THE PROJECT

The ERDDS project aimed at collecting and reusing digital information available from the Radiology Department throughout the EU, in order to define a referral European Radiological Classification system, in both medical and administrative domain, and to set up a European radiological digital data integration framework.

Medical imaging did not experience, so far, a real breakthrough, mostly due to the lack of commonly accepted European radiology classification and taxonomy systems. ERDDS addressed this relevant limiting factor by:

• Making available, disseminating and supporting exhaustive information in the radiological sector, through its portal, with a simple and easy-to-use interface.
• Defining a unified European radiology framework, based on a glossary and the classification of Medical Imaging services.
• Facilitating the creation and the growth of a European teleradiology sector.
• Supporting both integration and re-use of public sector medical knowledge.

The ERDDS project objectives were to exploit the available digital contents on the Radiology Department throughout the EU, to define a European Radiological Classification to be taken as a reference in both medical and administrative domain, and to set up a European radiological digital data integration framework.

These efforts were mainly meant to:

• Support integration and re-use of public sector medical knowledge, in order to facilitate the development of pan-European radiological digital data collections for professionals, policy makers and citizens.
• Make available, disseminate and support information and data for benchmarking, evaluation and standardization of radiology workflow and performances, including fares comparison among different EU healthcare systems
• Define a unfired European radiology framework, based on a glossary and a classification of Medical Imaging services, with a standardized, multilingual and integrated approach to support the RIS (Radiological Information System) , and HIS (Hospital Information System)
• Facilitate the creation and the growth of a European teleradiology sector, enabling contacts and providing services to public institutions and citizens, among different European Countries.
• Create a European data collection of public sector medical data information including benchmarking, evaluation and standardization of radiology workflow and performances.

CONSORTIUM

A consolidated research group with a renowned academic and industrial profile.

• Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi (AOC), General Direction and Radiological Department, Florence (IT)
• Fundation Hospital Alcorcon, Area Diagnostico por Imagen (FHA), Alcorcon (ES)
• IMS – Istituto di Management Sanitario Spa (IMS) (IT)
• Società Italiana di Radiologia Medica (SIRM) (IT)
• Sociedad Espanola de Radiologia Med (ES)
• Faculty Hospital Motole, Radiological Department (FN Motol) (CZ)
• algoWatt SpA (IT)
• Sadiel S.A. (ES)
• Societè Francaise de Radiologie, (SFR) (FR)
• Hopital Europèen George Pompidou, Departiment de Radiologie (HEGP) (FR)