Municipality connects social domain & high tech

In this month's ICT & Health, Kavita Parbhudayal, alderman for Care, Youth and Public Health, talks about connecting the social domain and the high-tech sector. “The social domain needs technology and the parties that offer it to make healthcare future-proof.” This is a spearhead within the Action Program Care and Innovation 2019 – 2022 of the municipality of The Hague.

The iZi Healthy Long Home program was one of the foundations for this Action Programme. The iZi approach is therefore being expanded. Together with partners in the city, the municipality will set up so-called 'Living Labs'. There, residents test technology and see whether the technology helps them to live longer at home in a healthy way. There will also be an online e-health marketplace, where the range of technology is clear and easy to find and matched with a person.

Read the entire article here via the ICT & Health online magazine (only for subscribers) or via this link (PDF).