INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
HUMAN
Healthcare 5.0 supporting the transformative shift of regions
Acronym: HUMAN
Project is approved by the Monitoring Committee of the
Interreg Europe Programme on 10th December 2024
and
Co-funded by the European Union
Duration: 01 May 2025 - 31 Jul 2029
Budget: 2,637,206 €
Project summary
The
World Health Organisation (WHO) recognises the critical role of digital health in achieving universal health coverage and improving healthcare efficiency, accessibility, and effectiveness. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted disparities in countries' and regions' ability to digitally transform their healthcare systems. Without addressing inequalities in access and use of digital technology, these disparities may grow.
Healthcare 5.0, driven by Industry 5.0, uses advanced technologies to transform healthcare delivery, enhance patient outcomes, and improve the overall healthcare experience.
Interreg Europe funded
HUMAN project empowers regions to adopt
Healthcare 5.0 policies, harnessing technology towards
inclusive, affordable, and human-centred healthcare.
What will this project change
HUMAN project's overall objective is the provision of more affordable, accessible, equitable and resilient healthcare services through the introduction of
Healthcare 5.0 solutions resulting from
improved policy instruments in 10 European regions.
This brings implicit the following sub-objectives:
1. Build the capacity of regional policymakers and other stakeholders to harness the potential that Healthcare 5.0 has towards a more user-centric, sustainable and resilient healthcare delivery.
2. Bridge the gap towards a more universal healthcare services by equipping professionals, patients and users with the required digital tools and skills to make the most of these solutions.
3. Enhance the patient and user’s experience by adopting a human-centric approach for digital technologies that support improved and more sustainable healthcare services.
Lead partner
The lead partner LP01 – ERNACT
The European Regions Network for the Application of Communications Technology
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, IRELAND
https://www.ernact.eu/
Project partners:
The project partner PP02 - Härnösands Municipality, Västernorrland County, The Kingdom of Sweden
https://harnosand.se/
The project partner PP03 - Development Centre of the Heart of Slovenia, Litija, Slovenia
https://www.razvoj.si/
The project partner PP04 – The University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
https://www.uni-lj.si/
The discovery partner DP05 - Regional Development Agency South Banat, City of Pančevo, Serbia
https://www.rrajuznibanat.rs/
The project partner PP06 - Health Service Executive, Northern and Western Ireland
https://www.hse.ie/
The advisory partner AP07 – The University of Porto, Portugal
https://www.up.pt/portal/
The project partner PP08 - Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne AG
https://www.sipbb.ch/
The project partner PP09 - Nicosia Development Agency (ANEL), Cyprus
https://anel.com.cy/
The project partner PP10 - Hof University of Applied Sciences, Oberfranken, Germany
https://www.hof-university.com/
The project partner PP11 - Central Danube Development Agency, Dél-Dunántúl, Hungary
https://kdmfu.hu/
The project partner PP12 - Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Care, Bosnia and Herzegovina
https://mzrss-hnz-k.ba/
Associated policy authorities
Office for economic affairs, Canton of Bern, Espace Mittelland, Switzerland
https://www.be.ch/de/
National eHealth Authority, Kýpros, Cyprus
https://www.neha.org.cy/
Bavarian State Ministry of Health, Care and Prevention, Oberbayern, Germany
https://www.stmgp.bayern.de/
Contact Points:
ERNACT The European Regions Network for the Application of Communications Technology
271@ CoLab, Atlantic Technological University
Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, F92 HTW7 IRELAND
e-mail: info@ernact.eu
Regional Development Agency South Banat Serbia
Karadjordjeva 4, City of Pančevo 26101
Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Republic of Serbia
e-mail: office@rrajuznibanat.rs
HUMAN project website:
https://www.interregeurope.eu/human
Project news:
HUMAN Project Kicks Off in Donegal, Ireland - 16/17 September 2025
https://www.interregeurope.eu/human/news-and-events/news/human-project-kicks-off-in-donegal-ireland
HUMAN on-line Kick-off meeting - 19 May 2025
https://www.interregeurope.eu/human/news-and-events/news/successful-kick-off-meeting-marks-start-of-human-project
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