Observatory of Innovative Practices for Complex Chronic Diseases

Acronym of the case:

OPIMEC

Web address of the case:

http://www.opimec.org

Country of the case:

Spain

City/region:

AndalucÃa

Posting Date:

2 February 2010

Last Edited Date:

02 February 2010

Author:

Andres Cabrera (Escuela Andaluza de Salud PÃºblica (EASP). Junta de AndalucÃa)

web 2.0. | community | complex chronic disease

Type of initiative

Network

Case Abstract

OPIMEC is the acronym in Spanish for the Observatory of Innovative Practices for Complex Chronic Disease Management.Â

The Observatory is a project funded by the General Directorate for Health Planning and Innovation of the Andalusian Ministry of Health in Spain. With the collaboration ofÂ Dr. Alejandro Jadad, Canada Research Chair in eHealth Innovation and Rose Family Chair in Supportive Care, through Foresight Links Corporation and the Andalusian School of Public Health, in Granada, Spain, and a growing number of innovators who share a strong interest in collaborative efforts to improve the management of complex chronic diseases worldwide.

OPIMEC responds to the need to create and build an network instrumentÂ known to managers, researchers, health professionals in general and patients and caregivers, organizations and practices related to management of complex chronic diseases, thus facilitating continuous improvement of quality in health care.

Description of the case

Domain

eHealth

Topic

Health portals

Sector

Healthcare

Start date - End date

January 2008 (Ongoing)

Date operational

January 2008

Target Users

Add Patients | General public | Health authorities | Health professionals

Target Users Description

OPIMEC is aimed at managers, researchers, health professionals in general and patients and caregivers interested in reducing the impact of chronic disease complex.

Thus, OPIMEC includes other groups of interest:

Pluripatology, complexity and fragility
Scientific societies and associations
Global alliances to improve the health and welfare
Primary Care and Community Nursing
Health centers
Public health and participation
Agencies and quality of Health Technology Assessment
Management and communication of knowledge
Social networks and virtual communities
Health observatories
Dependency
Plans and processes of care
Public health and social
Any other group associated with innovation in health. Â

Scope

International

Status

Operation

Language(s)

Spanish

Other

English

Policy Context and Legal Framework

OPIMEC's mission is "To coordinate, develop and establish from Andalusia, Spain and focus on the international level, the basic structures necessary for the creation and consolidation of a global community in the field of complex chronic diseases, through the systematic search and rigorous selection of innovations and of interest as well as promoting collaboration and exchange of scientific and technical.

OPIMECÂ´s vision is collaborating with the Ministry of Health of Andalusia to develop policies on complex chronic diseases, as well as public service providers, especially the Andalusian Health Service, taking responsibility for promoting new knowledge and tools to develop a new public health and a new organizational model of health and social services to people with complex chronic diseases. In addition, OPIMEC is an initiative that advocates for new technologies, open source, social networks and developing global partnerships.

Project Size and Implementation

Type of initiative

Participation

Overall Implementation approach

Partnerships between administration and/or private sector and/or non-profit sector

Technology choice

Open source software

Funding source

Public funding regional

Project size

Implementation: Not applicable/not available

Implementation and Management Approach

OPIMEC offers through its Web the following contents:

Map and directory with information related to innovative practices, organizations and individuals related to the prevention, detection and treatment of complex chronic diseases,

Taxonomy or glossary that acts as global common language to support the identification, selection, classification and implementation of practices by health professionals,

Updated information on news, documents, meetings, resources, etc..

Calendar of international events,

A content manager to propose the publication of any content type

Selected information through
- or a direct search on 'live' andÂ 'dynamic'
- or indexing by experts through the 'labels' given by the users of the Web (tags)

Collaborative editing of content, such as taxonomy or key areas of development in Complex Chronic Disease Management,

Meetings with the management that you can schedule meetings, participants propose, agree on an agenda and closure of the record and attach content of interest to the meeting,

Establishment and membership of communities with common interests to share and create knowledge

Updated information of interest in English and Spanish,

Participation in the contents of comments and vote OPIMEC by facilitating the exchange of ideas and knowledge creation and fostering appreciation of the information,

Syndicated content (RSS) subscription to news, documents, glossary, events, reviews, resources, etc..,

Social bookmark: Web sites to store favorite pages and classify, share and collaborate in the creation of specific areas of knowledge,

Collaborative documents: OPIMEC innovative tool with which to create, vote, write reviews and track all shares through the subscription to comments RSS

Technology solution

Django

Impact, innovation and results

Impact

Through OPIMEC Web you can participate:

Proposing the dissemination of innovative practices and organizations in the management of complex chronic diseases.

Proposing the dissemination of other relevant content such as documents, events, resources, news

Going to your profile to see all content you've proposed.

Scoring and commenting on the contents of OPIMEC.

Participate in OPIMEC community, creating tyour own teams, forums, convening meetings, etc..

Collaborating in the development of a common language and key areas for CCDM.

Subscribing to the newsletter and the RSS to keep updated automatically on all sorts of information related to CCDM.

Editing a document online and in collaboration with other experts. Â

Lessons learnt

Opimec is

A taxonomy specialist GEC
Web 2.0. of knowledge management and communication open
International map of innovations and other Web content
International Advisory Board
Allies in Spain and internationally
Communities

Opimec is the first initiative promoted by public institutions,

Data quality, updated and experts specializing in GEC
Professionals can learn or supplement their knowledge
Â They may propose content
Make their experience
Contact with other professionals
Create task or themed around common interests

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