The project builds upon the preliminary achievements of the B3 Action Group on Integrated Care of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) that first developed the concept of the B3 Maturity Model. Through the activities of the EU Health Programme funded project SCIROCCO, the Model has been further refined and is supported by a validated online self-assessment tool for integrated care. The ambition of the SCIROCCO Exchange project is to maximise the value and impact of the Model and Tool. The purpose of this hub is to facilitate the process of “matching” the needs of the regions with existing evidence on integrated care, good practices, tools and guidelines and thus facilitate the learning and exchange of good practices. The project will deliver improved coding of available evidence on integrated care and make the learning readily available to potential adopters. The project also explores the readiness of local environment for the adoption of integrated care, using the SCIROCCO online self-assessment tool, in order to understand the local needs and the ground for the transition. This will serve as a basis to design a tailored capacity-building approach and personalised assistance to national and regional health and social care authorities. The project will capture the learning from the process of transferability and knowledge transfer in order to inform improvement planning for integrated care. Finally, the project will also be an opportunity to explore the potential expansion of the SCIROCCO Maturity Model and its online self-assessment tool for integrated care to other relevant areas of active and healthy ageing.
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Joint Action on Dementia 2015-2018The Joint Action will focus on two phases on work: approximately 12 months on developing a consensus on the best evidence of effective action in 4 key areas (diagnosis and post-diagnostic support; crisis and care coordination; quality of care in residential care settings; and dementia-friendly communities); and approximately 24 months on testing the best evidence of effective action in localities to develop a greater understanding of how change can be taken forward in practice.In addition, there will be 3 additional components: evaluation of the joint action (outputs and quality: dissemination; and overall coordination of this project.The project will be achieved through collaborative effort, with the 4 main work plans having identified leads or co-leads and other countries contributing time to the work.
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SIMPATHY aims to stimulate, promote and support innovation across the EU in the management of appropriate polypharmacy and adherence in the elderly, in order to contribute to efficient and sustainable healthcare systems. Through a programme of work and stakeholder engagement we will perform case studies in a range of different healthcare environments, including EIP-AHA reference sites, providing a framework and politico-economic basis for an EU wide benchmarking survey of strategies being employed for polypharmacy and non-adherence management. This includes innovative multidisciplinary models using the professional expertise of pharmacists and physicians to reduce inappropriate polypharmacy and innovation in healthcare workforce development to support patients with long term conditions. A set of contextualised change management approaches and tools will be developed to help politicians, regulators, health service providers, and other stakeholders to improve current practice by implementing organisational change and thus, improve the management of multi-morbid patients. The targeted dissemination of our validated findings and the creation of EU knowledge sharing network on polypharmacy and adherence management will support policy development, implementation of strategic organisational development and exchange of best practice to prepare the ground for necessary change in response to this major challenge. The anticipated outcomes will be a heightened awareness of this growing problem and an impetus for change. Information against which to benchmark regional and national progress, definitive guidance on the role of key stakeholders and how to initiate and manage this change process and will be available for the first time. The final ambition is to secure commitment of high-level political, healthcare providers, commissioners and professional associations to a task-force to address this evident threat to the sustainability of EU healthcare systems.
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