TSD Projects - TSD (Principal Contractor - Italy)     Contact person for the project: Eng. Orsi Giorgio     The role of TSD-Projects in the Consortium is both to offer the technical expertise required for the definition of the project exploitation toghether with ELSAG. In particular TSD-Projects will be the main responsible for the exploitation initiatives, coordinating resources in order to get such a goal. - Agreement with international large players will be seeked in order to guarantee a wider market coverage. - TSD-Projects is also developing VR based solutions to be used in training courses for volunteers and paramedic in clinical emergencies (IST JUST project). The same type of approach to the market is adopted, therefore enhnacing the idea of creating "service centres" to share the investment (setup) costs and help diffusion of these centres. TSD-Projects is an Italian SME based in the outskirts of Milan. Its focus is on developing, integrating and offering informatic and telematic products and services for two specific markets: the pharmaceutical industry and the healthcare sector, both public and private. Furthermore, being a player in a market whose boundaries are being continuously redefined by technical innovation, the company dedicates a substantial part of its resources to R&D activities. Its dedication to innovation was recognised by the acknowledgement of the status of Research Company issued by the Italian Ministry of Research (registration no. 602318G3 in the official Registry of Research Companies).   Products/services Commercial products, provided services, R&D activities:       - Sector: pharmaceutical industry: distribution of advanced software packages for molecular modelling and design; graphic workstations; development of support tools for clinical trials; CANDA and telematics-based post-marketing surveillance and vigilance systems; management of information systems on Internet. - Sector: healthcare services: technical consultancy, DBMS application development and integration, inter-networking, distribution of third-parties software. - Sector: healthcare R&D: participation to national and international projects, funded by the European Commission in programmes such as the Telematics Programme, in the role of Project Coordinator/Manager. - Collaboration with several regional and local Health care Authorities and clinical research centres. Team dealing with healthcare sector Technical team and support staff directly employed by the company, plus some professionals acting as full-time independent consultants are growing steadily, together with the progressive transfer of innovative solutions from R&D to marketable products. Their expertise range from Electronic Engineering, Mathematics and Informatics, to Bio-engineering and Chemistry. Specific interests in the healthcare sector TSD-Projects focus his activities on the following technology areas: - Network Engineering (WAN, LAN, MAN); - Telematic applications (ISDN, Videotel, Satellite communications); - EDI (Electronic document Interchange). In particular, in the healthcare sector, TSD-Projects gives priority to: - Multimedia Medical Record for clinical departments - Management of clinical data in experimental protocols - Interactive analysis of medical images - Systems for image storage - Departmental networks