Objective ITHACA aims to improve the quality of care provided to people living in the community through the development of telematics which support the sharing of information between those providing health and social care. The emphasis will be on support for assessment, care planning and delivery of care to the elderly, the mentally ill and for maternal and child health. Greater effectiveness of services will be achieved through the use of integrated technologies and analysis of data held within the database. There will be active participation of users throughout all stages of the project.The aim of ITHACA is to improve the quality of care provided to vulnerable people living in the community though the integration and validation of telematics services, capable of supporting the sharing of relevant information between health and social care professionals.The project will:- Validate and exploit the results of the European Prototype for Integrated Care (EPIC) project (a successful third framework project which developed telematic support for assessment and care planning for the elderly with integration of home telecare and shared antenatal care) within pilot sites with different primary care systems.- To validate the generic concepts and components developed in EPIC across other client groups, in particular those held within a client centred database.- To extend the functionality of the system to enhance its capability to improve efficiency and effectiveness of services through integration of existing technologies and through analysis of the information held within a client centred database.ITHACA will continue the work of developing a generic community information system by further validation of the elderly and antenatal applications in combination with new applications for mental illness and maternal and child health. The four pilot sites which took part in the EPIC project, Belfast, Turku, Andalucia and Oporto, will form the core sites for the development within the ITHACA project. Belfast and Turku will lead the development of the maternal and child health application. The new sites will specify their user requirements and validate the generic approach within different organisational structures. Representatives of all sites will participate in the users group meetings and the further development of the concepts important for the support of client focused community care. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth scienceshealth care serviceseHealthnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabases Programme(s) FP4-TELEMATICS 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development and demonstration in the area of telematic applications of common interest, 1994-1998 Topic(s) C.7 - Telematics Applications for Healthcare Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator South and East Belfast Health and Social Services Trust EU contribution No data Address Knockbracken Healthcare Park Saintfield Road BT8 8BH Belfast United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ADMINISTRACAO REGIONAL DE SAUDE DO NORTE Portugal EU contribution No data Address 1288,RUA SANTA CATARINA 4200 OPPORTO See on map Total cost No data GRUPO DE BIOINGENIERIA Y TELEMEDICINA Spain EU contribution No data Address CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA 28040 MADRID See on map Total cost No data HEALTH OFFICE CITY OF TURKU Finland EU contribution No data Address 2,LUOLAVUORENTIE 20701 TURKU See on map Total cost No data NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Greece EU contribution No data Address 9,HEROON POLITECHNIOU - ZOGRAFOS CAMPUS 15780 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data SERVICIO ANDALUZ DE SALUD Spain EU contribution No data Address 18,AVENIDA CONSTITUCION 41071 SEVILLA See on map Total cost No data