The DigitalHealthEurope Call for Twinnings was open between 14 June and 7 August, 2019. The evaluation phase is now over and 14 tenders have received notifications of award.
The call was addressed to regional governmental bodies and health care providers, as well as organisations legally affiliated with them. Interested parties had the opportunity to partner up as adopters and originators of innovative solutions and apply for funding. Based on the complexity of envisioned twinning activities, submissions were divided into the following types:
- Full adoption / acquisition (5 winning Tenders)
- Partial adoption (5 winning Tenders)
- Knowledge exchange and training (4 winning tenders)
From the 14 winning tenders, 4 involve more than one adopter. The majority of tenders are focused on digital tools for citizen empowerment and person-centred care. In total, 41 organisations from 14 countries will adopt and transfer innovative solutions to their regions.
Congratulations to the winners!
| Originator(s) | Adopter(s) | Innovative practice | Twinning type | DHE Priority |
| Odense University Hospital (Denmark) | Digital Health and Care Institute (Scotland)NHS Highland (Scotland) | CCEResearchInfrastructure – Colon Capsule Endoscopy for prevention and treatment of colorectal cancer | Full adoption | Better data to advance research, disease prevention and personalised health and care |
| Ideable Solutions (IDE) (Spain) | A Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML) Ideable Solutions (IDE) (Portugal) | Cognitive Rehabilitation – Virtual and Augmented reality for dementia- and moderate cognitive impairment patients | Full adoption | Digital tools for citizen empowerment and for person-centred care |
| Centre Mutualiste de Rééducation et de Réadaptation Fonctionnelles de Kerpape (France) | City of Aarhus (Denmark)Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège (Belgium)Università Degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia – UNIMORE (Italy) | REHAB-LAB-4U – Self-designed 3D printed assistive devices | Full adoption | Digital tools for citizen empowerment and for person-centred care |
| Fundación Pública Andaluza Progreso y Salud (FPS) (Spain) | Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II (FOUND) (Italy) | Listeo+ – mobile app on preoperative patient preparation for Major Ambulatory Surgery | Full adoption | Digital tools for citizen empowerment and for person-centred care |
| KYOMED (France) | Macvia (France)Azienda Sanitaria Locale, Salerno, Campania (Italy)Natural Person, J Anto, Barcelona (Spain)Natural Person, C Bachert, Brussels (Belgium)Hospital District of Helsinki & University of Helsinki (Finland)Global Allergy and Asthma European Network_GA2LEN (Germany)University of Bari, Puglia (Italy)University of Torino, Piemonte (Italy)Natural Person, N. Scichilone, Palermo, Sicilia (Italy)DHRR – DIGITAL HEALTH REGISTRY & RESEARCH SRL – Impresa Sociale, Milano, Lombardia (Italy)Lithuanian Association of Allergy and Asthma, Vilnius (Lithuania)University Of Gdansk (Poland)Natural Person, P Kuna, Lodz (Poland)Medical University of Lodz (Poland)University of Porto (Portugal)University of Lisbon (Portugal)Hospital Centre and University of Coimbra (Portugal)Servicio Aragones de Salud (SALUD), Aragon (Spain)IDIBAPS, Institute of Biomedics Investigation, Barcelona (Spain)Natural Person, M. Papadopoulous (Greece) | MASK (MACVIA-ARIA Sentinel network) Allergy Diary | Full adoption | Digital tools for citizen empowerment and for person-centred care |
| Gospodar zdravja d.o.o. (Slovenia) | Fundación para la Formación e Investigación de los Profesionales de la Salud de Extremadura (Spain) | Healthlord Pharmacy Project specialised on medication adherence and polypharmacy management – HL Pharmacy | Partial adoption | Citizens’ secure access to and sharing of health data across bordersBetter data to advance research, disease prevention and personalised health and careDigital tools for citizen empowerment and for person-centred care |
| Fundación Pública Andaluza Progreso y Salud (FPS) (Spain) | Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde (SPMS) (Portugal) | AppSaludable – guideline of safe practices for health app developers | Partial adoption | Digital tools for citizen empowerment and for person-centred care |
| Fundación Pública Andaluza Progreso y Salud (FPS) (Spain) | Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II (Italy) | MyPrescription – mHealth tool for prescription adherrence | Partial adoption | Digital tools for citizen empowerment and for person-centred care |
| Badalona Serveis Assistencials SA (BSA) (Spain)CoRe-Net – Cologne Research Network (CRN) (Germany)Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Estonia (MSA) (Estonia) | The North Estonia Medical Center (NEMC) (Estonia) | Data Matters – technology hubs for patient data gathering and evaluation | Partial adoption | Better data to advance research, disease prevention and personalised health and care |
| IRCCS CRO of Aviano (Italy) | Poliklinika Peharec of Pula (Croatia) | OncologyInMotion – software for breast-cancer patient data collection and evaluation in real time | Partial adoption | Digital tools for citizen empowerment and for person-centred care |
| Oscare (Belgium) | Centre de Rééducation Motrice du Dr. STER (France) | ScarPath – digital pathway for standardized scar assessment | Knowledge exchange | Better data to advance research, disease prevention and personalised health and care |
| Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) (United Kingdom) | Agencija za lijekove i medicinske proizvode (HALMED) (Croatia) | “Strengthening the Capacity for the Analysis of Electronic Healthcare Data” (SCAN project) | Knowledge exchange | Better data to advance research, disease prevention and personalised health and care |
| Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Farmacéuticos (CGCOF) (Spain)Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios (AEMPS) (Spain) | Associação Nacional das Farmácias (ANF) (Portugal)Ordre National des Pharmaciens (CNOP) (France)Federazione Nazionale Unitaria Titolari di Farmacia (FEDERFARMA) (Italy) | Medicine Shortage Detection System | Knowledge exchange | Better data to advance research, disease prevention and personalised health and care |
| Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain) | Azienda Sanitaria Torino (ASL TO3) (Italy) | E-Cardio4patients – home-monitoring system for patients at risk of heart failure | Knowledge exchange | Digital tools for citizen empowerment and for person-centred care |