European Projects
UPRIGHT
Co-design a resilience programme aimed at teenagers, families, professionals in the fields of education, and education centres to enhance the resilience capacity of teenagers.
C3Cloud
To develop an ICT platform for creating an environment that integrates information and coordinates activities.
ACT@Scale
Promote scaling-up of good practices in integrated care and telemonitoring, and transfer learning and knowledge on implementation, development and consolidation of good practices.
CHRODIS-Plus
Help reducing the burden of chronic diseases while ensuring the sustainability and response to the capacity of healthcare systems, promoting the implementation of policies and translational initiatives.
Latest News
Bilbao hosted the ACT@Scale 5th general meeting
On 13th and 14th March, Bilbao has been the venue [...]
The Basque Country takes part in the 4-star European Reference Sites Meeting and the 6th EU EIP on AHA Partners’ Conference
From 27th February to 1st March, Brussels became the meeting [...]
The ADVANTAGE Joint Action has published a state-of-the-art report on frailty prevention in Europe.
This report aims to highlight frailty as one of the [...]
Kronikgune organised a workshop to define CHRODIS-PLUS Joint Action implementation strategy
From 13th to 14th February, Treviso (Italy) was the host [...]
- Through research in health services, scientifically substantiate the programs and policies of the health system in the aforementioned areas.
- Disseminate and apply research results, preferentially enhancing applied research and its transfer to clinical practice and health management, as well as, where appropriate, public health programs and to social innovation.
- Promote and develop research in health and socio-health services using existing capacities in Osakidetza – Basque Public Health Service, and facilitating the connection with other agents and sectors involved in the areas of elderly age, chronicity and dependence.
- Emphasis on applied and translational research, oriented towards the generation of economic and social value.
- Collaborate with other agents to contribute to the generation of social and economic value in the Basque Country.
- Contribute to positioning the health system and the Basque Country as an international reference in the areas subject of dedication of the Association.
The Kronikgune Association is a non-profit association constituted in accordance with Organic Law 1/2002 of 22 March, which regulates the right of association, and Law 7/2007, of 22 June, concerning associations in the Basque Country.
On 07 July 2011, the Kronikgune Association was registered in the General Associations Registry of the Basque Country with number AS/B/16142/2011.
The Kronikgune Association is run from the Directorate for Healthcare Research and Innovation of the Basque Country regional government’s Department of Health, as established in Decree 80/2017 of 11 April, which establishes the organic and operational structure of the Department of Health.
Specialist Areas
- The health, social and economic consequences of chronicity.
- Models for identifying chronic patients, especially the more complex cases.
- The design and interventional of personalized (patient-centred) interventions.
- Integrated care systems.
- e-Health and the use of technology in this field.