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Institutional development · Research collaboration · Germany

Hochschule Osnabrück and partners work on further developing care-need assessment in MEET

Hochschule Osnabrück, HAW Hamburg, Interdisziplinäre Care Forschung gGmbH and Medizinischer Dienst Bund are collaborating in project MEET on a more efficient, needs-based procedure for assessing care needs.

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Why it matters: Hochschule Osnabrück and HAW Hamburg are partners with Medizinischer Dienst Bund in project MEET, which works on the procedure for assessing care needs.

Hochschule Osnabrück said it is collaborating in a project called MEET with Interdisziplinäre Care Forschung gGmbH, Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW Hamburg, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences) and Medizinischer Dienst Bund.

According to the university, the project is working towards a procedure for assessing the need for long-term care that is more future-proof, more efficient and better matched to people's needs.

Editor’s view

Joseph Lopez, Collaboration Editor

The four partners in project MEET are Hochschule Osnabrück, HAW Hamburg, Interdisziplinäre Care Forschung gGmbH and Medizinischer Dienst Bund, and their stated aim is a more efficient and needs-based procedure for assessing care needs.

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