AIM call for proposals
The Commission of the European Communities publishes a call for proposals for RTD projects in health care telematics (AIM), one area within the specific programme for research and technological development in the field of telematic systems in areas of general interest, 1990-1994. The purpose of this call is to allow developments already emerging from ongoing research activities in health care telematics to be tested and validated in the health care community. More specifically, proposing consortia are invited to address the categories of topics described below: - Topic 3.1: The integration, interconnection and validation of a reasonably large number of key AIM projects (it is possible that projects outside AIM could also be included). Services to be tested should cover the transmission of medical text, messages (including biosignals and medical images). Proposals may also provide a framework for the implementation of health care telematic services including all relevant parties; - Topic 3.2: Accompanying measures and/or concerted actions including the setting up of networks of demonstration centres. The proposed work should aim at demonstrating the results of ongoing European RTD efforts in health care telematics, and should be achieved by supporting large scale demonstration activities linked with implementation plans for health care telematics systems, or by establishing or coordinating pilot health care added-value telematic services in Europe for common use by health care providers. - Topic 3.3: Extension or strengthening of AIM projects. Proposals will seek to finalize products, or to promote the development of common results, or to demonstrate the viability of practical solutions of interest to health care decision makers and industry. The participation of industrial partners with a precise strategy for the exploitation of project results, and of local, regional, or national health care authorities, committed to the use of those results, is highly encouraged. Proposals retained under 3.3 can normally expect funding only in 1994 and subject to a favourable opinion at the autumn 1993 technical audit. In both 3.1 and 3.2 above, it is essential that proposers consider ongoing European standardization activities, that they build on the results of projects, and that they convincingly demonstrate their potential for collaboration with actors from a number of Member States. Health care providers and third parties involved in services at local, regional, national and transnational levels should be involved in the consortia to ensure that the tasks are performed on a wide basis and under real-life conditions. The total Community contribution to projects under 3.1 and 3.2 is planned to be in the region of ECU 7 million, while a further ECU 3.0 million is envisaged for topic 3.3. Proposals, for one or more topics, may be submitted in the required format to Commission of the European Communities Directorate-General XIII Telematics Systems Proposals Office BU29 200 rue de la Loi 1049 Brussels All correspondence concerning the call should be addressed to: Commission of the European Communities Directorate-General XIII, Direction C Health Care Telematics Telematics Systems Proposals Office (BU29 3/56) 200 rue de la Loi 1049 Brussels Tel. +32-2-2963422; Fax +322-2960181