In 2017, a series of meetings have been held between the European Reference Regions with the aim of fostering the deployment of innovative solutions for active and healthy ageing. “Scale AHA” is an initiative of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA). It seeks to promote scaling-up, deployment and implementation [...]
This workshop took place on 21st November in Glasgow in the context of the Scottish Digital Health and Care Week, the European Week of Regions and Cities, and the initiative Reflecting on Europe by the European Committee of the Regions. The event attracted public policy-makers, healthcare professionals, representatives of social care, housing and voluntary sectors, [...]
On 28th November this reflection and dialogue session was held in Granada. During the session the challenges to be addressed to personalise integrated care were assessed. The aim of the 6th OPIMEC Forum 2017 was to provide professionals with a forum for reflection, to share experiences and analyse basic tools to promote health care focused [...]
On 23rd November, the Europa Congress Palace in Vitoria-Gasteiz has hosted the fourth edition of this conference, which is gaining more and more importance among professionals from different fields. Good Practices (GP) are understood to be interventions or experiences that have proven to be effective and can be transferred within the healthcare system and in [...]
From 19 to 24 October, the headquarters of “Technopolis City of Athens” in Athens, was the chosen location for the new edition of the eHealth Forum. The conference is an annual meeting point for health professionals, managers, researchers, management teams, social and healthcare representatives, and technological companies alike. This year’s mission was the search of [...]
At the meeting held on 18 October in Leicester, the coordinating region, the partners analysed the milestones achieved to date and defined the actions to be carried out before the project end in December 2017. Within the Pre-Start project, “Prevention Strategies for Adolescents at Risk of Diabetes”, they have worked on a tool to identify young teens (12-14 [...]
The event which took place on 9th October was part of the Week of Health and INNovation (WHINN) held from 10th to 12th October 2017 in Odense (Denmark). The ACT@Scale project has been operational for 18 months. The overall goal is to scale-up good practices in Integrated Care and Telemonitoring. This intends to contribute to [...]
On 26th November 2017 the projects and results obtained to date by REDISSEC will be presented in the Ernest Lluch Room of the Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid. This 5th conference intends to be a forum for sharing international insights involving Research on Healthcare Services and foster reflecting upon the possible future direction of [...]
From 2nd to 6th October the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow were the selected venues to welcome the participants of workshops and on site visits. The European project, Network for Technology, Innovation and Translation in Ageing (TITTAN), funded by the Interreg Europe programme, has launched the third thematic area focused on “ raising citizen's awareness [...]
At the event tasks undertaken in recent months were analysed and actions to be taken prior to the first project review before the European Commission were defined. Ghent (Belgium) was the venue selected to hold the third general meeting gathering the 12 partners of C3-Cloud project. From 27th to 29th September the milestones achieved to [...]
The first meeting with the Panel of Experts of ADVANTAGE Joint Action was held on 25th and 26th September. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Menorca Summer School of Public Health, in Llatzeret de Maó (Balearic Islands). ADVANTAGE is a project jointly founded under the EU Public Healthcare Programme 2014-2020 which intends [...]
From 9th to 12th October, Brussels will hold the European Week of Regions and Cities 2017 (EWRC 2017), co-organised by the Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy of the European Commission (DG REGIO) and the Committee of the Regions (CoR). This event will mark the 15th anniversary of the EWRC. The meeting will be focused [...]
From 18th to 20th September, the city of Vilna in Lithuania was the host selected to kick-start the European Commission CHRODIS-PLUS Joint Action. The prevalence of chronic diseases in Europe is on the increase. This translates into greater consumption of healthcare resources by patients suffering from them. Chronic diseases are estimated to cost the European [...]
The Basque Country is represented in this project by Bioef, as a partner, and Kronikgune, among other Basque network agents. ITHACA (InnovaTion in Health And Care for All) aims for participating regions to share experiences and good practices on smart innovation in the healthcare sector. Its purpose is to encourage active healthy ageing among the [...]
AAATE, “The Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology in Europe”- conference was held from 11th to 15th of September in Sheffield, UK. This year the conference focused on addressing the global challenge of meeting peoples' needs and showing them the benefit which may be obtained by using technology in care. The conference (http://www.aaate2017.eu/), aimed [...]
Different activities to exchange knowledge among the regions are expected to be organised in forthcoming months. In TITTAN, Network for Technology, Innovation and Translation in Ageing, a knowledge exchange network was set up between the seven regions participating in the project. Its aim is to improve quality and efficiency in healthcare systems regarding active and [...]
On 27 and 28 June, all the members of the European Scirocco project gathered in AReS Puglia, in the region of Bari, to hold the project’s second General Assembly. Scirocco, “SCaling IntegRated Care in COntext” aims to provide a validated and proven tool that facilitates the scaling and successful transfer of Good Practices in integrated [...]
ADVANTAGE joint initiative which kicked off at the beginning of 2017 is co-financed as part of the EU Public Health Programme 2014-2020 to prevent frailty. During the three years of the project, 22 European Member States, including Kronikgune and Osakidetza (Basque National Health Service) representing the Basque Country, will define a common framework to address [...]
On 15th and 16th June, Palacio Miramar in Donostia - San Sebastián hosted the latest European congress “Digital Health: Innovating to move forward” organised by Osakidetza and the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) Summer Courses. Healthcare and social care professionals, managers, researchers, technology firms, universities and patients discussed, learnt and generated knowledge and innovation [...]
At this meeting all the tasks carried out to date were followed up and short and medium-term actions were established. On 1 and 2 June, the members of the C3-Cloud consortium met in Paris. Critical aspects identified in the work packages were shared and possible solutions were explored at this meeting. C3-Cloud, A Federated Collaborative [...]
From 29-31 May the third workshop took place in the cities of Amsterdam and Almere. Presenting Good Practices during the meeting in Amsterdam. The TITTAN European project aims to exchange knowledge and good practices in relation to the development of policies that can promote the design and use of innovative technological solutions for [...]
This partnership is part of what the European Commission has called “twinning” between regions. The meeting where was presented the population stratification of the Basque Country. In 2016 the European Commission recognised The Basque Country as a Reference Site to implement a comprehensive and innovative focus in the development, adoption and implementation of [...]
The Health Services in Chronic Disease Research Network (REDISSEC) along with Alcalá University has organised the second edition of the "Expert in Health Services and Chronic Disease Research” course. In order to provide solid and appropriate evidence regarding best policies, practices and organisational models, with a view to improving the results of health care for [...]
The capital city of Malta hosted the congress eHealth Week 2017 from 10 to 12 May, 2017. The main theme for this year was Data for Health: the key to personalized sustainable care. Under this topic, the congress sought to give relevance to the data that are located at the heart of the services and [...]
On 24 April, Bilbao hosted the first session of Aging Bilbao. A meeting point for healthcare professionals, representatives of the social-healthcare sector and technological companies. The purpose was to show how technology and innovation are improving the quality of life of the elderly. Likewise, the session addressed home care, a field in which new technologies [...]
Osakidetza was granted the renowned “Integrated Care Award” at the gala dinner held on 9 May in Dublin. From 8 to 10 May 2017, Dublin hosted the 17th International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC). The Basque Country had the opportunity to present the projects it was involved in together with Osakidetza, Kronikgune and Bioef. The [...]
Prescribe a Healthy Lifestyle project The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality has been giving the NAOS Strategy Awards (Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention) since 2009. These awards recognise and identify programmes and projects that help to prevent obesity by promoting a healthy diet and/or physical activity. On 30 March 2017 [...]
Bioef, partner, and Kronikgune, stakeholder, alongside other organisations, are representing the Basque Country in this project. ITHACA (InnovaTion in Health And Care for All) aims to share experiences and good practices in smart innovation in health and care, to promote the population's active and healthy ageing. ITHACA is funded by the Interreg Europe Programme, in [...]
During this period, the regions participating in the study have organised knowledge exchange activities. TITTAN project consortium The main purpose of TITTAN is to exchange good practices among the seven regions taking part in the project. To achieve this aim, a total number of four on-site visits were arranged in January and February [...]
This event showcased all the research activities which had been carried out in Bidasoa IHO in recent years. Poster of the 1st Research and Innovation Conference organised by Bidasoa IHO On 16th March 2017, Bidasoa Hospital hosted the 1st Bidasoa IHO Research and Innovation Conference. The event gave centre stage to health professionals, social stakeholders and management [...]
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