EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
IMINDS HEALTH: PAVING THE WAY FOR DIGITAL HEALTH
iMinds — the digital research and incubation centre of Flanders — was one of the co-hosts of the AAL Forum 2015. Involved in a number of research projects in the healthcare domain such as Care4Balance and LittleSister, it played a key-role in introducing the increased levels of interactivity at this year’s event
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ith more people living longer than ever before and chronic disease on the rise, traditional healthcare systems are being pushed to their limits. Scarce medical resources are struggling to
meet rapidly increasing patient demands. It is generally acknowledged that the concept of digital health can help to address this issue, with digital technologies empowering people to better track and manage their health. As such, digital health can personalise and optimise treatments while reducing medical inefficiencies and costs. But before the full potential of digital health in all its
facets – personal, societal and economic – is realised, a number of barriers need to be overcome; an effort to which iMinds is largely contributing. “Digital health is one of iMinds’ focus domains. Through our focus on the development of advanced health and clinical decision- support systems — and the removal of their technological and societal adoption barriers — we make sure that consumers, healthcare professionals, patients and policy makers can exploit digital health’s full potential,” says Roger Lemmens, Director of iMinds Health. Thanks to its broad skillset covering research and
entrepreneurship activities, and its facilitating role in the healthcare landscape, iMinds is uniquely positioned to realise important breakthroughs in this space. As the digital research and incubation centre, it combines the strength of its 900+ researchers at five Flemish universities to conduct strategic and applied research. Together with its research partners (companies, governments and non-profit organisations), iMinds translates digital know-how into concrete products and services. In addition, iMinds supports researchers, young entrepreneurs and start-ups in the successful market introduction of their ideas.
For more information, please visit
www.iminds.be/health (Twitter: @iMinds).
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