David Somekh for EHFF and Jim Phillips for ENOPE have jointly negotiated a partnership arrangement between the two Boards, ratified by the EHFF Board at its AGM in Brussels on March 19th. Jim will join the EHFF Board as a non-executive Director and ENOPE’s activities will contribute to the EHFF 2016 work plan, the two…
Prof Daniel Steenstra of Cranfield University, the Chair of the EHFF Special Interest group on Disruptive Innovation in healthcare announces publication of this long-awaited report (April 6) and also progress on the EHFF SIG activity (read more)
EHFF held its third AGM at the Carrefour de l’Europe Hotel in central Brussels on the 19th of March. The minutes of the previous AGM, annual accounts for 2015 and annual report on activity were all accepted by the Board. A work plan for 2016 was presented to the Board and accepted in principle. The…
A representative of EHFF attended this very instructive meeting in London, attracted by the range of presentations that are of interest because of their connections with ongoing projects that EHFF is involved with. The full programme for the meeting is here Here are a number of abstracts from the live presentations with both academic references…
Four ongoing projects of different kinds that EHFF is involved in are reported here. Proposed re-start of PiSCE tender on self-management in minor conditions. EHFF is one of four remaining organisations on the steering committee of the project which was halted in September last year when the tender leaders, CBO had to go into administration.…
30 designers, venture capitalists, policymakers, patient representatives, academics and other parties interested in early stage eHealth design co-production met for two half days with a networking dinner in between, to discuss the issues around this subject which may have considerable significance for the effective take-up of potentially innovative ICT tools for health, especially in the…
The seventh DHACA day took place on 11th January at the Digital Catapult Centre, Euston Rd., London. A full programme included a review of DHACA’s progress by Charles Lowe here, a review of digital technology by Deborah El-Sayed, Director of Digital & Multi-Channel Development, NHS England here, a report on Digital health in the Accelerated Access Review…
Values in public service: a seminar. A group of a dozen or so individuals met together in December 2015 at the Institute of Directors in Central London. They came from a variety of backgrounds including Ethics, the Law, the Church, and Management Consultancy, but in the main people who had worked in Health and Social…
An excellent end to the working year is provided by the news that a consortium led by EPF and co-managed by EHFF has won the above tender, a project lasting two years valued at over 900,000€. The winning consortium, acronym PROSTEP, consists of the European Patients Forum, (EPF); Fundacion Avedis Donabedian (FAD); the Danish Centre…
On Dec.17th at the Royal Society of Medicine, London, the first meeting of the Design team was convened by Prof Daniel Steenstra and David Somekh. The team comprises, Daniel, David, David Goldberg (EHFF Director); Bernard Merkel (formerly head of Unit, DGSANCO health systems); Maggie Somekh, former CEO of Surrey Oaklands NHS Trust; Veron Lai, Digital…