Structuring the patient record: NUCLEUS (customisation environment for multi-media integrated patient records).

The NUCLEUS project (AIM A2025) develops a prototype of a multi-media integrated patient record, based on the concepts of intelligent act management as conceived in RICHE (Esprit 2221). Moreover, NUCLEUS creates facilities for the customisation of such patient record according to the requirements of the health professionals (physicians, nurses, therapists, etc.) who operate and consult the patient record. Health professionals retain full control of the patient record contents:--NUCLEUS offers facilities to structure any significant patient record, subject to the specifications of the health professionals involved. Finally, NUCLEUS implements its results in the practical clinical conditions of the three leading European hospitals.