Supporting Innovative Person-Centred Care in Financially Constrained Environments: The WE CARE Exploratory Health Laboratory Evaluation Strategy
Open Access
- 27 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Vol. 17 (9), 3050
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17093050
Abstract
The COST CARES project aims to support healthcare cost containment and improve healthcare quality across Europe by developing the research and development necessary for person-centred care (PCC) and health promotion. This paper presents an overview evaluation strategy for testing ‘Exploratory Health Laboratories’ to deliver these aims. Our strategy is theory driven and evidence based, and developed through a multi-disciplinary and European-wide team. Specifically, we define the key approach and essential criteria necessary to evaluate initial testing, and on-going large-scale implementation with a core set of accompanying methods (metrics, models, and measurements). This paper also outlines the enabling mechanisms that support the development of the “Health Labs” towards innovative models of ethically grounded and evidenced-based PCC.Keywords
Funding Information
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (AGA-CA15222-1-4)
- National Institute for Health Research (the National Institute for Health Research Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula)
- National Science Centre, Poland (Grant Number: 2015/17/B/HS4/02747.)
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