Periodic Reporting for period 2 - SHIFT-HUB (Smart Health Innovation & Future Technologies Hub)
Période du rapport: 2024-07-01 au 2025-12-31
SHIFT-HUB was conceived to establish a pan-European Smart Health Innovation Hub that convenes a multidisciplinary quadruple-helix community (innovators/SMEs, healthcare providers and organisations, patients/citizens, public authorities/policy makers, investors and innovation intermediaries) to accelerate the development, adoption and uptake of Smart Health solutions in Europe. Following JRC guidance for Digital Innovation Hubs, the project co-designed, developed and tested with its community a comprehensive service offer combining networking and matchmaking, collaboration and development support, guidance on access to funding, and connections to research infrastructures and scientific expertise.
To address stakeholder needs in a structured manner, the project delivered a comprehensive service offer organised around three pillars—Build & Boost innovation, Connect & Thrive collaboration, and Learn & Grow knowledge.
Key results include the SHIFT-HUB Community as a dedicated online hub and central access point for events, stakeholder engagement and ecosystem collaboration; the SHIFT-HUB Marketplace enabling collaboration, knowledge exchange and secure data sharing; policy recommendations to strengthen regional Smart Health innovation ecosystems in Europe based on comparative ecosystem analysis; a Gamified User Journey as a co-creation-oriented, gamified e-learning tool to enhance health awareness and promote healthy lifestyles among patients and citizens; and a Smart Health Educational Repository for Patients and Practitioners providing a curated collection of learning resources. Together, these outcomes are expected to contribute to a more proactive, data-enabled and user-centred healthcare ecosystem, aligned with European priorities such as the European Health Data Space.
To address stakeholder needs in a structured manner, the project delivered a comprehensive service offer organised around three pillars—Build & Boost innovation, Connect & Thrive collaboration, and Learn & Grow knowledge.
Key results include the SHIFT-HUB Community as a dedicated online hub and central access point for events, stakeholder engagement and ecosystem collaboration; the SHIFT-HUB Marketplace enabling collaboration, knowledge exchange and secure data sharing; policy recommendations to strengthen regional Smart Health innovation ecosystems in Europe based on comparative ecosystem analysis; a Gamified User Journey as a co-creation-oriented, gamified e-learning tool to enhance health awareness and promote healthy lifestyles among patients and citizens; and a Smart Health Educational Repository for Patients and Practitioners providing a curated collection of learning resources. Together, these outcomes are expected to contribute to a more proactive, data-enabled and user-centred healthcare ecosystem, aligned with European priorities such as the European Health Data Space.
Building on feedback and evidence, the SHIFT-HUB service portfolio and delivery formats were further developed, tested and refined in the second project period. A key technical achievement was consolidating the offer into three pillars—Build & Boost innovation, Connect & Thrive collaboration, and Learn & Grow knowledge—providing a clearer, needs-oriented structure for delivery and continuous improvement.
The portfolio was operationalised through digital enablers and structured co-creation/innovation support. The SHIFT-HUB Community Platform acted as the technical backbone for stakeholder and event management and enabled ecosystem collaboration, including a Smart Health Marketplace to showcase solutions and facilitate matchmaking. Core formats included 9 Open Innovation Workshops (470 participants; >45 ideas) and 5 Living Labs, complemented by 7 Demo Days and 5 Capacity Building Workshops to strengthen quality and transferability.
At project closure, tangible outputs supporting adoption and capacity building included an Apps Repository (>170 curated apps), a Gamified User Journey (five educational games), and an Educational Repository (>150 resources across 15 thematic areas) for patients/citizens and healthcare practitioners. Evidence from analysing and comparing regional Smart Health innovation ecosystems also informed policy recommendations to strengthen ecosystems and enable sustainable uptake of digitally enabled Smart Health solutions.
The portfolio was operationalised through digital enablers and structured co-creation/innovation support. The SHIFT-HUB Community Platform acted as the technical backbone for stakeholder and event management and enabled ecosystem collaboration, including a Smart Health Marketplace to showcase solutions and facilitate matchmaking. Core formats included 9 Open Innovation Workshops (470 participants; >45 ideas) and 5 Living Labs, complemented by 7 Demo Days and 5 Capacity Building Workshops to strengthen quality and transferability.
At project closure, tangible outputs supporting adoption and capacity building included an Apps Repository (>170 curated apps), a Gamified User Journey (five educational games), and an Educational Repository (>150 resources across 15 thematic areas) for patients/citizens and healthcare practitioners. Evidence from analysing and comparing regional Smart Health innovation ecosystems also informed policy recommendations to strengthen ecosystems and enable sustainable uptake of digitally enabled Smart Health solutions.
SHIFT HUB advanced beyond the state of the art by delivering an integrated pan European Smart Health hub model linking skills and trust building, discoverability of trustworthy digital tools, ecosystem matchmaking, and user informed validation. It was implemented via the Community Platform (>900 members; >400 matchmakings), the SHIFT-HUB Marketplace supporting collaboration, knowledge exchange and EHDS aligned secure health data sharing pathways, and policy recommendations based on comparative regional ecosystem analysis.
SHIFT HUB also strengthened uptake readiness through openly accessible resources: the Educational Repository (190 multilingual resources; continuation secured via a sister project), the Apps Repository (>170 curated Smart Health applications), and the Gamified User Journey (>900 unique players), complemented by Living Labs testing up to ten applications with end users and generating actionable feedback. In parallel, innovators’ uptake conditions were improved through intensified investment support (13 funding requests totalling €15.3 million and follow up investor engagement).
Collectively, these results contribute to a more proactive, data enabled and user centred Smart Health ecosystem aligned with EU priorities including the EHDS. Further uptake requires sustained platform governance, continued curation and multilingual updates of repositories, additional real world validation, improved access to markets and finance (incl. procurement readiness), and supportive regulatory/standardisation/interoperability frameworks for trusted data sharing.
SHIFT‑HUB delivers five consolidated, key exploitable results underpinning impact beyond the state of the art:
1.) SHIFT‑HUB Community Platform
2.) SHIFT‑HUB Marketplace
3.) Policy Recommendations
4.) Gamified User Journey
5.) Smart Health Educational Repository
SHIFT HUB also strengthened uptake readiness through openly accessible resources: the Educational Repository (190 multilingual resources; continuation secured via a sister project), the Apps Repository (>170 curated Smart Health applications), and the Gamified User Journey (>900 unique players), complemented by Living Labs testing up to ten applications with end users and generating actionable feedback. In parallel, innovators’ uptake conditions were improved through intensified investment support (13 funding requests totalling €15.3 million and follow up investor engagement).
Collectively, these results contribute to a more proactive, data enabled and user centred Smart Health ecosystem aligned with EU priorities including the EHDS. Further uptake requires sustained platform governance, continued curation and multilingual updates of repositories, additional real world validation, improved access to markets and finance (incl. procurement readiness), and supportive regulatory/standardisation/interoperability frameworks for trusted data sharing.
SHIFT‑HUB delivers five consolidated, key exploitable results underpinning impact beyond the state of the art:
1.) SHIFT‑HUB Community Platform
2.) SHIFT‑HUB Marketplace
3.) Policy Recommendations
4.) Gamified User Journey
5.) Smart Health Educational Repository