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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
PubMed
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.

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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.

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  • 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.