CARRE meets DrInventor

In Jan. 2015, at EU Dr Inventor (Promoting Scientific Creativity by Utilising Web-based Research Objects: FP7-ICT-2013.8.1) project meeting that was held in Maynooth University, Ireland, CARRE work on data mining was presented as related project. CARRE and Dr Inventor share some of the key technologies in its tasks, such as Data mining, semantically representing mined…

Risk factor conceptual model

The 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…

Risk Factor as a Central Concept in CARRE

Cardiorenal 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…

Gender Balance in CARRE

CARRE 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…

CARRE kick-off meeting participants.

CARRE project kicks-off

The CARRE project (Personalized patient empowerment and shared decision support for CARdioREnal disease and comorbidities) kicked off last week, on November 14, 2013. The CARRE project is expected to reinforce the cardiorenal patients’ understanding of the disease and the complex interdependencies of existing or projected comorbidities, supporting personalized treatment stratification, monitoring alerts, education and shared…