The Apperta Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation supported by NHS England and NHS Digital led by clinicians to promote open systems and standards for digital health and social care, aims to make data, information and knowledge in IT systems open, shareable and computable to facilitate the...
FIWARE Foundation, a non-profit organization that encourages the adoption of open standards — implemented using Open Source technologies — for the development of smart solutions on a global basis, announces today a joint collaboration with the India Urban Data Exchange (IUDX) Program toward building an...
What is preventing the further upscaling of digital health solutions for the elderly? Why is it not possible for all of our grandmothers and grandfathers to have their health monitored at home, giving them more freedom, and at the same time, freeing up the capacity...
As part of its work on looking how to increase the uptake of open platforms in the Active and Health Ageing (AHA) domain, PlatformUptake.eu is defining a set of strategic Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to be tracked for successful uptake, interoperability, synergies and cost-benefit analysis...
The H2020 ACTIVAGE project (http://www.activageproject.eu), focusing on Internet of Things applications to support healthy ageing, is one of the initiatives in the area of “open platforms” that is being closely followed and analyzed by PlatformUptake.eu. The ACTIVAGE project has actually reached its final stage, but the...
The NET4AGE-FRIENDLY COST Action – International Interdisciplinary Network on Smart Healthy Age-friendly Environments has been launched (COST = European Cooperation in Science and Technology). The proposal was led by PlatformUptake.eu partners Caritas Coimbra and AFEdemy, connecting researchers from 47 countries, as a follow-up of the work...
PlatformUptake.eu has carried out a consultation with eight open platforms in the Active and Healthy Ageing (AHA) domain that were identified in earlier work of the project. This was done by directly questioning the professionals who took part in the creation, management, development and maintenance...
Most adults want to age in place. Technology – along with more accessible homes and caregiver support – will transform ageing in place for both older adults and their caregivers. CoFunder (http://cofunder.co) has published a paper that examines: the drivers of aging in place the current...
FIWARE, one of the platforms that is being analyzed and taken into consideration by PlatformUptake.eu, is known for its ability and speed to address urgent challenges and the needs of society, companies, and public administrations. The need for ready-to-use solutions, based on Open Source and...
On the International Day of Older Persons (October 1st, https://www.un.org/en/observances/older-persons-day), the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the first data portal that brings together in one place data on global indicators for monitoring the health and well-being of people aged 60 and over. Data is included...