ACT@Scale European project

NAME: ACT@Scale
FULL NAME: Advancing Care Coordination and Telehealth (CC&TH) deployment at Scale
CALL FOR TENDER FOR PROJECT: HP-PJ-2015: Support for the implementation and scaling-up of good practices in the areas of integrated care, frailty prevention, adherence to medical plans and age-friendly communities
COORDINATION OF THE PROJECT: Philips – Home Healthcare Solutions
TIME FRAME: 48 meses
COORDINATION OF THE PROJECT: Kronikgune

Project description

Project description

ACT@Scale is a European project whose aim is to promote scaling-up of good practices in integrated care and telemonitoring, as well as to transfer learning and knowledge on implementation, development and consolidation of good practices to other European regions.

Project aims

Scale-up 15 CC&TH programmes, in order to have a real impact on people with chronic diseases or mental illnesses, or patients who are elderly or frail, reducing mortality and improving their quality of life. Osakidetza is taking part with two good practices that will be scaled up: the telemonitoring service for patients with heart failure and the integrated intervention programme for patients with multiple comorbidities.

Adress to

People with chronic diseases or mental illnesses, or who are elderly or frail.

Work methodology

The work methodology is based on cycles of improvement and learning, known as PDSA(Plan, Do, Study, Act), where some areas of these good practices need to improved, such as:

Change management,
Stratification, inclusion of patients and adaptation of the service,
Economic model and system sustainability and
Empowerment of patients/citizens.

Yearly data will be collected to evaluate the results of the implementation of the good practices as well as their effectiveness and efficiency.

The work to be done in the project is divided into work packages: project lasting 36 months

WP1: Project coordination, management and quality control (Month 1 – Month 36)
WP2: Dissemination (Month 2 – Month 36)
WP3: Evaluation (Month 3 – Month 36)
WP4: Good practice transfer and data analysis (Month 1 – Month 36)
WP5: Stakeholder advisory board and change management (Month 1 – Month 36)
WP6: Selection of services (Month 1 – Month 35)
WP7: Sustainability (Month 1 – Month 34)
WP8: Empowerment of the population (Month 1 – Month 36)

Targeted outcome

The result expected from ACT@Scale is the large-scale deployment and transfer of the existing good practices in integrated care and telemedicine in order to provide care to over 103,700 people in all the regions of several European countries.

The role of the Basque Country

ROLE OF KRONIKGUNE IN THE PROJECT: Kronikgune is the leader of work package 3, Evaluation (WP3), whose objective is to develop and validate a structured methodology to evaluate, compare and exchange experiences in scaling-up of integrated care and telemedicine programmes. It also collaborates with Osakidetza in the correct development of work package 6 (WP6), Selection and dynamic adaptation of the service, led by Osakidetza.

ROLE OF OSAKIDETZA IN THE PROJECT: Osakidetza participates with two good practices which are also corporate programmes: the telemonitoring service for patients with heart failure and the integrated intervention programme for patients with multiple comorbidities. It is also leader of work package 6 (WP6), selection of service, which includes stratification, inclusion of patients and adaptation of the service. The aim of this work package is to reach an appropriate level of distribution of healthcare resources to respond to the needs of the patients and populations in general.

Research team

Coordination: Danika Schepis; Anna Giné March (till November 2016); Ane Fullaondo; Esteban de Manuel Keenoy.
Core: Igor Zabala Rementería (IP);; Nerea Aperribay Sáez; Julia Barroso Niso; Antonio de BlasFrancisco Javier Fresco Benito; Marbella García Urbaneja; Begoña Gómez Bravo; Rosa María González Llinares; Gabriel Inclán Iribar; María Luz Jauregui; Mari Luz Marqués González; Marisa Merino Hernández; Nekane Murga Eizagaecheverri; Isabel Rodríguez Fuentes; Raquel Roca; María Isabel Romo Soler; Maria Arantxa Urruzola Lizarribar ; Javier Zubizzareta Garcia; Laura De La Higuera Vila; Silvia Alfambra Vicente; Ainara Lozano Bahamonde; Ana Bustinduy Bascaran; teresa Pereira Prieto; Alejandra Gil Mollet; inmaculada Nido Menchaca; Sonia del Rio Martinez; Ana Maria Porta Fernandez; Inmaculada Moro Caruso; Amaia Saenz de Ormijana Hernandez; Agurtzane Paskual Uribe; Isaskun Armaolea Tellaeche; Juan Antonio Zufia Iglesias; Jesus Domingo Legarreta Ereno; Iciar Perez Irazusta; Miren Bittori Lasagoni; Eva Lizarralde Palacios; Maria Teresa Rodriguez Gonzalez; Javier Basterrechea Peña; Asier Michelena Bengoechea; Beñat Zubetzu Sese; Maria Jose manovel Noguiras; Aitziber Barandiaran Igoa; Maria Aranzazu Echevarria Muruguza; Ana Maria San Jaun Betes; Maria Jesus Sanata Olalla Arranz; Maria Remedios Vega Iñigo: María Gema Arozamena Martinez; Iraide Sarduy Azcoaga; Agustin Martinez Berriochoa and new additions, pending confirmation.