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General, Research & Innovation

Designing for Digital Transformation

On 8th December 2017 the partners in the consortium running the Digital Organisational Frameworks and IT Professionalism’ service contract for the European Commission organised a successful workshop on ‘Designing for Digital Transformation.

Digital Health, General

100 Most Influential People in Healthcare Award goes to empirica Head of eHealth Research & Policy

Dr. Veli Stroetmann, Head of eHealth Research & Policy at empirica, has been named one of the 100 most influential figures in healthcare worldwide. The distinction was awarded on 14 November 2017 at MEDICA Trade Fair in Düsseldorf.

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General, Research & Innovation

ScaleAHA Final Report Officially Published

The Scale AHA study has publsihed its final report. Scale AHA supported the European Commission in fostering scaling-up of innovations in active and healthy ageing by engaging stakeholders of the European Innovation Partnership on Active and Healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA).

Digital Health, General

Trillium-II: empirica supports the advancement of an International Patient Summary standard

Trillium-II builds on the work of Trillium Bridge to facilitate the secure and seamless sharing of International Patient Summaries (IPS) and enabling international interoperability of eHealth systems in the US, in Europe and globally.

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

empirica joins WE4AHA to support the EIP on AHA until 2020

The kick-off of the EU-funded project WE4AHA took place on 7-8 September 2017 in Stockholm. WE4AHA is a new Coordination and Support Action (CSA) for the European Innovation Partnership on Active and healthy Ageing (EIP on AHA) and will continue until the end of 2020.

Digital Health, eCare & Ageing, General

ProEmpower: An innovative diabetes type2 management solution moves closer to becoming reality in four countries

empirica’s role in the project is to oversee the consolidation of a network of interested external bodies as a basis of applicants for the project’s call for tender. This goal has been pursued throughout the first year of the project through a series of dedicated activities.

Energy, Research & Innovation

Innovative systems for the implementation of a sustainable energy policy are very popular among local authorities

The EDI-Net (Energy Data Innovation Network) initiative analyses and communicates sub-hourly electricity, gas and water smart meter data to identify waste and savings opportunities, reduce consumption and save money.

eSkills & Work, General

empirica to benchmark public policies and public-private partnerships and make recommendations for scaling up best practices and re-focusing funding programmes and incentives in Europe

empirica to benchmark public policies and public-private partnerships and make recommendations for scaling up best practices and re-focusing funding programmes and incentives in Europe specifically related to the acquisition of high-tech skills under a service contract for the EC

Digital Health, General

MAFEIP (assessing eHealth innovations) presented at a workshop in Girona

The MAFEIP study team conducted a workshop in order to inform potential users about the tool, its scope and functionalities, and promote its uptake by providing different support mechanisms. The workshop was held on 27th February 2017 in Gerona, Spain.

Energy, General, Research & Innovation

Progress of the Energy Data Innovation Network

The Energy Data Innovation Network (EDI-Net) project has been advancing in its first year with activities around the development of a system enabling public authorities in Europe to analyse short time series metered energy and water data from public building.

eSkills & Work, General

empirica forecasts reveal that Europe needs to generate 50,000 new high-tech leaders per year or a total of 450,000 until 2025

High-tech savviness is increasingly required in leadership positions. People who combine business expertise, high-tech acumen and leadership skills are rare.

eSkills & Work, General

The high-tech skills gap in Europe will reach 500,000 in 2025 with a strong polarisation of skills needed

The demand for high-tech skills is on a solid growth track. empirica is anticipating that the number of IT practitioners will grow from 8 million in 2015 to almost 8.7 million in 2020 in the EU28.