Project description
Pan-European network for smart health solutions
Technological advances such as artificial intelligence and big data are set to transform healthcare in a positive way. These smart health technologies usually employ sensors to obtain information that is transmitted and processed using cloud computing. However, their uptake is often impeded by poor awareness and literacy. To address these limitations, the EU-funded SHIFT-HUB project proposes to establish a patient-driven approach for creating and adopting smart health solutions. The project will set up a pan-European innovation hub, bringing together various stakeholders to collaborate on the future development of smart health innovations. It will create a network of healthcare organisations that will implement selected smart health applications after they have been tested by patients and online users.
Objective
SHIFT-HUB aims to establish a pan-European Smart Health Innovation Hub bringing together a rich network of multidisciplinary stakeholders across the dimensions of the quadruple helix, with the mission to facilitate the development, ensure the promotion and foster the uptake of Smart Health technologies and services. SHIFT-HUB will develop and test with the community a complete service offer, integrating networking and matchmaking, identification of partners and support for procurement, guidance for access to funding, research infrastructures and scientific expertise.
In complement to a complete service offer based on JRC’s guidelines for the establishment of DIH’s, SHIFT-HUB’s differentiating factors consist in:
1) an immersive approach to involve patients and citizens in the co-creation process based on the Living Lab methodology, coupled to an on-line gamification based e-learning journey allowing to raise awareness, increase literacy and foster the adoption of Smart Health solutions.
2) an approach based open innovation to foster a collaborative, demand-driven and SME-inclusive development and uptake of Smart Health solutions [in a ecosystem of multidisciplinary stakeholders].
3) a technical platform pilot including a Health Data Hub, a Smart Health Apps Repository and an on-line Marketplace to support the experimental development based on a secure and interoperable access to data and showcase a portfolio of solutions developed by the community members.
SHIFT-HUB will identify a pool of 100 high potential Smart Health apps, that will be assessed by at least 300 patients and citizens during 5 Living Lab events, 1500 users on-line and will be connected to at least 50 Healthcare organizations for further uptake.
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HORIZON-CSA - HORIZON Coordination and Support ActionsCoordinator
70176 Stuttgart
Germany