EHFF joins the Commission Joint Action on Chronic Diseases Chrodis-JA as a collaborating partner and will provide vital contributions to at least three work packages, WP5, 6 and 7. For details of the scope of the Action, there is a PowerPoint presentation from the lead for the JA, Juan Riese available as a PDF.
a) David Somekh, representing EHFF and the EMPATHiE network was co-opted with two other independent experts to join a subgroup of the SANCO Expert Panel on Effective Ways of Investing in Health: this subgroup has the mandate to give an expert opinion on the Future EU Agenda on quality of care with special emphasis on…
The Joint Action was launched at the end of January this year, and although a late joiner, EHFF is in discussion with the project’s coordinators over the work packages it might contribute to, especially through involvement of the EMPATHiE network.
On 03.04.14 a one-year renewable partnership agreement was signed between EHFF and the European Forum for Primary Care (http://www.euprimarycare.org) represented by Prof Jan de Maeseneer. This year EFPC’s annual conference in Barcelona, Sept.1/2 will be titled ‘The Future of Primary Care in Europe V’
Elaborated by : D.J.M. van der Lee Question: As part of my work for Evy , I was requested to deliver a report of ten innovations. Method: During the period from week 38 (Sept. 16) to week 51 (Dec 16), I daily scanned two Dutch newspapers, De Volkskrant and Trouw, for healthcare innovations. When I…
Three strategy group meetings were held during December 2013, in Southampton Brussels and Dublin. The themes were ‘activating the network’, positioning EHFF in the EU and innovation in education. The outputs have been collated, were submitted to the Board at the meeting of March 16 and will be published as the Annual Work plan shortly.…
A consortium of 8 of the EMPATHiE Network members, led by FAD, Barcelona have successfully bid for this tender which is part of the 2013 Sanco Work plan. EHFF will co-chair the activity with FAD and following the official kick-off meeting of the ten month project, due on Dec.4th, ongoing activity will be posted in…
Overview: “Over the past decade the European Health Forum Gastein has developed into an indispensable institution in the scope of European health policy. It has made a decisive contribution to the development of guidelines and above all the cross-border exchange of experience, information and cooperation. The overall aim is a platform for discussion for the…
European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing held its 2nd Conference of Partners on 25 November 2013, in Brussels This conference is the annual event of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing and it aims to foster a high level policy debate about how to best scale up innovation within the…
On 19th of June ’13 David Somekh presented the EHFF vision for addressing the Need for a Paradigm Shift in healthcare to the 57th EOQ Congress is on in Tallinn. The congress is hosted by Estonian Association for Quality (EAQ) and under the auspicies of the European Organization for Quality (EOQ). The theme of the…