HYGEIAnet  was implemented during 01/01/1998-31/10/2001 under the INTERREG II program in  the context of the project "Crete - A telematics center".

The project's main objective was to contribute to the development of  Information Society at the Regional Level. It included R&D in three  application domains, culture, health and public administration. By building on  the results of previous research and development projects of ICS-FORTH, the  main objective of the project was to develop the technological infrastructure  of the region, to deploy at a large scale advance multi-sectorial telematics  applications and services, to evaluate their cost/benefit and cost  effectiveness, and to contribute to the preparation of the Region for entering  into the Information age. Especially, regarding to the health domain, HYGEIAnet  included  a set of Medical Information  Systems and a number of e-health services that developed, deployed and operated  in all healthcare organizations of the Regional Healthcare System (ESY) of  Crete.