The AEROSPACE Programme

1. Space Applications for Human Life Protection in Hazardous Circumstances The AEROSPACE Programme Excellence Centre for Space Applications in Medicine and Human Biological Welfare

2. The AEROSPATIAL Programme Under ROmanian Space Agency (ROSA) coordination, is the first public funding mechanism supporting aero-space research and application development one of the strategic options: TELEMEDICINE

3. The Telemedicine Need in Romania • Environment: • Remote undeveloped, inaccessible zones; • Disaster (flood, seismic activity) hazard; • Medical assistance to be improved. • Needs: • Resource sharing and management; • Mobile, remote medical assistance; • Integration of clinical databases; • Training & education of medical personnel; • International integration and compatibility.

4. The Telemedicine Premises in Romania • Institutional Basis: • Government Strategy; • National Programs Funding; • ROSA - ESA agreements; • Romanian Government - NASA agreement. • Premises: • Development of IT&C infrastructure and services; • Awareness of the public and medical community; • Political will and support; • Public funding support.

5. The first Telemedicine-Oriented Projects *) • Fundeni Telemedicine Pilot - Telemedicine System • REALTRACE - Real-Time Movement Monitoring • SMOPERR - Monitoring Humans under Risk Conditions • The Excellence Centre for Space Applications in Medicine and Human Biological Welfare • *) details on specific projects and activities are available on demand or on web references provided at the end of this presentation integration expansion

6. telemedicine precision agriculture global positionning societal applications remote sensing navigation systems broadband communications distance learning disaster management weather forecast and warning environment protection Space Technologies Spin-off

7. involvement Space Applications in Medicine & Welfare Strategic Board outcome The ROSA Umbrella • Professional personalities: • high, positive commitment • mix-qualification skills • professional recognition • various affiliations • coherent strategy • specific targets • recommendations • harmonization

8. The Excellence Centre Mission • To be a productive context for telemedicine applications development, beneficial for health care, health preservation, and human life protection within a clean environment • Instruments: • strong, valuable, national and international partnership; • use of up-to-date technological support; • coherent strategic management and funding; • sustained, continuous, e-education for specialists and public; • information and disemination of knowledge for, • public and institutional awareness increasing.

9. The Excellence Centre Partnership Appeal • Professional partners: • medical institutions interested in telemedicine; • research and application institutions in para-medical field; • IT&C know-how and applications suppliers. • Synergetic partners: • governmental institutions and organizations; • non-governmental organizations; • societal beneficiary institutions and organizations; • educational structures. • Economic categories partners: • public, non-profit; • private, commercial.

10. The Excellence Centre Partnership Status • Telemedicine partners: • The Fundeni Telemedicine Pilot (strategic) • Clinic Departments in Romania • `Virginia Commonwealth University - USA • Human biological welfare partners: • The National Institute for Sports Research (strategic) • Space technology application partners: • The Institute for Space Sciences (strategic) • The REDGRID Consortium • Independent professional personalities • IT&C applications partners

11. The Excellence Centre Projects • Major projects in progress: • The National Telemedicine System expansion • Human health protection and recovery • Romanian Telemedicine Association establishment • Calls for national funded projects: • Medical data processing and mining • GRID Technology support applications • Calls for international cooperations: • Medical imaging processing and knowledge extraction • European Sports Medicine Virtual University

12. Medical Inst. Life Sci. Inst. Prof. Assoc. Technol. Inst. public NGO SME coop. agreements Telemedicine Fundeni Pilot co-funding International support: projects, grants, joint co-operation and co-funding coop. agreements coop. agreements Telemedicine and Welfare Know-How and Technology Partners Gov. Inst. (i.e. ROSA) NP/R&D project funding support, supplies Aiming to a National Telemedicine System connected to an International Network Services Providers Internet & Comm. Prov. Techology Suppliers fees Excellence Centre for Space Applications in Medicine and Welfare Telemedicine & e-Medicine System GRID REDGRID INTERNET Excellence Centre Strategy

13. The Excellence Centre Roadmap Integration of Medical, Welfare and Environmental Applications with Romanian and International Partners Mobile Telemedicine Continuous Medical Education Intensive IT (GRID) Applications 2004 New members from public and private area 2003 GRID facilities installation Calls for National and International Projects Other medical partners The Institute for Space Sciences Technological Private Companies Clinic, Educational and Dissemination Actions The National Institute for Sport Research Independent professional personalities The Centre Initiation 2002 The Fundeni Telemedicine Pilot The Centre for Surgery and Liver Transplantation The Fundeni Medical Imaging Department 2001 The first Telemedicine Projects under ROSA support

14. attention of international patners medical services NGO’s IT&C R&D Excellence Centre public & private application pool Attraction Effect in Domestic Environment • “Gravity” Pattern: • coherent strategy, • common projects, • technological needs, • societal needs .... • Critical mass irradiation: • competence • solutions • education • opportunities ....

15. Medical Mobile Units Medical Units Abroad Fundeni Site NISR radio streamer Polytechnica University Site Optical fiber ring Partners Magurele GRID Access Point Internet Barebone & GRID Communication ISS Excellence Centre Communication Support

16. switch Department of Medical Imaging LAN to CGSLT LAN to DMI LAN GRID server A - DMI server & database surgery B - CGSLT server & database A B video-conference room & CODEC system router switch Ethernet to media converter Applications Tier 3 Center of General Surgery and Liver Transplantation LAN Excellence Centre IT System at Fundeni Site

17. switch Human Performance Department to NMRA LAN to HPD LAN A - HPD server & databases Neuro Motric Recovery Applications A B switch GRID & Sports Medicine Virtual University B - NMRA server & database GRID server & VU intranet router Ethernet to media converter Applications Tier 3 Excellence Centre IT System at NISR Site

18. NIPNE – HH Grid Certified Access Points Tier 3 to Magurele site institutions conventional intranet facilities router REDGRID Regional Tier 2 fiber optic media converter Tier 3 Institute of Space Sciences Grid Certified Access Points router Excellence Centre GRID Applications Access GRID Access Facility at Magurele Site

19. Web Portal: www.e-medicina.ro

20. Contact Information • The Excellence Center for Space Applications in Medicine and Human Biological Welfare • Strategic Board Contact • Vlad Văleanu • e-mail: vlad@donnamaria.ro • Web information: • general context: http://www.e-medicina.ro • current presentation: http://www.e-medicina.ro -> documents