Joint Delivery of Sleep Medicine Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services in the Cross-Border Area of Southern Croatia and Western Bosnia and Herzegovina

Programme 2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Croatia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Montenegro

Date of latest update: 2021-10-12

Description

Description (EN):

Sleep disorders are widespread and can have significant consequences for affected individuals as well as economic & other consequences for entire society. Despite the great demands, there is still an insufficient number of working Sleep Medicine Centers (SMCs), trained professionals in sleep medicine – somnologists and sleep technicians in the cross-border area. The common problems and challenges of the SLEEP MEDICINE project are shortage of working SMCs, somnologists-experts in sleep medicine and sleep technicians in the region of Dalmatia (Southern Croatia) and adjacent regions of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The only working SMC in the area is the one in Split, that covers patients from Croatia and parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Split SMC is under extra pressure and patients from Bosnia and Herzegovina don’t have the opportunity to perform diagnostic & therapeutic procedures near the place of their residence. So the reasons to start this project is to assure a sufficient number of working SMCs and somnologists, as well as sleep technicians in the cross-border area. Moreover, to assure that the SMC is working in full accordance with the developing European standards and guidelines of the European Sleep Research Society. The target groups that will benefit from the project are the patients that will be able to undergo diagnostic & therapeutic interventions regarding their medical condition near their place of residence. Establishing a new SMC in Mostar will also diminish the pressure of the Bosnian patients to Split SMC and will increase its capacities for Croatian patients. The common server for storage & exchange of patients’ data & medical records from both SMCs, will also facilitate the everyday clinical routine & approach to the patients’ data, and would potentiate the exchange & transfer of knowledge/skills in sleep medicine in the cross-border area.

Website: http://www.interreg-hr-ba-me2014-2020.eu/

Expected Results (EN): The level of accessibility and availability of the services within public health care sector

Expected Outputs (EN):

Project’s main result is developed joint delivery of sleep medicine diagnostic and therapeutic services in the cross-border region of Southern Croatia and Western Bosnia and Herzegovina. The only working Sleep Medicine Center (SMC) in the cross-border region is the one in Split, which covers patients both from southern Croatia and western Bosnia and Herzegovina. Operating that way, the SMC in Split is under extra pressure, while patients from western Bosnia and Herzegovina don’t have the opportunity to perform diagnostic and therapeutic procedures near their place of residence. This makes the sleep medicine diagnostic and therapeutic services peculiarly ineffective. In order to make them more efficient and responsive to contemporary and future health care needs, the focus must be on the implementation of efficient investments into the SMCs in terms of equipment and strengthening of human resources in order to improve the related public facilities and services. Therefore, the provision of equipment, the development of a Joint lifelong learning Programme and the development of the Joint Sleep Medicine Database, are required in order to establish SMCs according to the European standards. Their establishment will ultimately contribute to the increase of awareness and the level of availability and accessibility of the sleep medicine diagnostic and therapeutic services in the cross-border region of Southern Croatia and Western Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Thematic information

Health and social services

Specific Objective: To improve the quality of the services in public health and social care sector across the borders

Thematic Priority:

(a) Promoting employment, labour mobility and social and cultural inclusion across borders through, inter alia: integrating cross-border labour markets, including cross-border mobility; joint local employment initiatives; information and advisory services and joint training; gender equality; equal opportunities; integration of immigrants' communities and vulnerable groups; investment in public employment services; and supporting investment in public health and social services

Partners (3)

Lead Partner: Sveučilište u Splitu, Medicinski fakultet

Address: Šoltanska, 21000 Split, Croatia

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.mefst.unist.hr/

Total budget: EUR 290 182.74

Sveučilišna klinička bolnica Mostar

Name: Sveučilišna klinička bolnica Mostar

Department: Clinical for Otorhinolaryngology

Address: Kralja Tvrtka, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.skbm.ba

Total budget: EUR 86 896.40

Sveučilište u Mostaru – ustrojbena jedinica Medicinski fakultet

Name: Sveučilište u Mostaru – ustrojbena jedinica Medicinski fakultet

Address: Petra Krešimira IV, 88000 Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Legal status: public

Website: http://mef.sum.ba/

Total budget: EUR 103 152.40

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Summary

Project name (EN): Joint Delivery of Sleep Medicine Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services in the Cross-Border Area of Southern Croatia and Western Bosnia and Herzegovina

Project acronym: SLEEP MEDICINE

Project start date: 2017-06-01

Project end date: 2019-11-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 480 231.54

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 408 196.81

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 85.00%

Co-financing sources:

IPA/IPA II/IPA III: Amount, .

Documents

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Presentations

Sleep Medicine: Suradnja u pružanju dijagnostičkih i terapijskih usluga medicine spavanja u prekograničnom području južne Hrvatske i zapadne Bosne i Hercegovine

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Presentation

Data source: http://sleepmedicine.mefst.hr/dogadaji/

Publication date: 2022-05-17

Document date: 2019-11-30

Languages: bs

Attachment file: Download

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2014 - 2020 Interreg IPA CBC Croatia - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Montenegro

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2024-03-14

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Joint Delivery of Sleep Medicine Diagnostic and Therapeutic Services in the Cross-Border Area of Southern Croatia and Western Bosnia and Herzegovina

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