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<\/a><\/p>\nA consortium, coordinated by NIVEL, the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, has obtained a 1.2 million Euros grant from the European Commission for the ICARE4EU project which started on March 1st, 2013. ICARE4EU will describe and analyse innovative approaches in multidisciplinary care for people with multiple chronic conditions currently existing in Europe. By disseminating knowledge about effective and innovative solutions, we hope to contribute to an improved design, a wider applicability and more effective implementation of patient-centred multidisciplinary care for people with multimorbidity. The ICARE4EU project is part of the Health Programme 2008-2013 of the European Commission.<\/p>\n
Project activities<\/strong><\/p>\n Expert organizations will be approached in the 28 EU Member States, Iceland and Norway. These organizations will provide information about the characteristics of care programmes aimed at patients with multimorbidity that have been initiated in their country. This will include information about for instance the target group of the programmes, the disciplines involved, the care pathway or procedures, the way patients and informal carers are actively involved, and their evidence or results. More detailed information will be gathered about the following subjects: patient-centeredness, use of e-health technology, management practices & professional competencies and financing systems. Additionally, country level information about the health care system and its characteristics will be gathered. Best practices will be identified for each of the four afore mentioned subjects. Based on this information key characteristics for successful management and implementation strategies will be identified. A plan for future monitoring of the developments in multimorbidity chronic illness care will also be developed.<\/p>\n The consortium<\/strong><\/p>\n Project partners include the Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin (Germany), the University of Eastern Finland, the Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Aging, the University of Warwick, the AGE Platform Europe and Eurocarers, the European association working for carers, and we collaborate with the European Observatory on health systems and policies. NIVEL, the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, coordinates the ICARE4EU project.<\/p>\n The research team<\/strong><\/p>\n NIVEL: Fran\u00e7ois Schellevis, Mieke Rijken, Daphne Jansen, Sanne Snoeijs Further information<\/strong><\/p>\n www.icare4eu.org<\/a><\/p>\n Contact<\/strong><\/p>\n icare4eu@nivel.nl<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Fran\u00e7ois Schellevis A consortium, coordinated by NIVEL, the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, has obtained a 1.2 million Euros grant from the European Commission for the ICARE4EU project which started on March 1st, 2013. ICARE4EU will describe and analyse innovative approaches in multidisciplinary care for people with multiple chronic conditions currently existing in read more
\nTechnical University Berlin: Reinhard Busse, Ewout van Ginneken, Verena Struckmann
\nItalian National Institute of Health and Science on Aging: Maria Gabriella Melchiorre, Roberta Papa
\nUniversity of Eastern Finland: Sari Rissannen, Anneli Hujala
\nUniversity of Warwick: Aileen Clarke, Mariana Dyakova<\/p>\n