The ADLIFE project will evaluate the effectiveness, socio-economic impact and implementation of a digital solution for patients with advanced chronic diseases. ADLIFE, coordinated at the European level by Kronikgune and funded by the European Commission, addresses the increased use of healthcare resources and the burden of care for people with advanced chronic diseases. ADLIFE [...]

The event was held at the Museum of the History of Medicine (MUSME) in Padua, Italy, on 31st January and 1st of February 2023. The YOUNG50 project aims to transfer the Italian model of cardiovascular risk and disease screening, CARDIO50, to three European countries: Lithuania, Romania, and Luxembourg. CARDIO50 is a programme aimed at promoting [...]

The e-book has been published in the scientific repository of the Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, with the collaboration of the OECD as part of the editorial team. The e-book "Measuring health outcomes and experiences from a patient's perspective" aims to showcase some of the good practices and experiences of health systems towards improving people's health [...]

The Kronikgune Institute, dedicated to research into the organization and management of health and social-health systems, is interested in incorporating into its team a person with a clinical epidemiology profile who can apply for the Ikerbasque grant program for post-doctoral researchers (https://www.ikerbasque.net/en/calls/research-fellows-2023), which aims to finance a contract of up to five years with the [...]

The ranking prepared by Stanford University, California, selects 2% of the most cited researchers in scientific publications. Two researchers attached to the Kronikgune Institute, José María Quintana, Principal Investigator of the Kronikgune Research Group "Health services in chronic diseases" (Barrualde-Galdakao IHO), and Amaia Bilbao, Principal Investigator of the RICAPPS network group "Development of methodologies for [...]

The event was held in a hybrid format, face-to-face in Hamburg (Germany) and online on 23 November 2022. The JADECARE Stakeholder Forum aims to facilitate the exchange of experiences and the creation of productive collaborative networks between organizations and entities participating in JADECARE and relevant stakeholders. This forum is composed of representatives from health systems, [...]

The conference was held in Aveiro, Portugal on 24-25 November 2022.  The main theme of the 2nd Portuguese Conference on Integrated Care was "Strategies for people with chronic diseases". The event was organized by PAFIC, the Portuguese Association of Integrated Care, a non-profit association that brings together several professionals who seek to promote the [...]

CALL FOR PAPERS The EvaluAES group is organizing its twelfth workshop on Research in Health Policy and Services Evaluation, which will take place on 12 May 2023 at the Kronikgune, at the Bilbao Exhibition Center (BEC). The aim of this workshop is to promote multidisciplinary exchange between researchers, as well as to contribute to improving [...]

The meeting was held on the 28th and 29th of November 2022 in the assembly hall of the Ministry of Health in Madrid. The two-day International Conference on Primary and Community Care (https://cisapyc.com/) aimed to highlight the value of Primary and Community Care, its impact on health and equity, its organization, and the role of [...]

The meeting was held on 14 and 15 November in Milan, Italy. Cancer is one of the areas of action and health priorities of the European Commission as it is the second leading cause of death in EU countries, after cardiovascular diseases. Each year, 2.6 million people are diagnosed with cancer, and 1.2 million [...]