The iWebCare project aims to develop advanced ICT tools, which will assist public administrators in detecting and preventing fraud. These tools will apply data mining and self-learning algorithms on existing transactions and records in order to identify irregular behavior and accurately assess the probability that it is fraudulent. Development and design will produce a web services platform which users will be able to access through the Internet. The European scope of the platform will be tested in real conditions through its deployment in two different countries (UK and Greece) and will serve as a hands-on test of its feasibility and applicability.

iWebCare consortium is a well-balanced consortium consisting of 8 partners from 6 European countries, namely Germany (Fraunhofer Institute AIS), Greece (ICCS-NTUA, Agilis SA, Hellenic Social Security Fund of Health Care Professionals), United Kingdom (NHS/RBH), Belgium (Intrasoft International), Italy (Università di Napoli Federico II/DMS) and Slovakia (Comenius University/FM). The multinational nature of the consortium increases significantly the project’s chances of fruitful completion. Consortium members bring diversified background and complementary competences to it.

iWebCare will enable organizations will be able to reduce financial looses due to fraud because they will be able to identify new fraud methodologies faster and establish policies to neutralize them as well as isolate cases for investigation. Its flexible approach will make it applicable in the broader e-Government sector. While, its product will ensure homogeneity and consistency while promoting awareness and harmonization of fraud detection practices among health care systems in the EU.