by Anita Hogg | Nov 14, 2017 | News Release
MOIC is featured in the recently published final report of Scale AHA on European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA).
MOIC featured as an Originator Reference Site, twinning with the Adopter Reference Sites: Institut Catala de Salut, Catalonia; Czech National eHealth Centre, Olomouc and NHS Innovation Agency North West of England, North West Coast of England. The innovative practice featured by MOIC was STEPSelect, the innovative interactive web-based platform for rational medicines selection.
Twinning regions
Scale AHA supported the European Commission in fostering ‘Scaling up of innovations in active and healthy ageing’ by engaging stakeholders of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing.
Scale AHA also conducted the ‘2016 Transfer of Innovation Scheme’ supporting European regions to learn from one another and scale up digitally-enabled innovative ICT solutions in active and healthy ageing. Twenty pairs of regions were provided with financial support for twinning activities. The scheme is a new concept aiming to de-risk investment in digital innovative ICT solutions by financing small but concrete ideas with high potential for replicability and scaling up. The Scale AHA report provides an overview of all the different study activities and results, as well as policy recommendations. More on Scale-AHA, visit their website.
Click on Study on support to scaling-up of innovations in Active and Healthy Ageing to view the full final report.
by Anita Hogg | Nov 3, 2017 | Events, News Release
At the Leaders in Healthcare 2017 Conference in Liverpool Anita Hogg presented the poster ‘Medicines Optimisation – Role of an Innovation Centre’. The MOIC video was shown at the event and featured as a video poster on the Leaders in Healthcare YouTube channel.
The theme of the event was ‘Developing Leaders, building networks, inspiring innovation’ and focused on helping aspiring leaders and those already in leadership positions to develop and improve their skills, make connections with like-minded people and get inspired by leaders from both healthcare and industry.
Thousands of delegates attended the event and more than 170 projects were presented during the conference, showcasing the latest knowledge and solutions to support the future of healthcare leadership and management.
Location: Leaders in Healthcare 2017 Conference, 31 October – 1 November, Arena and Convention Centre (ACC), Liverpool. More information: Leaders in Healthcare 2017.
by Anita Hogg | Oct 20, 2017 | News Release
MOIC was delighted to host three hospital pharmacists from China on Thursday 19 October 2017.
During the visit Mike Scott delivered a presentation on Medicines Optimisation in Northern Ireland and current MOIC projects. Discussions also included antimicrobial stewardship in NHSCT. The group had the opportunity to visit one of the wards in Antrim Hospital and meet clinical pharmacy teams.
by Anita Hogg | Oct 5, 2017 | News Release
On Wednesday 4 October 2017 MOIC hosted a delegation of nine pharmacists from Denmark as part of a UK research tour. The visitors were all researchers in clinical pharmacy at various hospitals and universities across Denmark. Current and previous research projects in both countries were presented and ideas for future collaboration were discussed.
by Anita Hogg | Sep 25, 2017 | Events, News Release
Linden Ashfield (Lead for Hosting and Knowledge Trasfer MOIC) represented MOIC at the 8th National Hospital Pharmacy Forum. Ashfield delivered a presentation on ‘Medicines Optimisation: A Journey Up North’.
Location: Barberstown Castle, County Kildare, Ireland. Saturday 23 September 2017.
by Dorothée van Hooff | Sep 14, 2017 | Events, News Release
On Tuesday 5 September 2017 the NHSCT hosted a visit from members of the Health Improvement Alliance Europe (HIAE). The Trust joined the Alliance in September 2016 under the facilitation of the internationally recognised Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). The IHI mission is ‘to improve health and healthcare worldwide’, through a strategy of accelerating the pace of improvement in healthcare and innovating and partnering with organisations and communities to improve health. Along with our European partners we are looking to collaborative ways in which we can address the challenges of:
- An ageing population;
- An increase in the number of patients with chronic diseases; and
- An escalation in healthcare costs.
Members meet through virtual networks monthly and every three months in person. Northern Ireland hosted the most recent meeting, and in the Alliance spirit of ‘all share, all learn’, members had the opportunity to visit health and social care sites in Northern Ireland. We were delighted to host the Alliance in our Innovation and Education Centre in Antrim to share the work being taken forward by the regional Medicines Optimisation and Innovation Centre (MOIC).
More information on the website IHI Health Improvement Alliance Europe
Picture, from left: Michael Scott, Glenda Fleming, Gill Smith (Innovation and Quality Improvement Lead, NHSCT) with the Health Improvement Alliance Europe visitors.
From left: Cathy Harrison, Michael Scott, Glenda Fleming and Gill Smith (Innovation and Quality Improvement Lead, NHSCT).
From left: Michael Scott (Director, MOIC), Anita Hogg (Lead for Pharmaceutical Clinical Effectiveness, MOIC), Rob Brenninkmeijer (Director, Digitalis), Glenda Fleming (Deputy Director, MOIC), and Frans van Andel (Lead for Internationalisation, MOIC).
From left: Cathy Harrison, Michael Scott, Julie-Ann Walkden (SBRI Executive at Business Services Organisation), and Glenda Fleming.
