PARTNERS
YoooM, Consortium leader (www.yooom.com and www.miind.org), Delft, The Netherlands. Founded by a bright young team of user understanding analysts and hard and software developers, YoooM has a unique combination of understanding user needs connecting them to technological ends and placing them in a business package that fits. Resulting in patented technology and, over the last 18 months, it created & sold over 400 family solution packages and community packages tuned for people suffering of down syndrome, psychosis (schizophrenia), mild cognitive impairment and elderly coping with severe mental instability.
AAL award nominated in 2008 and 2013 and winning the 2014 AAL award for the mild cognitive solution ‘Confidence’ as recognition of its successful novel approach. With partners like the University of Delft, Groningen University, Utrecht School of Technical Design, the European Space Agency and coordinated the European ConnectedVitality.eu project, it is well positioned to develop and launch its innovative products and technology. YoooM conceived the MeFIT concept and acts as project manager, offering it’s expertise, products and technology to the consortium. The MeFIT project will enable the company to bring the breakthrough community technology further into the elderly mental market, contributing to the well being of thousands of elderly, while achieving major impact and market pull.
Parnassia Groep (https://www.parnassiagroep.nl) is the largest mental health institute of the Netherlands with strong business background. She has activities in different fields of psychiatry like:
● Forensic
● Short term cure
● Severe mental illness
● Elderly
● Addiction
● Inter cultural
● Primary care
PG underwrites the governmental agreement to reduce inpatient capacity with 20%. Towards more empowerment and informal care. To reach this goal the business development department focuses on the bridging and bonding healthcare and technology. We harvest hopefully results in an experiment on a learning community in Zaandam. In this MeFIT-call we want to validate this results in an European setting. Care Brands&businesess developed at Parnassia Group are Indigo - Basic mental care (http://www.indigowest.nl/), Lucertis (http://www.lucertis.nl/), Child and youth mental care, PsyQ (http://www.psyq.nl/), Speciality mental treatment programs, Brijder (http://www.brijder.nl/), Addiction mental care, Bavo Europoort (http://www.bavo-europoort.nl/), Dijk en Duin (http://www.dijkenduin.nl) and Parnassia (http://www.parnassia.nl/), special mental care, i-psy (http://www.ipsy.nl/), intercultaral mental care, Palier (http://www.palier.nl/), Forensic intensive care.
The University of Geneva (http://tam.unige.ch) participates in the project with the TaM group (http://tam.unige.ch) of the Information Science Institute (http://isi.unige.ch). Created in January 2012, TaM is currently participating in different national and international R&D projects, all linked to indoor positioning techniques, maps, navigation, and processing of data coming from smartphones' sensors. Our team is composed of PhD candidates, scientists and developers. We have the know-how to cover the complete lifecycle of a R&D project, from its initial idea to a fully operational prototype. By using agile development methods, we combine the advantages of fast prototyping, early involvement of users, and high-quality products. Currently, one of our main research topic is around mobile sensors, where we work on project like fall detectors (http://tam.unige.ch/projects/f2d.html), stress and burnout warning systems (http://tam.unige.ch/projects/stayactive.html), or MoveYourStory (http://tam.unige.ch/projects/moveyourstory.html), a project where we needed to guess the interests of the user just be observing his behaviour. A list of relevant projects is available at http://tam.unige.ch.
EverdreamSoft SA (http://www.everdreamsoft.com)
EverdreamSoft was founded in 2010 with the objective of entering the mobile market. EverdreamSoft is perfectly positioned to take advantage of this growing market. By filling in the gap occupied by more traditional large media players, who are often slow to adopt new technologies, EverdreamSoft can provide simple, ergonomic and innovative products to a public that values mobility. EverdreamSoft expertise in developing mobile applications for the entertainment industry and its significant experience in understanding and selling to the end users, will bring to the project a strong value of user engagement. EverdreamSoft bring a wealth of user interface and tablet software design experience to the project.
EverdreamSoft developed and published, ’EyeRadars’, a geolocated speed camera warning system for iOS. The application ’SwissRadars’ rapidly reached to top downloaded application in Switzerland, praised for its ease of use interface. EverdreamSoft entered the mobile gaming industry and received awards for venture kick stage I and II, “early detection and promotion of promising business ideas”, for the business plan for Moonga. Since the game Moonga was released in 2011, it has received 200’000 downloads and is among the top-grossing apps in France and Japan’s AppStores. Now EverdreamSoft hires interface designers, programmers, community managers, translators and work with about 40 artists, to continuously improve the game and grow the games community.
DeriCom Information Services Ltd. (http://www.dericom.hu)
DeriCom Ltd. was established in 2000 by two private investors. Main activities of our company include developing, selling, training and operating medical software as well as installing complete medical IT systems and integrating medical tools, devices, hardware and software.
Our company was founded to continue the activities and the products of a family enterprise (Cronos Partnership) being on the market of medical informatics market since 1992, therefore DeriCom Ltd. has been operating for 23 years.
At the present our company has approximately 650 medical doctors as users nationwide who we have a daily contact with and most of whom have been our partners for more than 20 years.
Our main tasks contain continuous software development as needed; support / training on the spot or on the phone; implementation of new systems and switching over from the old to the new system; installing, operating and maintaining medical networks.
Aim and concept:
● We wish to provide medical doctors (mainly general practitioners, factory physicians and private doctors working in primary care) with all IT support they need in their work: patient registry, reports to receive finances, medical-professional expert systems, inserting medical tools, data-link among institutes in order to track patient journeys and installing integrated systems of polyclinics.
● Our clients receive the highest quality service from programme development to tasks concerning hardware and operation. As a consequence, we have built an excellent relationship with our users, which enabled us to mutually support each other during the tasks.
● We are aware of the facts that only continuous development and developments satisfying customers’ need may allow us to stay in the market and strengthen our position, therefore, our main concept is permanent customer focused innovation.
Products and services of DeriCom:
Praxis Pro- Primary Care Software, Patient Management System, Surgery Reservation and Information System (www.praxismedia.hu), MedMax GP Information Software (www.medmaxpro.hu), On-line medical system (under developing)
BME - Budapest University of Technology and Economics, (http://www.bme.hu) is the largest school of technology in Hungary, with eight faculties, over 3000 employees and 20 000 students. Its biggest faculty, the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics (https://www.vik.bme.hu) has ten departments and twelwe so called knowledge centres. The latter cooperate closely with the departments and some of the other faculties. The Healthcare Technologies Knowledge Centre (EMT; http://emt.bme.hu) will represent BME in the planned project. EMT is a virtual centre: it executes its R&D activities with the involvement of experts, researchers, PhD and MSc students of various departments of BME, especially with the Dept. of Control Engineering and Information Technology, Dept. of Measurement and Information Systems, Dept. of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, Dept. for Computer Science and Information Theory, Dept. of Psychology and Ergonomics.
EMT was established on 1 July 2007 by the decision of BME’s Senate. EMT’s core activities focus on ambient assisted living research and development. EMT has been involved in several research and innovation projects such as Silvergate112 (Assistive Medical and Social Monitoring and Alarm System – An Integrated Approach), CCE (Connected Care for Elderly Persons Suffering from Demetia), CARE (Safe Private Homes for Elderly Persons), CVN (Connected Vitality - The Personal Telepresence Network), CEEDs (Collective Experience of Empathic Data Systems), InTraMed-C2C (Innovation Transfer in the Medical Sector from Clinics to Companies). Recently, EMT is the project coordinator of a new AAL project, M3W (Maintaining and Measuring Mental Wellness). EMT is the leader of the Hungarian eVITA Platform – a cooperation platform for promoting ICT usage in assisting the daily living of elderly people, supporting therapy treatments, improving the quality of life of disabled persons, etc. (http://evitaplatform.hu/).
DPPSE - Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Semmelweis University
(http://semmelweis.hu/english/department-of-psychiatry-and-psychotherapy) provides 119 beds for inpatients supervised by 24 psychiatrists, two psychologists and 52 certified nurses. The turnover of inpatients is around 3,590 per year. The Department runs several outpatient services specialised in particular clinical profiles where approximately 15,750 patients are treated every year. The Department also has a Psychiatric Day Hospital, while the Márton utca (Márton Street) division serves as a Psychotherapeutic Clinic.
The principal areas of research at the Department are the following:
● Molecular genetic studies in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder;
● Studies of ADHD;
● Neurophyisiological and psychophysiological studies in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and ADHD;
● Psychopharmacological research;
● Emotion recognition in psychiatric disorders;
● Research into the possible application of virtual reality therapy;
● Studies of disorders of mood and affect;
● Measurements of effectiveness in psychotherapy;
● Organic psychosyndromes and gerontopsychiatry;
● Eating disorders.
The Department also has successful collaborations with other national and international institutes, universities in these fields.
Fifteen of the Department’s staff members hold a Ph.D degree, while one staff member has earned a D.Sc title.
Moreover, the Department is an active member of the undergraduate medical education, training students in Hungarian, English, and German at the faculties of Medicine and Dentistry, as well as Hungarian students at the faculties of Pharmacy and Health Sciences.
The Psychiatry and Mental Health Ph.D. programmes are also managed at the Department.
The Department is the main centre for coordinating postgraduate courses in psychiatry and psychotherapy for residents and regular continuing medical education (CME) programmes for psychiatrists.
At Semmelweis University – Hungary’s oldest medical school – more than 240 years of tradition, experience and expertise serve as the basis for innovation and the application of modern technologies. Built on the classic trinity of education, healthcare and research, the University possesses a distinguished place in the Hungarian higher educational system. Moreover, Semmelweis University is Hungary’s largest health care institution and a well-recognised, outstanding centre of research.
The University’s five faculties confer over 1700 diplomas every year, which are not only recognised in many countries around the world, but the international acclaim of which is unquestionable. Our University’s foreign language programmes are especially worth noting, which have provided the University with enormous recognition and a solid reputation on both the national and international scenes. Today, almost third of the University’s 10,000 students comes from abroad.
With its 27 clinics and over 8000 employees, Semmelweis University is one of Hungary’s largest health care providers covering six percent of the entire population’s health care needs, which translates to around 2.3 million cases per year. Clinical work is carried out in close cooperation with education and research, to the benefit of all three areas.
The development of research activities has received increasing attention over the past decade. Over 1300 employees, many of whom are young talents, participate in the research and development work of the University’s 80 departments and research groups. Publication activities have improved considerably, with the cumulative impact factor doubling to around 2200 at present.
ZHAW - Institute of Nursing
The ZHAW /ZUAS http://www.zhaw.ch/de.html is one of the leading universities of applied sciences in Switzerland. Teaching, research, continuing education, consulting and other services are both scientifically based and practice-oriented. Graduates of the ZHAW hold their own on national and international markets and in the intercultural working world.
About 11'000 students are enrolled at the ZHAW in a total of 26 Bachelor’s degree programs and 13 consecutive Master’s programs. The university also offers a broad range of continuing education courses, including over 40 Master's of Advanced Studies programs. 30 institutes at the ZHAW network their resources to provide business and industry with customized services.
The School of Health Professions is one of eight departments within ZUAS. Through education and research, the school contributes meaningful innovations to contemporary health care. The graduates in physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing and midwifery become sought-after professionals bringing their knowledge, expertise and problem-solving skills to a wide range of practice settings.
The focus of the Institute of Nursing is on people – meeting their health needs and promoting the quality of their lives. The faculty of the institute develops solutions to the challenges posed by the evolution of healthcare which are both innovative and appropriate to patients’ needs. The research team is engaged in a variety of joint research projects with practice partners.
New models of care and collaboration amongst different health care professionals as well as informal caregivers are a main focus of the research projects. Lately the team involves in new technology (energy consumption as indicator of patient safety) and in AAL project (FairCare) or is engaged in new calls (MeFIT, cosy living at home).