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Cross-Border Activities for Better Health –
Learning from Each Other

Categories

• Simplified access to or use of health services in the other country / Patient mobility
• Hospital cooperation, health care provision
• Telemedicine
• Rescue services / Disaster management
• Training and further education
• Occupational safety and health
• Research projects
• Children and Youth / Prevention in childhood and adolescence
• Drug prevention, addiction treatment
• Chronic diseases
• Infectious diseases
• Environmental medicine, environment-related health protection
• Other

Please note:.
Project descriptions, posters and details are presented as PDF-Files.

Simplified access to or use of health services in the other country / Patient mobility

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster/Details
1	Boundless patient treatment in the Euregio Rhein-Waal (Patientenbehandlung ohne Grenzen) – DE / NL	Description Poster
2	(Integration) Zorg op Maat – (I)ZOM */** – DE / NL / BE	Description Poster Details
3	Euregio Health Portal */** – DE / NL / BE	Description Poster Details
4	Transparency in the cross-border aids supply structures (Transparenz in der Hilfsmittelversorgung in der Euregio Maas-Rhein) * – NL / BE / DE	Description Poster
5	Euregional coordination of patient concerns (Euregionale Koordination von Patientenbelangen) – DE / NL	Description
6	Thiérache Santé – BE / FR	Description
7	Healthregio - Regional Network for the Improvement of Healthcare Services * – SK / HU / CZ / AT	Description Poster
8	Health Card international GCI */** – DE / NL	Description Poster Details
9	Crossborder dental care */** – FI / SE	Description Poster Details
10	Contracting Belgian Health Care */** – NL / BE	Description Poster Details
11	Cross-border cooperation in patient care / medical treatment – AT / IT	Description

 Hospitals cooperation, health care provision

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster/Details
1	Pain cultures, methods of preventing and relieving pain in the Northern Region * – FI / SE / RU	Description Poster
2	A Cross Border Speciality Information System for Continuous Dialysis Quality Improvement * – IE / UK	Description
3	Common Cross-Border Hospital Cerdanya and Capcir */** – ES / FR	Description Poster Details
4	Quality Circle of Hospitals in the Euregion Meuse-Rhine (Qualitätskreis Euregionale Krankenhäuser) * – DE / NL / BE	Description Poster
5	Centre of Excellence in breast and endocrine surgery – SE / DK	Description
6	Medical equipment for Karelia – FI / RU	Description
7	Provision of care for critically burnt patients from Alsace in Ludwigshafen – FR / DE	Description
8	Euregional centre for metabolic diseases (Euregionales Zentrum für Metabole Erkrankungen) – BE / DE / NL / (LU)	Description
9	Open cross-border hospital cooperation (Geöffnete grenzüberschreitende Krankenhauskooperation) – DE / FR	Description
10	Cross-border use of health services (Grenzüberschreitende Nutzung von Gesundheitsversorgung) – DE / NL	Description
11	Quality improvement in treatment teams (Qualitätsverbesserung in Behandlungsteams) – DE / NL	Description
12	Improvement of quality in treatment teams – a one-year development and consolidation phase (Qualitätsverbesserung in Behandlungsteams eine einjährige Ausbau- und Verfestigungsphase) – DE / NL	Description
13	Implementation of an MRSA protocol in cross-border hospitals – DE / BE / NL *	Description Poster
14	State-of-the-Art Medicine along the Borders of Europe – DE / NL */**	Description Poster Details
15	Cross-border cooperation between the Hospitals: Academisch Ziekenhuis Maastricht (NL) and Algmeen Ziekenhuis Vesalius (AZV) in Tongeren (B) – NL / BE	Description

 Telemedicine

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster/Details
1	Collaborative Tele-Neurology * – CH / FR	Description Poster
2	Crossborder telematics in laboratory medicine in the “Euregio Bodensee“ (Grenzüberschreitende Telemedizin im Laborbereich in der „Euregio Bodensee“) * – DE / CH / AT / LI	Description Poster
3	Telemedicine in North-West Russia * – RU / NO	Description Poster
4	Telemedical auditing in reconstructive oral and maxillofacial surgery * – SE / FI / NO	Description Poster
5	iPath and iTeach: A new platform for regional oncology meetings in the Lörrach oncology centre (iPath und iTeach: Eine neue Plattform für die regionale Onkologiebesprechung am Onkologiezentrum Lörrach) – DE / CH	Description
6	Disasters Management – EUBeds – SAGEC – DE / FR *	Description Poster
7	POMERANIA Telemedicine Network – DE / PL */**	Description Poster Details
8	Pathology across the Rhine – DE / CH *	Description Poster

 Rescue services / disaster management

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster/Details
1	PRINAT - Creating a centre of natural risks in the mountains COTRAO-PRINAT – IT / FR	Description
2	Health Emergency Planning and Cooperation in the Øresund Region – DK / SE	Description
3	Greenway Priority Switching of Traffic Lights for Rescue and Emergency Vehicles (Greenway-Vorrangschaltungen für Einsatzfahrzeuge an Lichtsignalanlagen) – DE / PL	Description
4	Construction of a Mountain Rescue Service Station in Lam (Neubau des Bergwachthauses in Lam) – DE / CZ	Description
5	EUMED: Cross-border emergency medical assistance in the Meuse-Rhine Euroregion */** – BE / DE / NL	Description Poster Details
6	Joint rescue station for emergency rescue operations and mountain rescue services (Gemeinsame Rettungswache für Notfallrettung und Bergwacht) – DE / CZ	Description
7	Rescue services and fire prevention network (Netzwerk Rettungswesen/Brandschutz) – DE / NL	Description
8	Swap body “Environment and Dangerous Goods“ for the fields of fire protection and disaster control (Abrollbehälter Umwelt und Gefahrgut für die Bereiche Brand- und Katastrophenschutz) – DE / PL	Description
9	Network for information and communication in the fields of fire protection, rescue services and disaster control (Netzwerk zur Information und Kommunikation in den Bereichen Feuerwehr, Rettungsdienst und Katastrophenschutz) – DE / PL	Description
10	Cross-border environment and disaster control in the districts of OVP, UER, HGW - Police, Swinemünde, Stettin (Grenzübergreifender Umwelt- und Katastrophenschutz Landkreise OVP, UER, HGW - Police, Swinemünde, Stettin) – DE / PL	Description
11	Cross-border hazard and danger prevention plan (Grenzüberschreitender Gefahrenabwehrplan) – DE / NL	Description
12	IKI – Internet Disaster Control Information System (Internet-Katastrophenschutz-Informationssystem) – IT / AT	Description
13	Erection and operation of a mountain rescue station within the Holzhau district of the municipality of Rechenberg-Bienenmühle (Errichtung und Betrieb einer Bergrettungswache im Ortsteil Holzhau der Gemeinde Rechenberg-Bienenmühle) – DE / CZ	Description
14	Setting up of a cross-border competence centre for emergency medicine and disaster control management (Schaffung eines grenzüberschreitenden Kompetenzzentrums für Notfallmedizin und Katastrophenschutz) – DE / PL	Description
15	Disasters Management – EUBeds – SAGEC – FR / DE *	Description Poster
16	Cross-border mountain services in Saxony – DE / CZ	Description

Training and further education

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster/Details
1	The Øresund Centre for development and evaluation of clinical technical competence – DK / SE	Description
2	TELEMA - Teaching Learning Material – RU / FI	Description
3	Mobility and Education Programme for Health Sector Professionals, Trainees and Educators – UK/FR	Description
4	Networking as a resource in elderly care – EE / FI	Description
5	Cross-Border Further Training Measures in the Medical Sector (Gfo.med) (Grenzüberschreitende Fortbildung im medizinischen Bereich - Gfo.med) – DE / NL	Description
6	A Network of Professionals in Rheumatology and Rheuma-Orthopaedics * – EE / FI	Description Poster
7	Suomalaisten ja virolaisten sairaanhoitajien yhteistyö koulutuksen ja opiskelijavaihdon merkeissä – FI / EE	Description
8	Moniammatillisuus Karjalan tasavallan kuntoutuksessa - FI / RU	Description
9	Improvement of out-patient socio-psychiatric care (Verbesserung der ambulanten sozialpsychiatrischen Versorgung) – DE / NL	Description
10	Coordination among universities of applied sciences as well as in the field of advanced training for health professionals (Koordination im Fachhochschulbereich sowie in der Weiterbildung in den Gesundheitsberufen) – DE / CH / AT	Description
11	Development of competence within health care (palliation) in the Øresund Region - DK / SE	Description
12	Open cross-border hospital cooperation (Geöffnete grenzüberschreitende Krankenhauskooperation) – DE / FR	Description
13	Chronos: an education in chronic psychiatry * – NL / BE / DE	Description Poster
14	Programme for Academic Degree in Clinical Research – comprehensive curriculum for the training of physician-researchers in the field of clinical research – AT / SK	Description
15	Cross-border development of training modules in the nursing sector (Grenzüberscheitende Entwicklung der Pflegeausbildung) – DE / DK	Description
16	Setting up of a cross-border competence centre for emergency medicine and disaster control management (Schaffung eines grenzüberschreitenden Kompetenzzentrums für Notfallmedizin und Katastrophenschutz) – DE / PL	Description
17	Cross-border cooperation in the training of nursing staff, Bavaria – Bohemia – DE / CZ */**	Description Poster Details

Occupational safety and health

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster
1	Development of Work Safety and Occupational Health Care in the Karelian Republic – FI / RU	Description
2	Risk assessment and management of cold related health hazards in arctic workplaces - FI / SE / NO	Description
3	Workplace Health Promotion in Small Enterprises (Företagsutveckling - utan gränser) – SE / NO	Description
4	Top on Job - Alcohol Prevention at the Workplace (Top on Job – Alkoholprävention am Arbeitsplatz) – AT / IT	Description
5	Accident insurance and worksite health and safety protection in the public sector of the Meuse-Rhine Euregio – DE / BE / NL	Description

Research projects

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster
1	Border letter on Equipment for Health – PT / ES	Description
2	Spatial risk assessment for Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in the trans-border area between Italy and Slovenia: preliminary results* – IT / SL	Description Poster
3	Prevention of teenage pregnancies through education and health ("Let's talk") – FR / UK	Description
4	Allergies and Residential Environment in Russian town of Svetogorsk and Finnish town of Imatra (VENKA) – UK / FI / RU	Description
5	Intraluminar oxygenation of the gastrointestinal tract (Intraluminäre Oxygenierung des Magen-Darm-Traktes) – DE / NL	Description
6	DANTE – IT / FR	Description
7	Risk assessment and management of cold related health hazards in arctic workplaces – FI / SE / NO	Description
8	Profinteg – BE / NL	Description
9	CONCERT = Cooperation in Oncology Education, Research and Treatment in the region Meuse-Rhine – BE / DE / NL	Description
10	Cardiopole - Pole de Prévention cardio-vasculaire transfrontalier - FR / BE / LU	Description
11	Studies on the activity of Trial anticancer protein on human normal and neoplastic cells – IT / SL	Description
12	Examination of the influence of the overall status of water hygiene in the Oder estuary on the quality of bathing water – DE / PL	Description
13	Oral Pathology, co2 super-pulse laser, histology – IT / FR	Description
14	Cooperation in the field of medical technology and sports sciences between Bratislava and Vienna - AU / SK	Description
15	A comparison of the health systems of the Saarland and of Lorraine / Outil de comparasion économique des systèmes de santé en Sarre en Moselle – FR / DE	Description
16	Development of Competencies in the Health Care Sector	Description

Drug prevention / Addiction treatment 

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster
1	Outcome Framework - Building a Culture of Young People's Participation in your Service Cross-Border project – IE / UK	Description
2	A New Chance - A Cross Border Approach to Foster Care - IE / UK	Description
3	It's Good to Talk - Parents As Sex Educators – IE / UK	Description
4	Cross-border Network fort he primary prevention of drug addiction in the Euroregion Pomerania (Grenzüberschreitendes Netzwerk in der Suchtvorbeugung für die Euroregion Pomerania) * – DE / PL	Description Poster
5	Prevention of teenage pregnancies through education and health ("Let's talk")* – FR / UK	Description
6	The Class Moves! (Klasse in Bewegung!) * – DE / BE (/ NL / UK)	Description Poster
7	Health and Activity in Schools (Gesundheit und Aktivität an Schulen) * – DE / DK	Description Poster
8	Må bra = Feel Good. Health education in schools – SE / NO	Description
9	Promoting the Mental Health of Young People (12-18 years old) – UK / FR	Description
10	Psychosocial well-being of children and youth in the Arctic * – FI / SE / NO / RU	Description Poster
11	Cross-border cooperation project to improve the provision of care for drug dependants in the German-Swiss-French border triangle (Grenzüberschreitendes Kooperationsprojekt zur Verbesserung der Versorgung Suchtmittelabhängiger im Dreiländereck“) – DE / FR / CH	Description
12	Top on Job - Alcohol Prevention at the Workplace (Top on Job – Alkoholprävention am Arbeitsplatz) – AT / IT	Description
13	Mobile drug addiction prevention “Berchtesgadener Land - Salzburger Land – Traunstein“ (Working title: "Guat beinand" – community-oriented drug addiction prevention) – DE / AT	Description
14	From Drug Road to Treatment Chain – FI / RU	Description
15	From Drug Route to Therapy Chain * – RU / FI	Description Poster
16	German-Dutch alliance of Help for the Addicted (Deutsch-Niederländischer Suchthilfeverbund) * – DE / NL	Description Poster
17	Prevention is better than healing, prevention is cheaper than healing (Vorbeugen ist besser als heilen, vorbeugen ist billiger als heilen) - DE / PL	Description

Children and Youth / Prevention in childhood and adolescence 

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster/Details
1	Cross-border Network fort he primary prevention of drug addiction in the Euroregio Pomerania (Grenzüberschreitendes Netzwerk in der Suchtvorbeugung für die Euroregion Pomerania) * – DE / PL	Description Poster
2	Counselling Unit for Drug Addiction Prevention and Information (FSI) / (Fachstelle für Suchtprävention und -information Ems-Dollart (FSI)) – DE / NL	Description
3	Alcoholismo – Prevention and treatment of Alcoholism PT / ES „Alcoholismo“ – Prevención y tratamiento de Alcoholismo * – PT / ES	Description Poster
4	Prevention video about the "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome” (Video zur Prävention des "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome") – AT / DE / IT	Description
5	Cross-border cooperation in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine to reduce risky behaviour in adolescents (Risikoverhalten Jugendlicher / Risicogedrag adolescenten) */** – DE / NL / BE	Description Poster Details
6	From Drug Route to Therapy Chain * – FI / RU	Description Poster
7	Prevention is better than healing, prevention is cheaper than healing (Vorbeugen ist besser als heilen, vorbeugen ist billiger als heilen) – DE / PL	Description
8	Children in Balance (CiB) – obesity competence centre in the Lake Constance Euregio – DE / CH / AT	Description
9	“VOLL Schlank” – cross-border addiction prevention project for young people – CH / DE	Description
10	Boundless help for self-help in the case of bronchial asthma during childhood and adolescence – AU / DE *	Description Poster

Chronic diseases

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster
1	A Cross Border Speciality Information System for Continuous Dialysis Quality Improvement – IE / UK	Description
2	Sharing the expertise of three health networks to the benefit of cancer patients * - FR / UK	Description Poster
3	A Network of Professionals in Rheumatology and Rheuma-Orthopaedics * – EE / FI	Description Poster
4	CONCERT = Cooperation in Oncology Education, Research and Treatment in the region Meuse-Rhine – BE / DE / NL	Description
5	Chronos: an education in chronic psychiatry * – NL / BE / DE	Description Poster
6	iPath and iTeach: A new platform for regional oncology meetings in the Lörrach oncology centre (iPath und iTeach: Eine neue Plattform für die regionale Onkologiebesprechung am Onkologiezentrum Lörrach) – DE / CH	Description

Infectious diseases 

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster/Details
1	Ricerca, Territorio, Divulgazione scientifica. Il caso della borelliosi di Lyme sul Carso transfrontaliero. The "LYME BORELLIOSI" on the crossborder "CARSO" region – IT / SL	Description
2	Health Protection – A New Challenge * – IE / UK	Description Poster
3	Spatial risk assessment for Lyme borreliosis and tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) in the trans-border area between Italy and Slovenia: preliminary results * – IT / SL	Description Poster
4	Standardization of treatment in patients presenting HIV, HVC and other infectious pathologies */** – IT / FR	Description Poster Details
5	MRSA-net Twente / Münsterland – DE / NL	Description
6	Epi-Rhin – A Transborder Reporting Scheme for Communicable Diseases */**	Poster  Details

Environmental medicine, environment-related health protection

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster
1	Building competence and spreading of resource saving water measures in order to reduce the effects of fertilization – DK / SE	Description

Other

Nr	Title	Description/ Poster
1	CAWT Development Centre – IE / UK	Description
2	Vienna - Bratislava Cross Border Health Network – AT / SL	Description
3	Futuro Donna – IT / AL / BA / HR / CS	Description
4	Pilot Project on the Promotion of Human Resources in the Fields of Health, Leisure Time, Tourism in Saxony’s Four Euroregions / (Pilotprojekt zur Förderung der Humanressourcen in den Bereichen Gesundheit, Freizeit, Tourismus der vier sächsischen Euroregionen) – DE / PL / CZ	Description
5	Pre-study on cross-border purchasing (Vorstudie Grenzüberschreitender Einkauf) – DE / NL	Description
6	Observatoire Franco-Belge de la Santé (OFBS) – FR / BE	Description
7	Cross-border provision of health care (framework project) – DE / NL / BE	Description
8	Health in the Upper Rhine Valley (Gesundheit im Oberrheintal) – DE / FR	Description

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^* About 40 “Models of Good Practice” were selected out of more than 100 projects. Representatives of these projects participated at the workshop “Cross-Border Activities Good Practice for Better Health” (20-21 January 2006). Posters for each of these projects are also available.
** After the workshop 9 “Models of Good Practice” and one bundle of projects which are closely linked to each other were selected and interviewed.