SUNSIDE Solutions for Independent and Active Life
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| Coordinator | Mälardalens högskola - Mälardalens högskola, Västerås |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 452 000 |
| Project duration | April 2014 - December 2014 |
| Status | Completed |
Purpose and goal
The overall goal of this agenda called SUNSIDE is to establish a national process for implementation of innovations. Project SUNSIDE have involved a large number of stakeholders and together with them identified the barriers that exists today and suggested measures and solutions to reduce these. A number of seminars and meetings where held with key stakeholders. In each seminar a structured process was used where barriers, priorities and solutions where discussed and defined for the most prioritized obstacles.
Results and expected effects
The most prioritized barriers where defined in the following areas. - Lack of coordination between municipalities and counties. - Lack of incitement for development of processes and organization - Financial systems and reimbursement models conserve existing structure and prevents implementation of innovations and new technology or processes. - Negative and skeptical attitude within care organizations for new processes and or technology and limited number of personal with change management skills. - Public procurement processes and regulatory hurdles.
Approach and implementation
Each prioritized challenge are followed with a number of recommendations to remove or decrease those barriers. There is a common agreement between the different stakeholders attending the different seminars and meetings regarding which obstacles to prioritize which was somewhat surprising but has the positive effect makes that the future implementation of these recomendations will be smother to implement. Next step: Together with key stakeholders and organizations continue and drive those activities defined as recommendations.