News

Forthcoming: DISMEVAL Workshop at the European Public Health Association Meeting

11 November 2010

Forthcoming: 4th Scientific Committee & 2nd Advisory Board Meeting

9 November 2010

Presentation of DISMEVAL Poster at the Health Services Research Conference

8-9 April 2010

Summary report of data collection and analysis plans

26 February 2010

The second deliverable to report on data collection and analysis plans for the project was submitted to the European Commission in February 2010. It reports on progress of work in the first twelve months of the project and summarises the process of the collection of data on approaches to chronic disease management and of whether and how such approaches are being evaluated. It also includes the detailed research plans for the testing and validating of disease management evaluations methods which will constitute the work to be carried in phase 2 of the project.

3rd Scientific Committee Meeting

29 January 2010

The third meeting of the DISMEVAL Scientific Committee was held on 29 January 2010 in Amsterdam in conjunction with the first meeting of the Advisory Board to the project. This meeting marked the completion of the first phase of the DISMEVAL project. It served as a platform to discuss the second stage of the project which involves empirical work on validating and testing of evaluation methods using existing data from programmes and initiatives in six countries targeting people with chronic illness and an assessment of the policy context for chronic care in European countries.

DISMEVAL Fact Sheet available

2 October 2009

The DISMEVAL Fact Sheet provides a brief overview of the project and the partners involved. It was disseminated at the European Health Forum Gastein, 30 September – 3 October 2009.

2nd Scientific Committee Meeting

London, 3 July 2009

The second formal Scientific Committee Meeting of the DISMEVAL project was hosted by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in July 2009. The meeting was an opportunity for all partners to report on progress made since the launch of the project in January and the next steps.

Report on the Project Launch, Deliverable 1

30 June 2009

The first deliverable to report on the launch of the DISMEVAL project, and plan its dissemination activities including a project website was sent to the European Commission on 30 June 2009. The report included a draft of the project’s dissemination plan which will form the basis for the project’s active dissemination practices which are contained in the project’s Work Package 12.

1st Scientific Committee Meeting

Brussels, 16 January 2009

The first formal Scientific Committee Meeting of the DISMEVAL project was hosted by RAND Europe’s Brussels Office in January 2009. This meeting marked the launch of the project which started on 1 January 2009 for 36 months. In kicking off the project, the meeting presented the first opportunity for several participants to be introduced and meet each other.