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Advanced Modeling of Baltic Cancer e-caRe (AMBeR)

     

The Interreg South Baltic Programme 2021–27 points to disparities in innovation capacity in the South Baltic area, as well as between the urban and rural territories. In public healthcare, innovation is much needed to deal with a dramatically increasing number of cancer patients in the future because we live longer, and thanks to improved diagnostics and treatments.

The combination of long distances to specialized clinics and more cancer survivors call for new ways of moving treatment monitoring and cancer rehabilitation to the patients ́ own homes through the innovative use of digital technologies. Digitalisation offers a unique possibility to a much greater extent to involve patients and relatives actively in their own treatment.  

The AMBeR project’s vision is to share the experiences and knowledge among project partners and provide a model of implementation and input for policy guidelines on regional and national levels. The objectives are to carry out pilots of different e-health solutions at several sites across the SBA and use their results to develop a model of e-care for cancer patients.

Focusing at the start on treatment monitoring from the patients ́ own home and e-rehab solutions, which can provide truly patient-centered care and continuity of care, may ultimately ensure better outcomes for cancer patients and survivors. Digital solutions may address the barriers for gold-standard care and rehabilitation, but careful testing and development is needed as otherwise we may see – as we see with most new treatments in cancer – that disparities increase upon implementation. 

The AMBeR project has the potential to:

  • Reduce the number of hospital visits and transportation time for cancer patients in rural areas
  • Start cancer rehabilitation earlier and make it accessible to more patients
  • Improve patient empowerment and quality of life
  • Reduce social and geographical inequality in health care by improved accessibility and inclusion
  • Contribute to higher treatment quality and efficiency as well as truly patient-centered care 
A JOINT PROJECT TO DIGITALIZE HEALTH-CARE IN THE SOUTH BALTIC REGION

For the first time, five South Baltic countries (the consortium includes leading medical research institutions and clinical centers) with different healthcare systems will carry out a joint project to develop an innovative model of implementation of high-quality city e-health solutions.

Thereby the AMBeR Model will foster the digitalization of public services in health care and will allow for the uptake by other institutions within the SBA, ultimately digitalize healthcare and the integration of services.