English

Health Valley Netherlands is a partner Interreg North-West Europe programme NWE0100082 'Scaling-up virtual rehabilitation in the NWE-region- Scale-Up4Rehab', approved and funded by the European Commission.

Rehabilitation has an important role in improving the health and well-being of the population and the overall efficiency and sustainability of the health systems. The ageing of the population will increase the number of persons who need rehabilitation, while there is a shortage of healthcare staff. Currently, access to rehabilitation is uneven both between and within countries. Technology offers the possibility to provide efficient care and access to dedicated rehabilitation care regardless of the location of a patient. Different forms of rehabilitation therapy using virtual technologies are already taking place. However, these digital applications merely are used in a local setting and economies of scale are not exploited. Transnational cooperation is needed to reach these economies of scale, bringing the digital transformation of the rehabilitation sector to a next level. In order to ensure equal access to rehabilitation care and foster the resilience of health systems, this project will make an important step forwards in the digitalization of the rehabilitation sector, being the first in building an open NWE virtual rehabilitation 'clinic', through which existing virtual rehabilitation therapies will be scaled up. 8 regional pilots (NL/DE/IR/LU), which act as showcases, will be implemented in which rehabilitation professionals in various healthcare settings integrate virtual rehabilitation in their daily practice. Additional, capacity building activities will be carried out. 

The main outputs: 

  • A running open virtual rehabilitation clinic including a minimum of 12 virtual rehabilitation interventions 
  • 8 finalized pilots in which rehabilitation practitioners have used the virtual rehabilitation clinic to integrate several virtual rehabilitation interventions in their daily practice and have reached a minimum of 280 patients in their rehabilitation at home
  • A package of capacity building activities for patients, healthcare practitioners and enterprises.

Dutch

Rehabilitation plays an important role in improving the health and well-being of the population, as well as the overall efficiency and sustainability of health systems. With an aging population, the number of persons needing rehabilitation will increase while there is a shortage of medical personnel. Currently, access to rehabilitation is uneven both between and within countries. Technology offers the opportunity to provide efficient care and access to specialized rehabilitation care regardless of a patient's location. Various forms of rehabilitation therapy using virtual technologies are already taking place. However, these digital applications are used only locally and do not take advantage of economies of scale. Transnational collaboration is needed to achieve these economies of scale and take the digital transformation of the rehabilitation sector to the next level. To ensure equal access to rehabilitation care and promote the resilience of health systems, this project will take an important step in the digitization of the rehabilitation sector by being the first to build an open virtual rehabilitation 'clinic' in the NWE region to scale up existing virtual rehabilitation therapies. Eight regional pilots (NL/DE/IR/LU) will be implemented as showcases, in which rehabilitation professionals in different healthcare settings integrate virtual rehabilitation into their daily practice. In addition, capacity building activities will be implemented.

The main outputs:

  • An operational open virtual rehabilitation clinic with a minimum of 12 virtual rehabilitation interventions
  • 8 completed pilots in which rehabilitation practitioners have used the virtual rehabilitation clinic to integrate various virtual rehabilitation interventions into their daily practice and have reached a minimum of 280 patients at home with their rehabilitation
  • A package of capacity-building activities for patients, healthcare providers and businesses.
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Lead partner:

  • St. Maartens Clinic

Project Partners:

  • Université de Lille 1 (Sciences et Technologies).
  • St. Mauritius Therapieklinik
  • University College Cork
  • In4Care
  • Health Valley Netherlands
  • Centre National de Rééducation Fonctionnelle et de Réadaptation.
  • University College Dublin
  • Tilburg University
  • Eurasanté
  • Radboud university medical center
  • Roessingh Research and Development
  • UniKlinik RWTH Aachen

 

EU Funding: €6,468,235.61  
Total Budget: € 10,780,392.78
Timeline: 2023-2028

 

Program website: https://scale-up4rehab.nweurope.eu.
LinkedIn showcase page: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/scaleup4rehab.