Creating digital home healthcare for Europe's older people
Digital Health Entrepreneurs (DHE) helps multidisciplinary teams turn potential home healthcare solutions for older people into viable enterprises.
Europe’s older population is swelling, creating many opportunities for innovative home healthcare solutions.
The DHE course brings together master’s students from fields as diverse as engineering, business, medicine and IT into multidisciplinary teams to develop potentially marketable home healthcare solutions.
The programme focuses on identifying the challenges faced by older people and applying the fundamentals of entrepreneurship. The interactive training includes an age suit that simulates the sensations of ageing, as well as modules focused on user-centred design and ethically-oriented product development.
The course features guest lecturers and training on how to use a “design thinking” approach.
Course dates and location
The course will be hosted at RWTH Aachen University and will take place in Aachen, Germany.
- First edition: 27 April-6 July 2020 (Registration for this edition is closed.)
- Second edition: October-December 2020
Applications
Applications for the second edition of the course will be open 1-30 September 2020, and can be made by sending a motivation letter and CV to: digitalhealth@time.rwth-aachen.de
Partners
CLC/InnoStars: France
Partner classification: Business, Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs
Partner type: Core Partner
Cap Digital is the French business hub for digital and ecological transformation and the biggest cluster in Europe. 1000 members including 830 startups / SMEs, 70 large companies, 70 academic, 12 VCs. Health / Well Being / Silver Economy as a target sector (150+ members). Education / Lifelong learning / HR as a target sector (150+ members). AR/VR/3D, IoT/Robotics, Big Data, AI as technologies (170+ members). Main actions: Energizing the ecosystem Accompanying experimentations Access to R&D public funding (regional, national, European) Providing intelligence Access to private funding Business Coaching International development
Key Activities in Business Creation
Business coaching, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, training
CLC/InnoStars: Germany
Partner classification: Education, Research, Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs, Hospital / University Hospital
Partner type: Core Partner
RWTH Aachen University and its hospital (focus on patient-oriented medicine & nursing care) provide leading research, innovation and education within the core themes of EIT Health. Our industry-need-driven competence centres foster entrepreneurship
RWTH Aachen University
RWTH Aachen University, Templergraben 55, 52062 Aachen, Germany
Key Activities in Research and Developement
Biomedical engineering, Life Sciences, Social sciences / health economics, Clinical research
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Technology Transfer, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Technical faculties, Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training