Information and e-learning services for the efficient management of allergy and asthma, employingan integrated environment monitoring network, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2005, nr 4

In this paper we present a distributed telematic platform which is implemented to support health information management and innovative services to people suffering from allergies, asthma and rhinitis. The developed system establishes a trans-European information network offering specialized services to health professionals, patients and the public, by collecting, processing and distributing specialized data and informational content. An integrated monitoring and reporting system of aero-allergens is used to collect Pan-European environmental data and produce allergy maps, forecasting and danger level alerts. Informational content and e-learning resources are also consolidated and combined with personalized health management services. Through the created network, health information is supplied to sufferers via WWW and SMS technologies, and informational and learning resources are offered to health professionals. Sets of services were implemented in pilot form and offered to real users for testing purposes. The results were encouraging towards expansion to fully blown service at a Pan-European level

Cost-effective health services for interactive lifestyle management: the PANACEIA-iTV and the e-Vital concepts, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2005, nr 4

Information technology applications in medicine are rapidly expanding, and new methods and solutions are evolving since they are considered pivotal in the success of preventive medicine. In this paper two different concepts will be presented, the PANACEIA-iTV and the e-Vital concept. PANACEIA-iTV is a home care service provision system based on interactive TV technology and supported by the IST programme of the European Commission. The e-Vital service, supported by the eTEN programme of the European Commission, regards an integrated home care and telemonitoring service chain aimed at large sensitive parts of the European population, the "at-risk" citizens, who are usually patients with a stable medical condition that allow a near normal life but may suddenly deteriorate and put life at risk

ScienceDirect ICSIM Tourist Destination Marketing Supported by Electronic Capitalization of Knowledge peer-review under responsibility of The 2nd International Conference on Strategic Innovative Marketing

Abstract Marketing for tourist destinations, either as strategic planning or as short-term marketing-mix specification, has a lot to gain from computerized information tools. In this paper, we present knowledge engineering methods for the extraction and modeling of findings from market surveys and data analytics in the form of reusable and sharable knowledge. In contrast to information-based systems which are able to store and provide high quality information but their user relies on his own interpretation and decision abilities, we focus on a knowledge-based approach where data analysis and reasoning are consolidated and the system is thus able to provide solutions to common marketing problems. Data analysis methods suitable for discovering factors, associations, clusters and in general hidden patterns that explain a market phenomenon or customer behavior, are applied on multiple surveys related to tourist destination marketing. In addition, a computerized knowledge management process, utilizing ontologies and a rule-based inference engine, is developed to capitalize the extracted knowledge and offer it to support marketing planning problems. Preliminary results are presented on capturing the image of Thessaloniki as tourist destination and suggesting important factors for improving its promotion to individual visitor groups

EPOS: e-Procurement optimized system for the healthcare marketplace

One of the goals of procurement is to establish a competitive price, while e-procurement utilises electronic commerce to identify potential sources of supply, to purchase goods and services, to exchange contractual information and to interact with suppliers. Extensive academic work has been extensively devoted to e-procurement in diverse industries. However, applying e-procurement in the healthcare sector remains unexplored. It lacks an efficient e-procurement mechanism that will enable hospitals and healthcare suppliers to electronically exchange contractual information, aided by the technologies of optimisation and business rules. The development and deployment of e-procurement requires a major effort in the coordination of complex interorganisational business process. This article presents an e-procurement optimised system (EPOS) for the healthcare marketplace, a complete methodological approach for deploying and operating such system, as piloted in public and private hospitals in three European countries (Greece, Spain and Belgium) and suppliers of healthcare items in the fourth country (Italy). The efficient e-procurement mechanism that EPOS suggests enables hospitals and pharmaceutical and medical equipment suppliers to electronically exchange contractual information