infrastructure to prototypes and eventually products and services that are either unique (not provided at all up to now) or will dramatically enhance existing ones and solve these problems. Thus, NIVEMES develops a network of care providers and telemedicine services that will be offered in a consistent and integrated manner to individuals or groups in remote locations or emergency situations. This conceptual network consists of Medical Institutions connected via communication links. NIVEMES delivers:
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Users involved The consortium is user-oriented, having members end-user Unions with over 5 million members worldwide (ITF), public organisations and authorities like Irish Naval Service and Southern Health Board (IE) and medical organisation like CENTIS and Hospital de Egas Moniz (PT) and Sahlgrenska University Hospital (SE). Technologies and/or approach used The implementation of the project will be based on state of the art technologies like Client Server paradigm, Object Oriented Programming, Open Systems, GUIs, Image Compression, Data Encryption, High speed terrestrial and satellite communication links (including GSM and ISDN). Also CASE tools will be used. Expected benefits for the citizen Citizens will enjoy improved quality of Medical Services even if they are on board ship vessels or they live in remote or isolated areas. Therefore people will feel more secure living in remote - isolated areas or working in jobs that inherit reduced quality of Medical Care. Expected benefits for the users of the application There are two user groups in NIVEMES, the Health Service Providers and the Health Service Consumers. The former will use the NIVEMES international network for Electronic Medical Record Sharing and Telemedicine while the latter will enjoy improved Medical Support based on actual readings from Medical Devices. Expected benefits for the European Industries The European Industries can benefit in the very active technological sector of Telemedicine with the products that will be developed. Also the Maritime Industry will be strengthened with the improved Medical Care that will become available to the sailors. Contribution to EU-policies This program supports people that due to their place of living or work condition cannot enjoy high quality of Medical Care. Also it supports the Regional Policies and it can provide Europe the lead in sensitive areas like the Maritime Industry as decided in the G7 meeting in Brussels. |
| Agia Eleni Hospital | Piraeus | Attiki | GR |
| Sahlgrenska University Hospital | Gothenburg | Vaetsverige | SE |
| Hospital de Egas Moniz | Lisboa | Lisboa e Vale do Tejo | PT |
| Cork University Hospital | Wilton | South-West | IE |
| Bere Island | Bere Island | South-West | IE |
| L.E. Eithne(the largest vessel in the Irish Naval fleet) | - | IE |
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