05.10.2011
Project “PrimCare IT” approved
The Monitoring Committee of the Baltic Sea Region Programme 2007-2013 has approved the project PrimCare IT. The overall objective of this project is to raise the attractiveness of remote primary health care for medical professionals by the means of tele-consultation and tele-mentoring.
The project PrimCare IT (full title: PrimCare IT – Counteracting brain drain and professional isolation of health professionals in remote primary health care through tele-consultation and tele-mentoring to strengthen social conditions in remote BSR) has been developed under the umbrella of the eHealth for Regions Network, which is appointed by the Northern Dimension Partnership in Public Health and Social Well-being (NDPHS) as a coordinator of eHealth actions within the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.
PrimCare IT is part of the flagship projects ImPrim and ICT for Health. ImPrim focuses on financial incentives and professional development to attract health professionals to primary health care. PrimCare IT complements this approach by elaborating on opportunities of tele-consultation and tele-mentoring. PrimCare IT reuses outputs from the project ICT for Health, i.e. education courses to raise eHealth acceptance of health professionals.
In this project 16 partners from 7 countries are involved. Many of them are partners of the eHealth for Regions Network. Jointly developed tele-consultation and tele-mentoring solutions will be implemented in pilot sites in FI, SE, LT, EE, LV, and BY.
Lead partner is the South Ostrobothnia Health Care District, Finland. The total budget is 2.58 Mio EUR with a project duration of 27 months.
Contact to the lead partner:
South Ostrobothnia Healthcare District
Koskenalantie 16
60220 Seinäjoki
Finland
e-mail: sami.perala(at)eptek.fi