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EIT Health Think Tank has launched a new AI report, outlining the urgent need for a post-pandemic technological revolution to prevent EU health systems from struggling over the next decade. The report concludes that AI and digital solutions are urgently needed, with healthcare workforces already straining to meet demand due to increasing populations and people living longer . This pressure is set to increase given estimations that by 2050 one in four people in Europe will be over the age of 65 and will likely have complex healthcare needs – which means only a proportion of additional years will be spent in good health .
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EIT Health urges European healthcare providers to embrace AI and technology after the pandemic highlights fragility of healthcare systems
EIT Health, a network of best-in-class health innovators and part of the European Institute of Technology, has launched a new AI report from its Think Tank, outlining the urgent need for a post-pandemic technological revolution to prevent EU health systems from struggling over the next decade.
The report concludes that AI and digital solutions are urgently needed, with healthcare workforces already straining to meet demand. This pressure is set to increase given estimations that by 2050 one in four people in Europe will be over the age of 65 and will likely have complex healthcare needs – which means only a proportion of additional years will be spent in good health.
The EU basic research funder, the European Research Council, received 24% more applications than last year in its latest €619 million Starting grants call, which awards early career researchers. The increase signals dropping success rates for ERC funding.
The first starting grants call under the new EU research programme, Horizon Europe, closed last week after receiving 4,056 applications. Last year, researchers submitted 3,272 applications, 13.3% of which secured financing. But the budget earmarked for the call is slightly lower this year at €619 million compared with €677 million last year.
The ERC is a lifeline for basic research in the EU but few researchers can get funding. Some fear if it becomes increasingly difficult to secure grants, excellent researchers will stop applying and focus their time and energy elsewhere. However, the ERC budget may increase once more non-EU countries join the new Horizon Europe research programme, enabling the fund to better meet the
This week, the European Innovation Council (EIC) and the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) providing a framework for the two EU-backed institutions to work together in supporting Europe’s best entrepreneurs.
The MoU marks a crucial step in the process and means that the EIT’s knowledge and innovation communities (of which EIT Health is one), will soon be in position to partner with the EIC.