inDemand: a new Horizon 2020 project for co-creating eHealth solutions
date: 22/10/2017
The inDemand project
The new Horizon 2020 inDemand project applies both demand-driven and co-creation approaches. Its model is meant to increase the capacity of health entities to identify and solve their needs, while creating opportunities for private companies.
The added value of the co-creation process between healthcare organizations and IT companies is the creation of digital solutions with higher success rate in terms of market uptake. This is because they have been developed together with the client.
The model will be implemented in 3 pilot regions: Murcia Region (Spain), Paris Region (France), Oulu Region (Finland).
Join the community
inDemand has a high potential for replication in a community interested in promoting innovation in health and in other sectors, although the project will test and develop models only in the health sector.
That's why the initiative also provides for special mentoring of 12 ‘mirror regions’ to receive coaching to implement the model in their own region, leveraging existing regional structural funds. Other regions will have also the chance to access to best practises and lessons learnt even after the project ends.
Those regions interested in becoming a part the community, please send an email. The selection process will start in the following months.
The Consortium
The inDemand consortium is composed of 11 partners:
- The Healthcare organisations are SMS and FFIS in Murcia, RESAH in Paris Region and NOHD in Oulu.
- The public regional funders are INFO in Murcia, Paris Region Enterprises and Oulu Council.
- The business supporters are TICBioMed in Murcia, Medicen Paris Region and Business Oulu.
- The team is completed with Errin and Oulu University supporting the dissemination and the methodology implementation.