Integrating a PalliativeCare Approach for patients with heart failure

Project Details

Description

The overriding ambitions of the RAPHAEL consortium are to:
• Improve the quality of life, quality of death and autonomy of patients with heart failure and their family caregivers by means of an integrated palliative care approach in heart failre care, supported by home monitoring of signs, symptoms and concerns.
• Improve the cost-effectiveness of heart failure care by reducing hospitalisation and readmission rates whilst promoting quality of Life.
• Offer universal and timely access to palliative care for all patients with heart failure in Europe, incl. those in more remote and rural areas, by means of a home-based, data-driven remote monitoring palliative care program.
Short titleRaphael
StatusActive
Effective start/end date1/01/2431/12/28

Collaborative partners

  • University Medical Center Utrecht (lead)
  • Maastricht University
  • University of Brescia
  • Wroclaw Medical University
  • Linköping University
  • Universitat Internacional de Catalunya
  • Institut de Recerca i Innovació en Ciències de la Vida i de la Salut a la Catalunya Central
  • Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya
  • Althaia
  • Universitätsklinikum Aachen
  • Vilnius University
  • University College London
  • European Association for Palliative Care
  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Funding

  • Horizon Europe - Health

UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This project contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • heart failure
  • palliative care approach
  • palliative care
  • care givers

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