ICT Tools for the diagnosis of Autoimmune diseases in the Mediterranean Area

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Italy - Malta

Date of latest update: 2023-03-09

Description

Description (EN):

I.T.A.M.A. aims to enhance health and quality of life, by improving the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases (MAI), with a focus on the study of celiac disease in the Mediterranean. The overall objective is activate a network between research and productive environments in the healthcare sectors to develop innovative ICT Tools for the diagnosis of MAI, and related technology transfer tools. The two main outputs produced are: a) Database and innovative ICT tools to support the diagnosis of celiac disease for Healthcare delivery services. b) Technology transfer services by modeling production processes based on the project’s results for health companies and specialized enterprises. In current emergency context, the ITAMA project decided to take actions against the COVID-19 Pandemic aiming to develop further activities. The project aims to realize - an online tool for the analysis and monitoring of symptoms that could indicate the presence of COVID-19; - an e-learning platform with educational content regarding the symptoms that may indicate the presence of the virus, indications on social distance, useful rules for protection with the use of masks and other protective clothing, useful rules for one's own hygiene. The ITAMA project is also in the best conditions to analyse public data online with the methodologies of IA, adapting its DSS and enhancing it with territorial and geographical information to process information and draw up scientific/epidemiological studies. These studies can be used for the purpose of prevention in the area and optimization of medical resources in local health structures.

Achievements (EN):

ITAMA is a multidisciplinary project, part financed by the Interreg Italia Malta programme, that ran from June 2018 to March 2022. The aim of the project was to verify the effectiveness of less invasive testing methods to diagnose Coeliac Disease, especially in children of paediatric age. Over the course of 3 years and 10 months ITAMA built a robust diagnostic process and IT tools. Partners from Sicily and Malta worked together to screen over 20,000 Maltese minors and around 1,000 Sicilian subjects using a very simple PoCT, which is supplemented by a questionnaire to allow parents to list the presence of particular symptoms in their children. Both of these results were then entered into a database that stores the data and allows for the suggesting of further tests on the child. All of this data was then used to form a Decision Support System that uses Artificial Intelligence to suggest to medical professionals the steps to take in an optimised and personalised diagnostic path.

Website: https://italiamalta.eu/?lang=en

Expected Results (EN): N. 2 Healthcare enterprises that adopt the innovative tools developed in the project.

Expected Outputs (EN):

N. 2 enterprises that use the database of metadata for the diagnosis of autoimmune diseases. N. 22000 children in pediatric age who will undergo screening for celiac disease. N. 2 enterprises that use dedicated biomedical software and innovative systems to support the diagnosis of celiac disease. N. 5 enterprises that use technology transfer services. plus N.1 online tool for the analysis and monitoring of symptoms that could indicate the presence of COVID-19; N.1 e-learning platform with educational content regarding how to prevent virus infection.

Thematic information

Health and social services ICT and digital society

Specific Objective: Enhance the activities of innovation and research to satisfy the development needs of the cooperation area

Thematic Objective: (01) strengthening research, technological development and innovation by:

Investment Priority:

(01b) promoting business investment in R&I, developing links and synergies between enterprises, research and development centres and the higher education sector, in particular promoting investment in product and service development, technology transfer, social innovation, eco-innovation, public service applications, demand stimulation, networking, clusters and open innovation through smart specialisation, and supporting technological and applied research, pilot lines, early product validation actions, advanced manufacturing capabilities and first production, in particular in key enabling technologies and diffusion of general purpose technologies

Partners (4)

Lead Partner: Università di Palermo

Department: Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica

Address: Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 18, 90128 Palermo, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: www.unipa.it

Total budget: EUR 838 053.34

ERDF budget: EUR 712 345.34

AcrossLimits Ltd

Name: AcrossLimits Ltd

Department: European Projects Division

Address: 72, Gateway Centre, Kappillan Mifsud Street, HMR 1856 Hamrun, Malta

Legal status: private

Total budget: EUR 163 587.22

ERDF budget: EUR 139 049.00

Minister of Health, Malta

Name: Minister of Health, Malta

Department: Health Department

Address: Mater Dei Hospital, MSD 2080 Msida, Malta

Legal status: public

Website: www.deputyprimeminister.gov.mt

Total budget: EUR 545 821.00

ERDF budget: EUR 463 948.00

Università degli Studi di Messina

Name: Università degli Studi di Messina

Department: Dip. di Patologia umana dell'adulto e dell'età evolutiva "Gaetano Barresi"

Address: Piazza Pugliatti 1, 98122 Messina, Italy

Legal status: public

Website: www.unime.it

Total budget: EUR 534 160.00

ERDF budget: EUR 454 036.00

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Università di Palermo

ICT Tools for the diagnosis of Autoimmune diseases in the Mediterranean Area

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AcrossLimits Ltd

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Minister of Health, Malta

ICT Tools for the diagnosis of Autoimmune diseases in the Mediterranean Area

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Università degli Studi di Messina

ICT Tools for the diagnosis of Autoimmune diseases in the Mediterranean Area

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Summary

Project name (EN): ICT Tools for the diagnosis of Autoimmune diseases in the Mediterranean Area

Project name (IT): ICT Tool per la diagnosi di malattie Autoimmuni nell’Area Mediterranea

Project acronym: I.T.A.M.A.

Project start date: 2018-06-01

Project end date: 2022-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 2 294 623.00

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 1 950 430.00

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 85.00%

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ERDF: Amount, .

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Financing programme

2014 - 2020 INTERREG V-A Italy - Malta

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2022-11-30

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

26 / 26 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

129 / 129 (100%)

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Information provided by the Programme. Achievements were retrieved by Interact from the Programme website (https://italiamalta.eu/?lang=en), or a website directly linked from it, on 2021-11-22, 2023-01-24. and 2024-03-19.

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