Objective Stroke is the second cause of death world-wide and the second cause of disability-adjusted life in high-income countries.The burden of stroke can be mitigated by emergent expert support. Much progress has been achieved for inhospital strokemanagement, but a scalable solution to optimize prehospital care has not yet been established. Telemedicine is the primecandidate to bridge this gap by transporting medical experts virtually to prehospital for immediate initiation of care duringambulance transportation. Led by disruptive innovation, we were the first to develop a proof-of-concept for 24/7 inambulancetelestroke support using our dedicated telemedicine system. Over the past years, we have developed anintegrated audio-video and point-of-care medical device for acute stroke care which works across hospitals and emergencyvehicles. To achieve the proposed innovation we have gone through the following approaches to develop our first prototypearchitecture which has been tested in a clinical environment, involving experienced researchers in stroke and emergencycare:*Creation of the ICT platform: based on existing cloud telecommunication systems, we built the architecture with a focus onopen access of devices that has gone through several input cycles from many stakeholders. Zebra Academy has based thedevelopment of its infrastructure on EU developed technology FIWARE. Zebra Academy is also one of the certifiedsuccessful stories (FIWARE VIP) in the use of this technology.*Creation of the in-ambulance communication device: currently on its 6th phase we have gone through several lean cycles inwhich physicians, patients and ambulance personnel have given input.*Legal and ethical compliance: our legal experts have provided an overview and in-depth-analysis of applicable legal issueswith regards to data protection and privacy, fundamental rights and ethical questions, medical device regulations, liabilityissues, reimbursement and cross-border healthcare. Fields of science medical and health scienceshealth scienceshealth care serviceseHealthnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwarenatural sciencescomputer and information sciencescomputer securitydata protectionsocial scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness modelsmedical and health sciencesbasic medicineneurologystroke Programme(s) H2020-EU.3.1. - SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Health, demographic change and well-being Main Programme H2020-EU.3.1.4. - Active ageing and self-management of health H2020-EU.2.1.1. - INDUSTRIAL LEADERSHIP - Leadership in enabling and industrial technologies - Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) H2020-EU.2.3.1. - Mainstreaming SME support, especially through a dedicated instrument H2020-EU.3.1.6. - Health care provision and integrated care Topic(s) SMEInst-06-2016-2017 - Accelerating market introduction of ICT solutions for Health, Well-Being and Ageing Well Call for proposal H2020-SMEInst-2016-2017 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SMEINST-1-2016-2017 Funding Scheme SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1 Coordinator ZEBRA ACADEMY Net EU contribution € 50 000,00 Address LOUIZALAAN 515/4 1050 BRUSSEL Belgium See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Total cost € 71 429,00
