Using a cohort study with an embedded randomised control study, ESCAPE will assess the difference in health-related quality of life using our integrated care model versus traditional care methods. The participants in the study will be elderly, with chronic heart failure, at least two other chronic diseases, and coexisting mental disorder(s) or psychosocial distress.
Work Packages
Lead Partner: Syddansk Universitet (University of Southern Denmark)
Work Package Leader: Professor, Head of Department Susanne S. Pedersen
Contact: sspedersen@health.sdu.dk
Objectives
- Ensure the successful execution of ESCAPE by developing a comprehensive administrative and financial management plan
- Efficiently manage and coordinate the ESCAPE partners to ensure the work package objectives are met
- Guarantee high-quality project reporting to the European Commission
Lead Partner: Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf)
Work Package Leader: Dr. Martin Scherer
Contact: m.scherer@uke.de
Objectives
- Develop the blended-collaborative care (BCC) intervention, taking into consideration patient and carer preferences and variations within European healthcare systems, while utilising an electronic care plan manager
- Use machine learning to combine the BCC approach with multimorbidity data to ultimately create patient-centred treatment plans
Lead Partner: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung E.V. (Fraunhofer Society for the Promotion of Applied Research e.V.)
Work Package Leader: Dr. Carlos A Velasco
Contact: carlos.velasco@fit.fraunhofer.de
Objectives
- Development of a scalable and flexible e-Health platform, based on the imergo® eHealth Integrated Care Platform (ICP), to allow for the coordination of different healthcare services and clinical providers
Lead Partner: Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (University Medical Centre Göttingen)
Work Package Leader: Professor Christoph Herrmann-Lingen
Contact: cherrma@gwdg.de
Objectives:
- Establish a study cohort of elderly patients from six EU countries with chronic heart failure, two or more medical comorbidities, and coexisting mental disorder or psychosocial distress who will be followed for ≥ 18 months
- Conduct a randomised controlled study embedded in the study cohort, to test the effectiveness of the blended-collaborative care approach on improving health-related quality of life and several secondary outcome measures
Lead Partner: Universitätsmedizin Göttingen (University Medical Centre Göttingen)
Work Package Leader: Tim Friede
Contact: tim.friede@med.uni-goettingen.de
Objectives
- Conduct statistical analyses on the demographic and clinical data from the WP4 clinical study
- Assess the cost-effectiveness of a holistic, patient-centred intervention, using the blended collaborative care approach
Lead Partner: Syddansk Universitet (University of Southern Denmark)
Work Package Leader: Jakob Ousager
Contact: jousager@sdu.dk
Objectives
- Ensure that ethical standards and GDPR regulations are maintained and applied throughout the project
Lead Partner: ERINN Innovation
Work Package Leader: Marieke Reuver
Contact: marieke@erinn.eu
Objectives
- To develop and implement an effective dissemination and communication strategy for the project that can raise awareness of the project, its activities, and results to major stakeholder groups