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PICNIC Technology
Dimitrios G Katehakis1, Morten Bruun-Rasmussen, Vesa Pakarinen
1FORTH, Institute of Computer Science, (katehaki@ics.forth.gr), G reece.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|September 15, 2005
Summary
The PICNIC project delivered open-source healthcare software components for integrated care, enabling secure, user-friendly networks across Europe. These reusable components facilitate clinical messaging, patient data access, and collaboration for wider industry adoption.
Area of Science:
- Health Informatics
- Software Engineering
- Information Technology
Background:
- The Professionals and Citizen Network for Integrated Care (PICNIC) project aimed to supply the European and global software market.
- An open-source (OS) approach was adopted, delivering components for integration into applications serving multiple regions.
Purpose of the Study:
- To detail the technology developed within the PICNIC project lifecycle.
- To focus on core services: Clinical Messaging, Patient Data Access, and Collaboration.
- To present the process of transforming functional specifications into reusable IT components and data sets.
Main Methods:
- Development of open-source software components.
- Creation of common data sets for healthcare services.
- Utilization of common documentation tools for IT service support.
- Addressing security and privacy concerns in healthcare IT.
Main Results:
- Successfully developed reusable OS components for integrated healthcare.
- Established common data sets supporting core healthcare services.
- Demonstrated a pathway for secure, user-friendly healthcare networks.
- Addressed critical security and privacy considerations.
Conclusions:
- The PICNIC project successfully produced open-source components for integrated healthcare solutions.
- The developed technology supports the creation of next-generation secure and user-friendly healthcare networks.
- The project's outcomes are suitable for exploitation by other regions and the industry.