Based on the contractual commitments, on the medical domain analysis and use cases as presented in Deliverable D.2.1, we have identified the following major functional CARRE components: Patient application: This application integrates patient related personal information and forwards this to the CARRE personal repository. The main types of information this application will integrate are the…
DetailsThe CARRE conceptual model of risk factors enables the clinical experts in the CARRE project to encode the risk associations between biological, demographic, lifestyle and environmental elements and clinical outcomes in accordance with evidence from the clinical literature. The CARRE system is based fundamentally on Linked Data principles, and so in order to make the…
DetailsThe core of CARRE functionality revolves around the concept of comorbidity, and in particular comorbidities in the case of cardiorenal syndrome. From the overview of the medical domain presented in the CARRE Deliverable D.2.1, it is evident that cardiorenal disease and comorbidities is a complex domain. Related conditions do not have a single cause, but…
DetailsA field survey was conducted to identify CARRE end-user expectations in order to give user feedback for the definition of CARRE use cases and functional requirements. The survey targeted healthcare professionals of all levels, including General Practitioners, Specialized Medical Doctors, Nurses in Units and Outpatients Clinics, etc. and key persons in organizations that provide managed…
DetailsA field survey was conducted to identify CARRE end-user expectations in order to give user feedback for the definition of CARRE use cases and functional requirements. The survey targeted all types of potential CARRE end users, namely: patients with cardio renal disease and with or at risk of comorbidities and/or their carers – responses from…
DetailsThe aim of this survey is to help identify user perceptions of the major CARRE user group, namely patient (including healthy individuals at risk as well as their carers). The survey targeted patients with cardio renal disease and with or at risk of comorbidities and/or their carers. The survey was conducted via a questionnaire which…
DetailsCARRE consortium met for the second time last week. The meeting was held in the impressive premises of PIAP in Warsaw. Two full days were devoted in discussing thoroughly the project progress and plans ahead. The major goal of the meeting was to review progress in WP2 – Domain Analysis and plan ahead for the…
DetailsCardiorenal disease and comorbidities is a complex domain. Related conditions do not have a single cause, but evidence suggests that there are multiple causal chains. In order to capture this in CARRE, current evidence will be presented as a complex network of risk factors, that is, pairs of conditions one related to another via a…
DetailsCARRE will address the specific medical domain of cardiorenal disease and comorbidities as this is a very common, life threatening and costly condition and because it also presents a number of challenges and opportunities for the demonstration of CARRE outcomes. Cardiorenal syndrome (CRS) is the condition characterised by simultaneous kidney and heart failure while the…
DetailsCARRE project aims to innovate also in a different way. A small, albeit crucial, part of the work plan is dedicated to gender balance awareness. During Grant Negotiation with the European Commission, the project was given the chance to discuss Gender Aspects within the Technical Work Annex of the Contract. This spawned an interesting discussion within…
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