ICT for Societal Challenges - European Commission - Europa
ICT for Societal Challenges - European Commission - Europa
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In the same area, the CommonWell project delivered integrated telecare and<br />
telehealth services among social care providers and hospitals on open plat<strong>for</strong>ms.<br />
The developed services were targeted mainly <strong>for</strong> patients suffering from chronic<br />
diseases and professionals dealing with these conditions. The system collects and<br />
makes sure health parameters are monitored and health care providers receive upto-date<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation about patients. The main advantage with this <strong>ICT</strong> solution is that<br />
it prevents unnecessary admissions to hospitals and patients can go on living actively<br />
and independently.<br />
The project ended in early 2012 and integrated services are now in real-life operation<br />
at the four pilot sites established in Spain, Germany, England and the Netherlands.<br />
CommonWell<br />
The project implemented a plat<strong>for</strong>m which tested 4 different services in the pilot sites:<br />
• Telecare integration <strong>for</strong> better emergency care<br />
• Managed hospital admission <strong>for</strong> care providers<br />
• Early Intervention and Telehealth <strong>for</strong> CODP patients<br />
• Integrated support <strong>for</strong> heart failure patients.<br />
http://commonwell.eu<br />
Funded by the <strong>ICT</strong> Policy Support Programme (<strong>ICT</strong> PSP) - Competitiveness & Innovation<br />
Programme (CIP)<br />
Duration: 2008-2012<br />
Fall prevention<br />
One in three people aged over 65 is at risk of falling and one in two <strong>for</strong> those over<br />
80. Falls often have very serious psychological and physical consequences, including<br />
a real risk of fatality.<br />
In this field, a group of 30 consortia, members of the <strong>European</strong> Innovation Partnership<br />
on Active and Healthy Ageing, has defined an action plan on fall prevention. The<br />
consortia are composed of over 150 partners from almost all EU Member States,<br />
representing public regional authorities, sub-national administrations, delivery<br />
organisations, healthcare organisations, academic institutions, industry and other<br />
organisations. The objective is to deliver evidence based validated and operational<br />
programmes <strong>for</strong> the prevention, early identification and management of falls across<br />
the EU by 2015.<br />
Technology can help older adults and people with disabilities to walk and move safely<br />
as shown by the SMILING and I-DONT-FALL projects.<br />
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