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ITHACA. Telematics for integrated client centred care.

V Karounou1, L Boydell

  • 1N.T.U.A., Dept of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Athens, Greece.

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|December 8, 1996
PubMed
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The ITHACA project developed a client-centered community care information system to support case management. This system integrates health and social care professionals for improved home-based client services.

Area of Science:

  • Health Informatics
  • Telemedicine
  • Social Care Technology

Background:

  • Community-based care models emphasize client needs and multidisciplinary teams.
  • Existing health and social care practices exhibit similarities across diverse settings.
  • The need for integrated information systems in community care is growing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and develop an information system supporting client case management in community care.
  • To create a generic model representing diverse health and social care requirements.
  • To implement a client/patient-centered community care information system demonstrator.

Main Methods:

  • System analysis and design based on user organization philosophies.
  • Development of a generic model for health and social care procedures.

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  • Implementation of a distributed information system across community centers and client homes.

    • Main Results:

    • Identification of common practices and procedures across diverse care sites.
    • Development of a generic model adaptable to local health and social care needs.
    • Creation of a client-centered community care information system demonstrator.

    Conclusions:

    • A unified, client-focused information system can effectively support community-based care.
    • Generic modeling facilitates the representation of diverse healthcare and social care requirements.
    • The ITHACA system demonstrator shows the feasibility of integrated, distributed community care information systems.