Updated: Sep 30, 97
Report of the Strategic Requirements Board

1. Table of Contents

• Executive summary
• PREFACE

• 1 Trends and Opportunities for Information Society Technologies and Applications in the Health Care Environment
  • 1.1 Societal Trends relevant for Health Care
  • 1.2 Citizens
  • 1.3 Trends in Technology and Infrastructures
  • 1.4 Needs of Medical, Health and related Research
  • 1.5 Responses of the Health Services Provider Organisations
  • 1.6 Opportunities Information Society Technologies and Applications can provide
  • 1.7 Obstacles for Implementation
  • 1.8 Application software SME Industry Analysis

• 2 Analysis of the 4th Framework Programme

• 3 Conclusions for the 5th Framework Programme

• 4 Objectives
  • 4.1 Mission
  • 4.2 The Vision: 'Citizen-Centred Care'
  • 4.3 Intended users of Results and Description of Benefits
  • 4.4 Research Focus
  • 4.5 Technology Focus
  • 4.6 Critical Succes Factors
  • 5 Suggested Actions
  • 5.1 Community-Based systems Integration
  • 5.2 European Health Care Application Market Development
  • 5.3 Virtual Health Care Telematics Competence Centre
  • 6 Other Suggestions for Actions
  • 6.1 Accompanying Measures
  • 6.2 Project Selection Process
  • 6.3 Project Management
  • 6.4 Programme Financing
  • 6.5 Programme Marketing and Dissemination

• List of Reference Documents

• Annex 1. Obstacles for Implementation
  • A1.1 Public Policies, Financial, Industrial and Investment Issues
  • A1.2 Organisational Issues and Attitudes in the Healthcare
  • A1.3 Technology and Standardisation
  • A1.4 Regulatory and Medico-Legal Issues
  • A1.5 Infrastructure Related Issues

• Annex 2. Application Software SME Industry Analysis
  • A2.1 SME Industry Trends
  • A2.2 Market Related Issues
  • A2.3 Obstacles for Export
  • A2.4 Product Development Issues
  • A2.5 Standards, Models
  • A2.6 Product Specification Process
  • A2.7 Service Development Issues
  • A2.8 People, Management Issues

• Annex 3. Analysis of 4th Framework Programme
  • A3.1 Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT)

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