Partner Search: High‑Value Care & Patient‑Centred Improvement

HORIZON-HLTH-2026-01-CARE-03

Identifying and addressing low-value care in health and care systems

1. Organisation Information

Organisation: Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus – Baix Camp Research Unit: R‑CUiDEM – Research in Person‑Centred Nursing Care: Complexity, Chronicity and Frailty Institutional Affiliation: IISPV – Institut d’Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili Country: Spain Website: https://www.iispv.cat

2. Contact Person

Name: Dra. Montserrat Boqué Cavallé Email: montserrat.boque@urv.cat Position: Head of R‑CUiDEM Research Line

3. About Us

R‑CUiDEM is a nursing research group dedicated to advancing person‑centred care across primary and hospital settings. Based at EDP Salut Sant Joan Baix Camp–Reus, the group integrates clinical practice, teaching and research to generate evidence that improves care quality, patient experience and health outcomes.

The group originated from a long‑standing internal structure (since 2016) focused on methodological support, scientific review and ethical oversight of nursing research. This foundation enables R‑CUiDEM to address key challenges in quality, safety, efficiency and value‑based care.

4. Relevant Expertise for This Topic

Identifying Low‑Value Care

• Evaluation of unnecessary, duplicative or non‑beneficial practices.

• Process analysis to detect inefficiencies and gaps in value.

• Use of PREMs, PROMs and patient‑centred indicators to assess relevance and impact.

Reducing Low‑Value Care & Improving Efficiency

• Evidence‑based protocols to optimise resource use.

• Strategies to improve continuity of care and reduce avoidable hospitalisations.

• Expertise in transitions of care, discharge planning and primary care coordination.

Quality & Safety

• Monitoring of quality indicators and adverse events.

• Tools to enhance clinical safety in vulnerable populations.

Humanisation & Patient Experience

• Integration of PREMs and PROMs to guide decisions on value.

• Co‑creation with patients and families using qualitative and participatory methods.

Innovation & Technology

• Evaluation of digital tools that reduce low‑value care (decision support, telecare, remote monitoring).

• Implementation science approaches to embed innovations into routine practice.

Leadership & Nursing Management

• Research on organisational models and leadership strategies promoting high‑value care.

• Professional development and empowerment of nursing teams.

5. What We Offer to a Consortium

• A mature clinical environment with established quality‑improvement structures.

• Expertise in value‑based care, patient safety, humanisation and system efficiency.

• Strong capacity in patient experience, including participatory and qualitative methodologies.

• Ability to pilot and evaluate interventions in real clinical settings.

• Methodological support through the Nursing Research Support Group.

• Commitment to co‑creation with patients and professionals.

6. Our Interest

We seek to join a consortium as partners (not coordinators). We can contribute to:

• Identification and reduction of low‑value care

• Evaluation of care pathways and quality‑improvement strategies

• Patient‑experience and humanisation WPs (participatory and qualitative methods)

• Implementation science and real‑world clinical pilots

• Dissemination, training and clinical translation

7. Contact

We are enthusiastic about joining consortia working to reduce low‑value care and strengthen the sustainability of health systems. Please contact us to explore collaboration opportunities.