Report on progress of the PROSTEP project

Latest news on PROSTEP project (promoting self-management in chronic diseases) first meeting of platform of experts, Brussels December 1-2th  Although the content of this European Commission tender is embargoed until after it is completed, we can share reports on the activities undertaken as they are defined in the tender specification of last year and therefore…

EHFF Project: EIP on Active Health and Ageing – Patient Empowerment EMPATHiE

European Health Futures Forum participates in the European network of organisations providing expertise on patient empowerment to the action group on integrated care. The EIP website is at: http://ec.europa.eu/research/innovation-union/index_en.cfm?section=active-healthy-ageing. [box type=”download”] Related: Minutes from 15 October Meeting Posted[/box] [box type=”download”] Related: Minutes and Action Items from 7 June Meeting Posted[/box]

EHFF Project: Innovation Academy

EHFF activities are broadly aligned with the direction of the EU Innovation Union Europe 2020 initiative. Initially the focus will be on: Acquiring funds for and undertaking a major multinational project on self management of chronic conditions as an exemplar of disruptive innovation. This project will coordinate a series of multi-stakeholder round tables, including business…

EHFF Project: Community of Practice

There is grave concern about the overall quality of health professional education across Europe. The grip of traditional teaching approaches wherein physicians, nurses etc. continue to be trained for health systems of the past, seems very hard to shift. On the other hand there are some very forward looking educators scattered across Europe who lack…

EHFF Project: Health Futures Scenarios

The methodology of large scale scenario planning has successfully been applied to the problem of AIDS in Africa, to international money markets and to intellectual property rights in Europe. Although there have been nationally based scenarios on health, there has never been a multi-stakeholder scenario project in health with a Europe wide focus. Having established…