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Project title	Year started	Short intro about the project
Alternative user-interfaces for health based services on mobile devices - Case: Vision impaired with the chronic disease diabetes	2004	The information society makes large amounts data available in databases and as hypertext on the web. This information can be hard to access for a large portion of the population which is not power-users of such technology.
Automatic transfer of blood glucose data from children with type 1 diabetes	2002	New solutions may improve the everyday life of children with diabetes type 1 and their families. The Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine (NST) is running a project with wireless and automatic transfer of blood glucose data, especially for children and youth who have type 1 diabetes.
Automatic transfer of blood glucose data to health professionals	2004	The Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine is participating in the project "Wireless Health and Care". The objective of the project is to develop solutions for and demonstrate applications of wireless data transmission and wireless networks in the public health service.
Better Breathing	2007	A new model for continuous care of chronic patients - eCare, eRehabilitation, eCommunity and eLearning for patients with breathing handicaps
Broadband born	2001	Electronic transmission of sonograms and CTG registrations from remote areas to centrally located specialists.
Cogknow: helping people with light dementia navigate their day	2006	The European Cogknow project aims to develop technological solutions to help people with mild dementia experience greater autonomy and feelings of empowerment and enjoy an enhanced quality of life.
Common medication list	2004	Errors in medication are a widespread problem in Norway. A computer-based tool for information exchange and an adjustment of routines could minimize the problem.
Diabetes and eLearning	2003	This project aims to exemplify new tools and methods for patient self management and easier access to existing education services. These new tools and methods should be easy available and user adapted.
Digital TV and patient information	2003	The projects objective is to explore the potential of Digital TV, in reaching patients and the health interested community, with information by lexical text, presented on the TV.
Eczema counselling via the internet - a randomized controlled trial	2005	The project will survey if internet based counselling directly home to the parents of children with atopic eczema leads to improvement of the children's health, and if the parents feel increased management of their children's disease.
ElderlyCare@2020	2002	In cooperation with the Norwegian Industrial and Regional development Fund (SND), the Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine initiated development of future perspectives on the home care and nursing sector during 5 to 10 years from now.
GRO Comfort Zone for Elderly	2000	The project focuses on home-based caring service. The overall goal is to create a complete service package for senior citizens at their own homes.
Health E-Wise / www.HelsE-vett.no	2000	Quality assurance of health related services on the Internet. A website for people using the Internet for health purposes.
IS_ACTIVE	2009	The goal of IS_ACTIVE is to devise a person-centric healthcare solution for patients with chronic conditions.
Implementation of electronic patient records and mobile units in Vindafjord municipality	2002	The objective of this study is to evaluate the advantages of implementating electronic patient records and mobile units, and identify factors that hinder or promote the implementation of mobile care in a typical Norwegian municipality.
Improved use of blood glucose data	2007	We are designing a system which makes it possible for people with diabetes to use their blood glucose readings in a better way than today, reducing long-term diabetes complications and avoiding unpleasant and even dangerous situations of hypoglycaemia.
Internet as aid for mental health	1998	Clinical perspective on four Internet users experience of social contact through the Internet.
Local Medical Centres with Decentralised Specialist Services and Telemedicine	2002	The aim of the project is to create a relevant model, also with respect to certain categories of patients, who are in special need of cooperation between the two organisational levels in the health care system.
M@ritim - Medical assistance and Consultation to Seafarers via Telemedicine - a Survey	2000	The health services for those out at sea is less available and contains fewer services than that which is available to the general public.
Mental health and coping on the Internet	2000	Establishing a meeting place for people with mental disorders through the integration of the website "Coping" with Mental Health Norway's (MH) own website.
Mental health on the Internet: Online interaction patterns in mental health	1999	The project investigated interaction patterns in Norwegian online discussion forums related to mental health. Two studies were performed. First, we explored differences between thematically distinct discussion forums. Second, we investigated the consequences of health-care professionals being involved in a discussion forum.
Mobile broadband technology in Home Services	2000	Improving domestic visiting care services by developing broad band home-based care apparatus ICT solutions that are adapted to the needs of the user.
MyHealth@Age - Improved Health, Safety and Well being for Elderly People living in Northern Periphery regions	2008	Many elderly people feel unsafe outside their homes. This limits their social contacts and physical activities. MyHealth@Age aims to provide products and services to make it possible for elderly people to feel safer and live a more active and healthy life.
MyHealthService - personal healthcare technology and services for elderly chronically ill	2007	In the project MyHealthStation in 2005, NST, Well, UNN and Norut designed and developed a prototype of a system for home based training, self-management and following-up of patients/chronically ill over broadband networks.
Opptur - Smoke-free on the Net	2006	NST is updating and evaluating the net-based interactive smoking cessation program Opptur (available from here).
PERSONA: perceptive spaces promoting independent aging	2007	The European FP-6 project PERSONA aims at the development of sustainable and affordable solutions for the social inclusion and independent living of Senior Citizen through harmonisation of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) technologies and concepts.
PaSent - The Patient's Personal Health Adviser	?	The PaSent project focus on constructing an electronic patient advisor to help search for information on the internet.
Palestine Telemedicine Rehabilitation Network	2006	This project will aim to establish the first National Telemedicine Rehabilitation Network in Palestine. The network will link the four national rehabilitation centers in Palestine to each other and to relevant rehabilitation centers abroad.
PasientLink	2002	Project aiming to provide a means for secure electronic communication between patients and their GPs.
Pathways	2008	Patient pathways in cancer patients. What is the better pathway?
REMOTE	2009	Integrated and modular system for remote health and social care to support independent living of elderly with chronic conditions living in rural and isolated areas.
Scenario Individual Plan and ICT	2002	With basis in the need for providing users with a more comprehensive, coordinated and individually adjusted solution, there will be deveopled scenarios to illustrate how the life of people with long-lasting needs for care might turn out in the future.
Smart Home Technology in Norwegian home-based Health and Social Services	2001	A nationwide survey was conducted in 2001. The objective of the survey was to gain an overview of the use and experiences with smart home technology in Norway.
Smarthomes - higher municipal propagation and increased communication	2002	In this project we study processes in introducing smarthome technology into municipals to reveal for other municipals how to achieve success and what bottlenecks to avoid when introducing such technology.
Social Support in a Wired World	1999	Study exploring the use of the four major Norwegian mental health related online discussion forums. Article published in Nordic Journal of Psychiatry.
Survey of the need for new telemedicine solutions for use at home by patients with kidney failure	2008	The objective of the project is to survey the needs of patients who receive home-based dialysis, and to result in the development of new solutions and services that could help to enable more patients to receive home-based dialysis.
Technology supported delivery models for behavorial family interventions	2005	How can preventative family skills be more effectively developed and maintained with the support of information and communication technologies?
Telemedicine in Afghanistan	2003	The Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine wants to investigate whether it is feasible to use telemedicine in the education of female health personnel in Afghanistan.
User participation in ehealth research and development	2003	The objective of the project is to establish user participation as a practical means of ensuring the quality of the research and development conducted by The eHealth Consumer Programme.
User-interaction in patient terminals	2007	As mobile phones and computers have become more common there is increasing interest in using these devices for providing health related services.
WHO/European survey on eHealth consumer trends	2005	The NST/ WHO collaborating centre for Telemedicine is co-ordinating an international survey on eHealth consumer trends. Key issues of the study are: Social gap related to the digital divide, public health, trust and monitoring.