Harmonising data collection to deliver high value stroke care and improve patient outcomes​

1.5 M

Strokes / year

9 M

Europeans live with stroke

430,000

Deaths

€ 60 B

Cost

HARMONICS project (January 2022- December 2024) aims to harmonize data collection to improve patient outcomes, avoid future adverse events, and reduce healthcare costs by creating a value-based stroke care ecosystem​

  • THE CHALLENGE
Stroke, the main cause of functional disability​

Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide (438.000 deaths across Europe, representing 8% of total deaths) associated with high health and social care resources and costs. In Europe, stroke costs €60 billion (bn), with healthcare accounting for €27 bn (45%), representing 1,7% of health expenditure.

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  • THE PROBLEM
The Unmet Need
  • Suboptimal patient-health professional communication
  • Lack of centralized registries & harmonization of outcome data
  • Inhability to align financial incentives and health success
  • Poor patient experience and high rates of professional burnout
  • THE SOLUTION
Harmonics, a stroke care ecosystem
  • Optimal patient-health professional communication
  • Continuous of care delivery Acute Hospital, Rehabilitation and Secondary Prevention
  • Centralized registries & harmonization
    of outcome data
  • Innovative value-based payment model

Acute stroke and post-stroke process optimization & change management

Hospital admission

Acute stroke: Process manager service

Entry in post-stroke program 
(Selection of patient candidates to include based on clinical criteria)

Hospital discharge

Tele-rehabilitation plan
Nora Healthcare

Health plan personalization
Medical visits plan
Monitoring of risk factors
Adherence follow-up
(Patient adherence to rehabilitation
and pharmacological treatment)
Patient forms
(PROM’s, PREM’s, quality of life, symptoms...)
Detection of possible decompensation
Clinical intervention assessment
Health plan adjustment assessment
  • EXPECTED IMPACT
Clinical processes for
the efficiency and sustainability
  • To harmonize clinical processes of care by improving KPI, scorecards and outcome measures collection among centres to allow common data collection and integration renewing and defining stroke care processes and sharing best practices
  • To enhance the efficiency and sustainablity of regional health care systems by improving major KPIs and stroke care process
  • To raise awareness and provide training education among stroke patients and families by means of NORA, an innovative nudging-based digital platform to improve patient-clinician communication and patient follow-up
  • To adopt this innovative high-value care solution in Catalonia and Coimbra, enabling the implementation of a realistic, value-based payment model

Direct impact on stroke outcomes and best use of resources

Reduce risk factor associated readmisions

Increase treatment adherence

Decrease rates of poor outcomes & depression

Reduce hospital lenght of stay

Home clinical remote monitoring

  • DISSEMINATION AREA
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Project Management Team​

Carlos Molina

CLINICAL LEAD

Head of Stroke Unit – Hospital Universitar Vall d’Hebron

cmolina@vhebron.net

Maria Franco

PROJECT MANAGER

Stroke Unit – Hospital Universitar Vall d’Hebron

maria.francochaves@vhebron.net

Partners

Healthcare Providers

Healthcare Payers

HTA Partners

Technological Partners

Business Support

Patient involvement partners