title: European prototype for integrated care (EPIC).
abstract: The EPIC project has devised a means by which care workers can share client information between different professions and different locations through the use of a common domain information model for the client dossier, the client reference dossier and the EPIC message. This approach will be tested by its application to the assessment, planning and delivery of care to individual elderly clients in the community with the intention of extending and applying it to other aspects of the business of the community care service and other client groups in the future.
authors.affiliation: South and East Belfast Community Unit, Northern Ireland, UK.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boydell
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McAllister
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care; D005060:Europe; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006699:Home Care Services; D007256:Information Systems; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D010865:Pilot Projects; D018511:Systems Integration