Boosting value chains in Health at regional and EU level

ongoing

HealthChain proposes a model that is demand-driven, co-creative, geared to adoption and ecosystem-enabled to complement current instruments. HealthChain aims to develop health solutions meeting existing needs that will improve the quality of health services for the citizens. The interregional component provides a unique opportunity to cross-fertilise actual instruments and facilitate the market uptake of the solutions developed. HealthChain builds up on top of five regional ecosystems from different EU countries: Murcia (Spain), Centro (Portugal), Western (Slovenia), Primorsko-Goranska (Croatia) and East Netherlands (The Netherlands). During project execution, 5 Mirror Regions joined the consortium to replicate the model: Flanders (Belgium), Western Greece, Navarra (Spain), Castilla y León (Spain), North-West (Romania). To increase impact, 15 additional Regions are integrating the Community of Practice, to learn from the HealthChain model, exchange experiences and identify new joint opportunities. Main objectives 1. Establish and validate a value-chain model that interconnects regional stakeholders to promote demand-driven innovation and resulting in systematically co-created digital health solutions geared for adoption. 2. Boost the competitiveness of the IT companies with mature solutions, facilitating the scaling and uptake of their solutions at local, European and international level 3. Support a wider pool of third-party SMEs with less mature health solutions (TRLs 6-7) to codevelop and pilot solutions under real-world conditions under an FSTP programme 4. Create a sustainable Community of Practice of EU regions, that sustainably maintain and exploit the proposed value-chain model with their own resources beyond the duration of the project 5. Promote the digital transformation of healthcare organisations by improving the delivery of valuable, user-friendly and cost-effective services to patients and citizens Expected outcome Innovative investments across borders (TRL 6-9) for digital health solutions, for the acquisition of skills in digital transformation. 15 digital health sub-projects, interlinking five regional ecosystems each with 1 Healthcare Organisation, IT companies, 1 regional Ecosystem Supporter I3 - Interregional Innovation Investments The value chains forged in the HealthChain regions are based on local quadruple-helix connections. The regional ecosystems are then interwoven via cross-border collaborations. Also, the combination of local and cross-border value chains is geared to untap further investments in digital health innovation where the public and private sectors from different countries can work together. By applying a demand-driven and co-creation approach, health entities will increase the capacity to systematically identify and solve their needs while creating opportunities for private companies.