News and Events

IACS presented an update on the ECHO project at the OECD’s meeting of the Expert Group on Medical Practice Variations on 25-26 April 2013. This presentation and several others, including very interesting country case studies are available on the website of the OECD (please click here).

The ECHO project will be presented at the iHEA (International Health Economics Association) 9th World Congress in Sydney – 6-7 July 2013. The session “Analysing Unexplained Variations in Performance to Increase the Efficiency of Health Care: Case Studies from the ECHO Project” will include four exciting presentations – for more information please click here.

Some highlights of last year include presentations on the ECHO project for key audiences. These include presentations at the Wennberg International Collaborative (September 2012); 2 presentations at the OECD Expert Meeting On Medical Practice Variations (April 2012); and a presentation with the European Commission DG SANCO (October 2012). We are also proud that ECHO was presented at the Health Policy Seminars at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice.

The ECHO midterm report is now available on this website. This midterm report informs you about the progress achieved during the first stages of the project.

ECHO partners participated in the Wennberg International Collaborative (WIC) – a research network committed to improving healthcare by examining organizational and regional variation. A presentation was given providing insights in the progress of the project and some early and preliminary results.

Do you understand Portuguese and would you like to know more about ECHO? Céu Mateus, our expert from the Portuguese National School of Public Health (ENSP) explains what ECHO is about in this video!

ECHO tool call for tenders launched The call for tenders to award a contract for the development, implmentation and maintenance of the online tool for the ECHO project has been launched. Deadline for submitting bids is 28.03.2012 Please click here to access to the tender documents

ECHO featured in the Spotlight section of the Health Services Research newsletter Please click here

ECHO at EUPHA Conference ECHO project has been selected to participate at EUPHA next 11 November 2011 with a workshop entitled “ECHO: Dealing with validity and reliability in a performance measurement project”.

ECHO project at the King’s Fund The ECHO project will participate at the King´s fund Reducing unwarranted variations Conference next 15th September. The ECHO coordinator will deliver a presentation titled "ECHO: new insights into equitable access, quality and efficiency of health care in Europe".

The Wennberg International Collaborative 2011 Conference. ECHO "work in progress" will be presented and discussed with policy-makers, researchers and other stakeholders next 15 September 2011 at the London School of Economics.

Presentations from the ECHO session given at the EHMA Annual Conference are now online: http://www.ehma.org/?q=node/861

Press release on the third project meeting available on CORDIS WIRE: CLICK HERE

ECHO Steering Committee & Scientific Advisory Board, Bruxelles 4-6th April 2011. the press release can be downloaded at the following link: [LINK TO PDF-297KB ]

The European Commission published a booklet regarding public health research projects in Europe and beyond, featuring the ECHO project. The booklet can be downloaded at the following link: LINK TO PDF -3.01MB

Project kick off meeting: Press Release available on Cordis Wire - read it [LINK TO EXTERNAL WEBSITE]