HealthBridge_CE

Which challenges does the project HealthBridge_CE target?

A digital health tool accepted in one Central European country may have to prove its value all over again in the next. This slows down the uptake of promising solutions and keeps them from reaching patients.

How does HealthBridge_CE address them?

HealthBridge_CE builds on four earlier Interreg projects and creates a shared way for hospitals, innovators and public authorities to test solutions and produce evidence that different health systems can trust. Cross-border incubation partnerships apply this approach in twin pilot activities, while more experienced regions help others strengthen their procedures.

What are the expected results of the project?

An Integrated Living Lab and Policy Framework, tested in practice and connected to policy and funding decisions through cross-border Policy Learning Nodes, so that successful pilots turn more quickly into publicly funded healthcare.

What is the role of DEX Innovation Centre?

DEX Innovation Centre is the Lead Partner of the whole project and leads the work package that develops the Integrated Living Lab and Policy Framework.

Project at a glance

Programme

Interreg CENTRAL EUROPE

Project ID

CE0401380

Duration

September 2026 – August 2028

Total budget

€1.24 million, 80% co-financed by the ERDF

Partnership

7 partners from 6 countries

Pilots

1

Project partners

• DEX Innovation Centre

  Czechia · Lead partner

• University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden

  Germany

• University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Social Sciences

  Slovenia

• Slovak Alliance for Innovation Economy (SAPIE)

  Slovakia

• Institute of Health Information and Statistics of the Czech Republic

  Czechia

• Geriatric Health Centres of the City of Graz

  Austria

• Institute of Mother and Child

  Poland