eHealth and eDependence

eHealth and eDependence Cluster

The Health sector is considered of strategic importance for Catalonia, and both the medical work force and the heath system are internationally renowned. I2CAT promotes the integration of all the Health System Agents through innovation projects oriented to use the new technologies on this sector.

eHealth and eDependence Cluster is an innovation referent on scope of new technologies applied to Health. The objective of the Cluster is to promote projects:

• Implantables and sustainables.
• Oriented to improve the quality of service and the economic and administrative process.
• With global application.
• That generates economic return.

The activities of the Cluster are oriented to users of biomedical research, medical professionals and advanced non-professional resident users. The research themes are:

• Telemedicine.
• Teleassistance.
• Medical Distance Learning.
• Collaborative Systems.
• Telesurgery and Telediagnostic.
• Radiology Image Network. Pharmagenomic Analyse.
• Mobility applications for patients at home.

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