February marked the start of a new phase in the Medical Optimisation and Control Pilot in SHAPES. Working closely with technical partners we have been developing mock-ups for the use cases to show potential users what the SHAPES app and healthcare professional dashboard will look like and how it will function.
Over the next two months we will be recruiting a small number of participants to provide feedback on these designs. These participants will include older persons living at home with multi-morbidities, clinicians and support staff. Their views will be invaluable as we work to co-design the SHAPES solution to optimise treatment in this patient population. All feedback will be presented to our technical partners and considered before the next exciting phase of prototype testing begins in May 2021.
Following our recently published article about the SHAPES project, MOIC programme managers Dr Nicola Goodfellow and Dr Maureen Spargo were interviewed for Medical Update Online to discuss the future of digitally enabled healthcare for older individuals and share more about MOIC’s involvement with the project.
This video interview was a great opportunity to talk about our involvement with the SHAPES project and reach a wider audience.
The paper was submitted to the journal Pharmacy as part of a Special Issue on Digital Solutions to Improve Medication Management. Entitled “Shaping the Future of Digitally Enabled Health and Care” the paper describes the work that the SHAPES Consortium is doing to support people as they grow older to maintain healthy and active lifestyles. It particularly focuses on the work that MOIC is doing around the theme of Medicines Control and Optimisation and describes the digital solutions that will be deployed in the SHAPES pilot later this year. The paper was a result of a collaborative effort from partners involved with Pilot theme 3 in the SHAPES consortium.
The communications company, Pharmacy Management, has announced the second annual delivery of the CELTIC CONFERENCE on Thursday 11 March 2021 via a digital platform. The event being hosted by NHS Wales.
The Conference which visited Edinburgh in 2019, will next move onto Belfast in 2022. The event is on a three-year cycle with Edinburgh once again hosting in 2023.
The dedicated website can be viewed at www.pmcelticconference.com with full details of over 12 Satellite sessions/Workshops. Chairman of Pharmacy Management Ted Butler stated:-
“After our first Conference in Edinburgh we have been delighted at the enthusiasm we have experienced in all three countries for this second event. Our Advisory Group of Senior Pharmacists drawn from each of the countries has once again played a major part in delivering and ensuring that the high quality of Satellites is evenly distributed between all countries. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society in Wales are also supporting us at this auspicious
event”.
The event is free of charge to all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in the NHS. To view the agenda and book your place, please go to www.pharman.co.uk/celticconference
We are delighted that a paper for SHAPES has been published.
The paper was submitted to the journal Pharmacy as part of a Special Issue on Digital Solutions to Improve Medication Management. Entitled “Shaping the Future of Digitally Enabled Health and Care” the paper describes the work that the SHAPES Consortium is doing to support people as they grow older to maintain healthy and active lifestyles. It particularly focuses on the work that MOIC is doing around the theme of Medicines Control and Optimisation and describes the digital solutions that will be deployed in the SHAPES pilot later this year. The paper was a result of a collaborative effort from partners involved with Pilot theme 3 in the SHAPES consortium.
SHAPES is a European-wide project looking at how technology can enable the older population to live healthier lives at home. The Smart & Healthy Ageing through People Engaging in Supportive Systems (SHAPES) Innovation Action intends to build, pilot and deploy a large-scale, EU-standardised open platform.
MOIC and Ulster University are participating in the project for Northern Ireland and MOIC are the task lead for the medicines control pilot. This means we will be looking at how technology devices such as blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, glucometers and weight scales, if used correctly at home and the results are closely monitored, can lead to early interventions and hopefully reduce hospital admissions.
The project will focus on the over 65’s and the aim is to improve their quality of life at home. MOIC is currently establishing how to select participants for the project and we are working closely with our colleagues at MEAPP.
Nicola Goodfellow is the lead project manager on this and we are delighted that our new project manager Maureen Spargo has started and will also be working on the SHAPES project.
MOIC will work closely with colleagues throughout the EU to deliver SHAPES and in particular Spain, Germany, Czech Republic and Cyprus to promote medicines optimisation and control. We will provide regular updates on our website.
