Home care to improve conditions of patients life.

Polycare project

Overview & Objectives

The Polycare project aims to develop and test and integrated care model supported by advanced ICT systems. These systems and services will allow patients in acute phases to be monitored from home. This methodology strives to achieve the two main objectives:

Enhance quality of life and care for patients.
Increase sustainability of health and social care systems.

Better conditions of life and care for patients as well as sustainability improvement for health and social care systems.

News

Polycare topics related news

October 22, 2018

Comarca del Somontano represented POLYCARE in the XII Technical Conference of Social Services Centers

We have attended the XII Technical Conference of Social Services Centers organized by the Aragonese Institute of Social Services from the 22nd to the 24th of October 2018 in Orihuela del Tremedal (Teruel). The conference was inaugurated by the Minister of Citizenship and Social Rights of the Government in Aragón, María Victoria Broto and the IASS manager, Joaquín Santos. This is a Technical Conference held every year for the meeting and discussion of alternatives to improve social intervention among professionals of the Social Services Centers throughout Aragón. It has been consolidated as an effective instrument where technicians relate to the new guidelines and proposals of the Government of Aragón, and are integrated into the forum for the exchange of innovative experiences and intervention strategies. For this reason, in this edition, the participants of Comarca de Somontano, disseminated their experience on integrated homecare throughout POLYCARE. Read

September 17, 2018

PICASO-POLYCARE co-organized workshop on e-health solutions for home hospitalisation and patient empowerment

During the next 14th of November, POLYCARE and PICASO projects are organizing a workshop on e-health solutions for home hospitalization and patient empowerment. The demand for remote provision of healthcare services has increased in recent years due to many factors, such as the rapid growth of the elderly population in the EU linked together with better quality-of-life standards. Cost-effectiveness of these services therefore becomes a top priority for European governments to improve the sustainability of the European healthcare systems. POLYCARE and PICASO are two running Horizon 2020 research projects, researching and developing different e-health solutions covering different aspects of integrated care. Are you a clinical worker, patient organisation, member of a self-help group or a developer of e-health solutions? Then join our workshop to exchange experiences and approaches for the provision of technology solutions that improve the cost effectiveness and sustainability of healthcare services. You can sign up, find additional information and a preliminary agenda on the event in the following link: https://www.picaso-project.eu/workshop-e-health-solutions/ Read

July 11, 2018

POLYCARE attended to the World Social Work Conference 2018 in Dublin

The World Social Work Conference 2018, organized every four years by the International Federation of Social Workers, the International Association of Schools of Social Work and the International Council of Social Welfare took place from 4 to 7 July in Dublin. On this occasion, the subject matter of the Conference has been “the role of social work in the development of human solutions for new social challenges”. More than 2.000 social professionals, academics, legislators and service users from around the world have attended to discuss key issues that affect their lives and those individuals, families and communities with which they work. Comarca de Somontano has participated representing our consortium presenting our experience in integrated care within the Polycare project. The opening keynote included the presence of Mary Robinson, former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Read

Pilot
Sites

The initial situation

Bonn

(Germanny)

Region de Lille

(France)

Aragón

(Spain)

The Region: Aragón

The Area: Barbastro healthcare area

The Organizations: SALUD and Comarca del Somontano

The Aragón (Spain)
site has been working on a sustainable integrated care business model for 6 years now. There is a strong technological background and well established infrastructure. However in Aragón, home hospitalization is a new concept for which there is growing interest across the entire Aragonese region.