SAPHIRE Newsletter Issue nr.3

The

GAZETTE

Issue nr. 3

SAPHIRE NEWSLETTER

Date: October 2006

Contents

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Contact with SAPHIRE

The Saphire Gazette is a quarterly publication of the Saphire project for dissemination purposes. Saphire is a Specific Targeted Research Project (STREP) co-financed by the European Commission and the Sixth Framework Programme, under Priority 2.4.13 for “Strengthening the Integration of the ICT research effort in an Enlarged Europe” Focus: eHealth. Project full title is: Intelligent Healthcare Monitoring based on a Semantic Interoperability Platform. Contract no.: IST-27074. Project start: January 2006. Project duration: 30 months. Project web site: http://www.srdc.metu.edu.tr/webpage/projects/saphire

Editorial

We welcome you to this third issue of our Saphire project newsletter.

The idea for this newsletter is that each time a different partner is responsible for the preparation of its content, the style of the articles and the selection of topics.

This time hosting partner is OFFIS from Germany. In the following sections you can learn more about us, about our projects, our views on the current developments in the area if health reforms and the adoption of new technologies.

Have a nice reading!

The OFFIS team

Learn more about the OFFIS Research and Development Institute

OFFIS

OFFIS, short for "Oldenburg Research and Development Institute for Information Technology Tools and Systems" was founded in 1991 by the State of Lower Saxony, the University of Oldenburg and professors from the Department of Computer Science.

The InterOFFIS-Project

The OFFIS Institute in Oldenburg concentrates its research activities in six R&D divisions which all focus on different scientific communities. To merge these activities, an internal project was created.

Interview

Professor Andreas Hein

The SAPHIRE project aims to develop an intelligent healthcare monitoring and decision support system on a platform integrating the wireless medical sensor data with hospital information systems. How close do you think to an innovation?

Andreas profile

State of the art: Saphire in the world

The SAPHIRE Project

The SAPHIRE project monitors the vital parameters of patients in clinical- and home environment settings. In the clinical environment the superior goal is to receive long term readings from the patient while allowing the patient the utmost freedom of lifestyle possible. In the home environment the rehab activity of the patient is measured.

Cultural links

Oldenburg - City in Green

With over 158,000 residents, Oldenburg is not only a manageable but also a green major city: surrounding forests, extensive parking facilities, the palatial garden and the gardens of the one and two-family homes provide a natural ambience.

Impressum