The I4C project is on the improvement of cardiac care, from prevention and treatment to followup to rehabilitation.
Communication is controlled by a brokerage layer and a communication layer.
In the data repository, CPR data and knowledge bases are stored, together with coding systems and thesauruses for diagnoses and drugs. The six systems at the bottom are examples of legacy systems. An important component of the project is structuring a multimedia patient record in cardiology. A common software interface is being developed for legacy systems which will facilitate the transfer of data from any system or digital device to the workstation. Generic software and existing tools for an integrated medical workstation will be implemented to enable interchange of cardiological data, biosignals and images within a hospital and from one hospital to another.