"AIM '92: Telematic systems for health care"
This document describes the technical content of the health care (AIM) action line under the specific programme of research and technological development in the field of telematics systems in areas of general interest (1990-1994). As well as detailed information on AIM projects plus listing of contacts and deliverables, the report includes: - AIM, past and present (overview, background, AIM exploratory action, standards in health informatics, the current R&D phase); - Telematics in health care (Council Decision, R&D workplan, strategic goals, call for proposals and selection of projects, participation and coverage, correspondence with domains of technology, implementation, social impact and quality of life); - Project lines (data and text coding standards, medical multimedia workstations and images, knowledge based and decision based support systems, rehabilitation, integrated instrumentation and biosignal handling, application framework for telemedicine, regulatory tools and quality assessment); - Programme execution (management tools, concertation, evaluation and audits, sponsoring partners, cooperation with other programmes, links within the telematics programme, RACE, INFOSEC, ESPRIT, TIDE, Community initiatives for disabled and elderly, EUREKA, R&D in Member States, concerted actions, consensus formation and standardization promotion, additional activities); - Summary of projects.