The H2020 funded research project ValueCare has concluded after 5 years of creation, innovation and cooperation. What is left behind, the legacy of the project, is manyfold. A new model of healthcare delivery based on the value that is created for the patients and supported by ITC in 7 pilots and older people with chronic conditions, a training programm on […]
Important Announcement! Another milestone has been achieved, another step towards success in the #MARISSA study. We are thrilled that in the next few days, the first batch of IoT devices (body composition analyzer and smartwatch) will be received from #VIDAVO and shortly after, the clinical and research teams from Ιατρική Σχολή ΕΚΠΑ / NKUA Medical School and #allianceforintegratedcare will start training the […]
It was a great experience for AfIC, NKUA and VIDAVO researchers and developers, to work together with 5 older people living with Diabetes and Sarcopenia, to co-design the MARISSA app. The app is offering sustainable care pathways and supports proactive behaviors for increasing muscle strength and the uptake of protein in the diet when there is a deficiency. A deficit […]
AfIC together with VIDAVO S.A. and the University of Athens Medical School, participate, from December the 1st, 2023 and for 10 months, in an exciting trip, towards active and healthy aging for older people with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Sarcopenic Obesity. We have been successful with our proposal MARISSA (MAnaging eldeRly dIabetes and aSsociated Sarcopenia heAlth) and we have […]
AfIC provides technical support to the pilot city of Palaio Faliro for implementation of the H2020 digital heath project, Smart Bear, #SMARTBEAR. SMART BEAR (https://www.smart-bear.eu/), SMART BEAR will deliver a solution offering: – Continuous and objective monitoring and interventions for 21st century precise and personalised medicine towards optimising disease and associated risks’ management – Measurable improvements to the Quality of […]
Would’ it be more fair for health care users, health care professionals and the Health System itself, to implement integrated health care service reimbursement models , based on the improvement of outcomes that matter most to patients, such as quality of life, self efficacy in self management of chronic conditions and so on? In the current edition of BMC Geriatrics, […]
A focus group with informal caregivers of elderly patients with Type II Diabetes and Hypertension was conducted online. The ValueCare model and the digital solution were discussed and challenges were identified. The main challenges that the project will encounter in the Athens pilot, are the digital illiteracy of older old adults and the unwillingness and lack of motivation they will […]
At #Odense in Denmark…#ICIC2022, we presented the H2020 project #ValueCare to academics, clinicians and researchers from all over Europe. The clock is ticking backwards for the first patient with Diabetes and Hypertension to register with the ValueCare approach and the research team of Athens Medical Center, #ΌμιλοςΙατρικούΑθηνών. For more information, you can visit the project website, https://projectvaluecare.eu/ or you can […]
The challenges in management of medical devices will be the focus of MedTech Conference 2021, which will totally virtual through the innovative platform LiveOn.The president of AfIC, Mr. Anastasios Rentoumis will be one of the presenters and will present the innovative H2020 project VALUECARE. VALUECARE is focusing on the design, implementation and evaluation of personalized, integrated care services for seniors […]
On October the 16th, 2021, Mr. Anastasios Rentoumis, the president of AfIC will present online the H2020 project, VALUECARE, taking place at Trieste Citizen Accelerator, SESSION B “Experiences of connection with the territory for the solution of the phenomena of isolation: the integrated network – The role of ICT in active and healthy ageing”, at 11:10 a.m. CET. In […]
