The first step is to support the ambition of the eHealth Hub (eHH) project on delivering seven high-quality services with highest impact and traction for European eHealth SMEs, by validating the original proposal and ensuring ongoing follow-up of the activities, of the beneficiaries, and of the internal processes.
As for the deployment of services: 45 events have been organised counting with the involvement of more than 400 SMEs.
1.- Business Modelling training aims to deliver the business modelling training service and optimize it over time. 6 services have been implemented.
2.- Solution Match looks at needs that are still “unmet” or not well covered by the market. 10 services have been deployed
3.-Investment Readiness aims at training eHealth SMEs and start-ups on how to present a business value proposition to investors. 6 services have been offered.
4.- The eHealth Investment Platform facilitates the efficient matchmaking between eHealth SMEs and other actors in the ecosystem such as investors, regulatory and legal experts, business supporters, big corporations (pharma/medtech companies) and healthcare organisations. The platform gathers now more than 900 references
5.- eHealth Roadshow offers an opportunity for selected eHealth SMEs to benefit from targeted networking with demand-side stakeholders from across Europe. 10 services have been implemented
6- Legal Services aims to provide eHealth SMEs and start-ups with support on their legal issues, The number of legal nodes registered for the online platform is 104 nodes representing 57 firms of legal nodes. The number of clients who received legal advice from qLegal in the framework of the eHealth Hub project is 48 eHealth SMEs.
7.- Regulatory services support-related regulatory issues and is building the eHealth Hub Regulatory Network by recruiting the 67 nodes (at least 1 per member state). 78 SMEs have been supported and 4 workshops and 4 webinars have been organised.
The eHH Communication and Dissemination Plan was implemented and all partners were actively involved according to the internal processes. To date, a total of 71 Communication campaign have been performed. A logo, a very original flyer, and several roll-ups have been designed according to this visual corporate identity as well as a project presentation and a deliverable template to be used in external and internal communication activities. A database of users (1412 contacts) has been created to give us the possibility to reach them with our service offers. The users are spontaneously registering from the webpage.
For WP4: Sustainability and exploitation, the main objective was to take the necessary actions so that the project brand, acquired know-how and produced assets are exploited and scale after the end of the EC funding. To achieve this goal, the consortium has undertaken a thorough and realistic market analysis that identifies relevant customer segments, identifies the main business hypothesis to be validated for each of them, conducts validation interviews with relevant stakeholders per segments and, finally, evaluates the acquired knowledge based on the direct market interaction. Also, we have defined the most appropriate business strategy after the end of the public funding, in terms of positioning and encapsulation of value towards the most promising customer segments, as well as a new business relationship model that regulates the cooperation among the partners, including its organizational structure, financial management and membership commitment.
