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 [...]
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