This report identifies and maps technology-based services which have successfully enhanced the independent living of older adults at home in and outside Europe. It identifies 14 services that effectively address issues such as improving the productivity of carers, enabling better quality care and generating savings, contributing to the financial sustainability of long-term care systems. To […]
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According to a new WHO report, 16 million people die before the age of 70 from heart and lung diseases, stroke, cancer and diabetes. The report, “Global status report on non-communicable diseases 2014” urges governments to act to meet global targets and reduce the NCD epidemic. An investment of just US$ 1-3 per person per
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ECHO – the European Collaboration for Healthcare Optimization – has produced three performance atlases showing unwarranted differences in health systems between Denmark, England, Portugal, Slovenia and Spain. Each atlas looks at a different topic and these first three are Lower Value Care, Potentially Avoidable Hospitalisations and Coronary Revascularisation. For more information, click here on http://cts.vresp.com
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The aim of this initiative is to forge stronger global collaboration on health security by addressing health threats from chemical, biological and radio/nuclear agents and by improving preparedness and responses to pandemics. Health ministers and high level representatives from countries around the world meet regularly to take these issues forward and their last meeting focused
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