ECHO in a snapshot

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The framework programmes for research and for technological development funded several projects to develop indicators and methodologies to assess the performance of health systems, generic among them the ECHO project, medicine which the following results:  a refined set of accurate performance indicators; reliable information on actual performance of five different European Healthcare systems (Danish, treatment English, Portuguese, Slovenian and Spanish),… Continue reading ECHO in a snapshot

Communication from the European Commission featuring ECHO

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In 2014, healing a communication from the European Commission on effective, accessible and resilient health Systems explained that “The framework programmes for research and for technological development funded several projects to develop indicators and methodologies to assess the performance of health systems, for instance the ECHO (http://www.echo-health.eu), Eurohope (http://www.eurohope.info), and EuroREACH (http://www.euroreach.net) projects. (by the European Commission ; Brussels, 4.4.2014… Continue reading Communication from the European Commission featuring ECHO

LDG in Spain

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40 participants  from 15 Autonomous Communities, representatives from the Spanish Ministry of Health and the Atlas VPM team met last 14th February to discuss ECHO findings on variations in medical practice. One of the conclusions from the representatives was the overall agreement on the need to increase years uploaded into the ECHO DWH (currently 2002-2009) to increase impact of ECHO… Continue reading LDG in Spain

ECHO featured at European Health Forum Gastein

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Moving towards safer and more efficient health services – evidence from the ECHO project on systematic variations in healthcare delivery. For example, stuff the experience from Denmark suggested that a strong ten-year policy focus on cardiovascular care combined with leadership and managerial support helped to rearrange chains of care and secure good primary care, viagra which were seen as key… Continue reading ECHO featured at European Health Forum Gastein

Ceu Mateus speaks about ECHO for NovaTV

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ECHO Portuguese coordinator Ceu Mateus speaks about ECHO (NovaTV UNL, viagra Lisbon, 2011) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6yXePnPTdk