How can we keep healthcare accessible as demand continues to grow and the shortage of healthcare staff worsens? In Twente, healthcare institutions, researchers, businesses and public authorities are working together to find an answer to that question. With a joint investment of over €3 million, the ‘Hospital of the Future’ project is being given a new impetus.
The ambition extends beyond a single hospital or a single innovation. Twente aims to demonstrate how medical technology can contribute to a fundamentally different way of organising healthcare – smarter, closer to the patient and with more scope for personalised care.
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From innovation to impact
Twente has long been renowned for the strong collaboration between healthcare, technology and research. This collaboration comes together in a unique ecosystem in which new technology is not only developed, but also tested and applied directly in practice.
Think of artificial intelligence, robotics, digital healthcare, medical imaging and organ-on-a-chip technology. Innovations that contribute to faster diagnoses, better treatments and more opportunities to support patients at home.
It is precisely because researchers, healthcare professionals and technology companies collaborate closely that solutions can be developed and scaled up more quickly.
A region where healthcare and technology converge
The ‘Hospital of the Future’ project is an initiative of Twente Board, Medisch Spectrum Twente, the University of Twente’s TechMed Centre and FME. Together, they are continuing to build an environment in which innovations do not remain confined to the laboratory, but actually make a difference to both patients and healthcare providers.
This approach makes Twente attractive not only to researchers and companies, but also to professionals and students who wish to contribute to the healthcare of tomorrow. Here, you’ll be working on innovations that have a direct impact on society.
Building the healthcare of tomorrow
The challenges facing the healthcare sector are not limited to Twente. The whole of the Netherlands is facing the same task. That is precisely why the region wants to demonstrate how collaboration between the healthcare sector, knowledge institutions, businesses and government can lead to solutions that can also be applied elsewhere.
With the Hospital of the Future, Twente is taking the next step in this development. Not as an end in itself, but as part of a bigger picture: a region where technology and collaboration contribute to future-proof healthcare.
Source: Twente.com
