R&D+i activities fostering technologies to offer better healthcare, assisting the work of healthcare workers, simplifying illness prevention, diagnosis and treatment processes, as well as to provide new products and services for the market that can help to consolidate a solid and stable industry and serve as successful cases studies.

Barcelona Digital promotes a comprehensive approach to these kinds of applications, including the use and combination of all types of biosensors to collect medical and physiological data from people and the surroundings, the treatment of clinical data and personalized healthcare registers and their use for comprehensive healthcare management. The final objective is to optimize the quality and effectiveness of healthcare services urgently needed by a society that tends to be ageing progressively, a fact which makes prevention and patient participation in healthcare management and assistance indispensable.

Research lines

• Technologies for rehabilitation support.
• Telemedicine and remote therapy systems.
• Interoperability of medical applications.
• Social networks in the field of healthcare.
• Support for evidence-based medical decision-making.
• ICT accessibility and remote assistance for the elderly and disabled.
• Simulation tools for medical training and planning.
• Monitoring people’s health and health conditions.
• Management and optimization of hospital resources.