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Updated: Jun 3, 97 |
PRESTIGE | |
| Patient record supporting telematics and guidelines |
| Project Nr: | HC 1040 | Group: IV | Project Duration: 36 months |
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| Category: | Faster Implementation of Health Care Standards | ||
| Summary: | Prestige uses networking and knowledge based systems to assist in the generation, dissemination, and routine applications of guidelines and protocols. This concept, evidence based medicine has been shown to be effective in improving the health care process in terms of quality, efficiency and outcome. | ||
| Mission: | PRESTIGE is to introduce telematics applications for faster implementation of new standards of best practice in Europe. By these techniques it will assist in the generation, dissemination and routine application of guidelines and bridge the time lag between research and everyday clinical practice. The project will include heart and nervous diseases, diabetes and general practice, mobilising substantial user involvement through national and specialist user groups. | ||
| URL: | www.rbh.nthames.nhs.uk/rbh/itdept/r&d/projects/prestige.htm | ||
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| Name of Institution | City+Postal Code | Country | Region |
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| Danish Institute for Health Services Research and Development | 1119 Copenhagen K | Denmark | DK001 |
| Vakgroep Medische Informatiekunde Epidemiologie en Statistiek, Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen | 6500 HB Nijmegen | Netherlands | NL22 |
| Institut International de Robotique et Intelligence Artificielle de Marseille, S.A. | 13013 Marseille | France | FR82 |
| Landelijke Huisartsen Vereniging | 3526 XD Utrecht | Netherlands | NL31 |
| Medical Informatics Group, Victoria University of Manchester | Manchester M13 9PL | GB | UK82 |
| NHS Information Management Centre (IMG-E) | Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4AA | GB | UK13 |
| Royal Brompton Hospital NHS Trust | London SW3 6NP | GB | UK55 |
| DIABCARE Office | 80336 Munchen | Germany | DE22 |
| THETA I.T.S.p.A. | 30174 Zelarino | Italy | IT33 |
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There is a wide consensus between healthcare professionals that unacceptable delays occur in the implementation of new standards for 'best practice'. This problem is common to the everyday practice of healthcare professionals throughout Europe and results in poor quality of care and wasted resources. PRESTIGE addresses this problem by the use of clinical guidelines and protocols which have been shown to be effective in improving the healthcare process in terms of quality, efficiency and outcome. The project will use healthcare telematics technology to assist in the generation, dissemination and routine application of guidelines, and thus will bridge the gap between medical research and everyday clinical practice. To support the use of clinical guidelines and protocols, PRESTIGE will verify and pilot a set of integrated technologies that build on experience and expertise gained during the 1991-1994 AIM programme together with other leading European professional, governmental, clinical, industrial and specialist participants.
PRESTIGE is structured into several actions addressing major healthcare specialties including cardiothoracic disease, neurological disease, diabetes and general practice. Substantial user involvement has been assured through national and specialist user groups and renowned healthcare centres. PRESTIGE will make available a common pool of interoperable technologies to these user groups and clinical sites in the following areas:
The outcome of PRESTIGE will be an installed and sustainable healthcare telematics infrastructure that supports the dissemination and application of research-based and consensus-based guidelines defining best practice in clinical care.
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Users involved Regional health services, tertiary and secondary hospitals, primary health care centres. Hospital physicians (cardiologists; neurologists and general medical staff), nurses and administrators; GPs and other primary care HCPs. Technologies and/or approach used Health telematics for dissemination and implementation of clinical guidelines and protocols. Multimedia electronic patient records, knowledge services, terminology services, act management services, cooperative care planning and protocol-directed care; multimedia-based teleconsultation services. Expected benefits for the citizen Improvements in quality and efficiency of care resulting from more effective implementation of research-based clinical guidelines embodying best practice. Improved healthcare organization and service through implementation of cooperative care protocols and patient-centred resource management. Expected benefits for the users of the application Helping HCPs to keep up with and implement best clinical practice. Helping HCPs to cooperate in delivering out planned patient care, managing, communication and sharing clinical information. helping healthcare organizations to apply care management policies sensitive to individual patient circumstances. Expected benefits for the European Industries The development of a common market for interoperable cooperative care planning telematics products, through a common approach to representing and implementing clinical guidelines and protocols, common architectures for the EPR and HIS, and common electronic messaging and image transfer technology standards. Contribution to EU-policies The project will help towards the development of a "knowledge-based health service" in Europe, and thereby the aim of European Information Society, by applying telematic technologies for Europe-wide dissemination and application of best practice knowledge in healthcare. |
| Royal Brompton Hospital NHS | London | Greater London | UK |
| Hospital Egas Moniz, with associated hospitals and GPs | Lisbon | Lisboa e Vale do Tejo | PT |
| General Practitioners | LHV and NHG | Utrecht | Utrecht |
| Primary Healthcare | Vila Franca de Xira | Lisboa e Vale do Tejo | PT |
| Modena Local Health Unit and SIMG | Modena | Emilia Romagna | IT |
| Primary Healthcare Centres, Northern Regional Health Authority | Newcastle Upon Tyne | Northumberland, Tyne and Wear | UK |
| Primary Healthcare Centres, Trent Regional Health Authority | Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | UK |
| Funen County | Odense | Funen County | DK |
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