Bilberry: a European berry full of energy
Bilberry is a small berry, full of energy and of anti-oxidants, actually the European version of the American Blueberry.
It's one of its many names in Europe: Myrtilles, Mirtil(l)o, Brimbelles, Blaubeere, Blåbär, Blåbær, Mustikka, Borówka, Borovnika, Melene, Chernitsa, ...
Bilberry is truly European: diverse, though similar at the same time.
European health and social system are also diverse and similar at the same time:
- They shared the principles of social security and solidarity, even if differently;
- They meet the same challenges, such as an elderly population, increasing needs, HR scarcity,...
- They look for similar solutions, but they implement them differently, according to the local realities and national models (Beveridge, Bismarck, National Health Insurance or Out-Of-Pocket models).
Bilberry, or Bilberry Health for its complete name, is an initiative aiming to stimulate healthcare vitality in Europe, across its different systems and models.
Indeed, European health and healthcare systems as a whole are under heavy pressure: needs are growing, practices are changing and resources are declining.
Policy papers, reports, guidelines explain what has to be done...
Yet, healthcare practitioners and facilities remain isolated in the solution process.
Bilberry aims to help those practitioners and facilities, in the setting-up of solutions to answer to the day-to-day challenges.
Health systems are so vast that nobody detains a practical solution for each of those challenge...
However, Bilberry has an extended and diversified network making it possible to connect with the right expert at the right time, and to set up relevant partnerships for the time needed.
This is the added-value of Bilberry: a large understanding of what is at stake, a capacity to make the useful links, an expertise in setting up work and networks.
Healthcare won't be changed through a macro-revolution, but through micro- and meso-evolutions, together with the right experts.