AIRWAYS-ICPs (European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing) from concept to implementation

Abstract

Chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs) are major non-communicable diseases (NCDs) that induce a significant burden. Asthma often occurs along the life cycle from early childhood, affecting 30 million children and adults under 45 years of age in Europe. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) has an estimated annual death rate of over 3 million people globally. The annual direct and indirect costs in the 28 European Union (EU) countries due to COPD or asthma are estimated at 48 billion euros and 34 billion euros respectively. Rhinitis occurs in over 100 million people in Europe, and indirect costs are enormous [4]. Asthma is a common risk factor for COPD. CRDs impact ageing and should be prevented, recognised and managed across the life cycle to promote active and healthy ageing (AHA). There is an urgent need to act globally

Validation of the MASK‐rhinitis visual analogue scale on smartphone screens to assess allergic rhinitis control

“…22 As the use of information and communications technology (ICT), such as apps running on consumer smartphones, is increasingly popular and has the potential to profoundly affect health care, MASK-rhinitis developed an app, as one of the implementation tools of the B3 Action Plan of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA). 11,12,15 The app is currently included as a tool of the ARIA guidelines to monitor users' symptoms. 18 The ARIA Allergy Diary app uses a quick VAS system for the assessment of AR control, although 4 simple questions.…”

“…10 MACVIA-France (Fighting chronic diseases for active and healthy ageing in France, http://macvia.cr-languedocroussillon.fr) is one of the reference sites of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing. 11 It initiated the project AIRWAYS ICPs (integrated care pathways for airway diseases) 12,13 and the allergy sentinel network MASK (MACVIA-ARIA Sentinel NetworK). 1,14 MASKrhinitis 15 is a simple ICT (Information and Communication Technology) tool to implement care pathways for AR from patients to healthcare providers using a common language and a clinical decision support system, 7 through a smartphones and tablets application.…”

Resumen ejecutivo de ARIA 2016: vías integradas de atención para la medicina predictiva a lo largo del ciclo de vida en Argentina

“…7,8,10 El objetivo es reducir la carga crónica de las enfermedades respiratorias, la mortalidad y la multimorbilidad, manteniendo al mismo tiempo la calidad de vida. 7,11 El plan de acción de Airways ICPs se ha implementado y ampliado a escala mundial. 12 Además, Airways ICPs es un proyecto de demostración de la Alianza Global contra las Enfermedades Respiratorias Crónicas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (GARD) (Figura 1).…”

Allergy immunotherapy across the life cycle to promote active and healthy ageing: from research to policies

“…ICPs for chronic respiratory diseases (AIRWAYS ICPs) have been selected as a model for Action Plan B3 of the EIP on AHA Strategic Implementation Plan [3, 4]. The goals of AIRWAYS ICPs are to launch a collaboration to develop multi-sectoral care pathways for chronic respiratory diseases in European countries, regions and beyond in association with the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Alliance against chronic Respiratory Diseases (GARD research demonstration project) [5].…”