As part of the HACK-IT-NET project, BioValley France presented 10 solution providers out of a total of 90 proposed by all partners
Launched in July 2024, HACK-IT-NET is a transalpine project bringing together 9 partners from 6 Alpine countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia, Italy, and France). Its goal: to strengthen links between research, technology, and healthcare in order to build a more responsive, inclusive, and sustainable health system. The project is funded under the Interreg Alpine Space program for a duration of three years.
Identifying key challenges in healthcare systems
Through more than 100 interviews conducted by project collaborators with healthcare professionals, hospital administrators, and patient representatives, several major challenges emerged: workforce shortages and lack of skills, accessibility and infrastructure difficulties, population aging and increasing demand for care, as well as digitalization and sustainability issues.
These findings served as a starting point for mobilizing innovation stakeholders across the Alpine region.
Each project partner identified at least 10 solutions capable of providing concrete responses to healthcare challenges, for a total of nearly 90 innovations.
BioValley France presented solutions originating from its ecosystem, aligned with the territory’s priority needs.
Ten concrete regional solutions addressing identified challenges
To respond to aging and chronic diseases, Clinnova unites digital medicine efforts with European partners to improve diagnostics and personalize treatments, while RDS offers predictive sensors that anticipate health deteriorations, thereby reducing avoidable hospitalizations and supporting home care.
To enhance accessibility, Hocoia deploys connected medical buses and telemedicine solutions in remote areas, while HOPImedical designs teleconsultation equipment that broadens access to specialized care.
The workforce shortage challenge is being tackled by Synovo Group, which streamlines hospital logistics, and PraxySanté, which automates administrative tasks using AI. InSimo also supports the upskilling of practitioners through realistic surgical simulation software. Visible Patient Lab eases the workload of surgical teams by transforming CT and MRI scans into 3D organ models, streamlining and accelerating surgical planning, and optimizing operating room time and resources.
Finally, addressing digitalization and sustainability challenges, Pixacare facilitates wound monitoring and continuity of care through an AI-powered application, while OptaCare optimizes patient flows and hospital resource management to make healthcare facilities more efficient and resilient.
A collective and transnational project
These 10 solutions presented by BioValley France illustrate how the HACK-IT-NET project fosters connections between identified on-the-ground needs and the innovations capable of addressing them. They complement the other innovations mobilized by all project partners, demonstrating the richness of the Alpine ecosystem and the importance of transnational cooperation.
BioValley France warmly thanks all HACK-IT-NET project partners and the selected companies for their commitment. Their engagement reflects the collaborative spirit and innovative drive that energize this European network.
Interreg Alpine Space - ProMIS - Programma Mattone Internazionale Salute
Provincia Autonoma di Trento - Carinthia University of Applied Sciences / Fachhochschule Kärnten - Initiative Healthacross; Niederösterreichische Landesgesundheitsagentur - BioValley France - Bayern Innovativ GmbH - BIOPRO Baden-Württemberg GmbH - UKC Maribor / University Medical Centre Maribor - HSLU Hochschule Luzern
About the project: HACK-IT-NET
