Feb 22

Open Call for Proposals “Integrated services to support health and safety in home environment“

Project grants between 200 000 – 500 000 euros Deadline: 1st of April 2021 Target group: The applicant is a legal person, non-governmental organization operating on the basis of public or private law registered in Estonia. Purpose: The purpose of the support is to prevent and reduce injuries at home and to identify and support families …

by Francesco Condello
Feb 15

Kick-off of the H2020 CSA project IN-4-AHA : a result of joining the dots back in 2017

Last February 9th took place the kick- off meeting of the IN-4-AHA scaling-up innovation in active and healthy ageing project, in which Gisela Garcia – Alvarez, Managing Director of the Galician Health Cluster, CSG, highlighted how clusters and DIHs can act as important actors in health and social care ecosystems. The EU-funded IN-4-AHA project will …

by Francesco Condello
Jan 13

Better use of existing medical data would bring us closer to personalised medicine

In a situation where we have collected a variety of health data from different locations, patients expect to receive more personal and personalised treatment. A personal approach requires a new perspective from healthcare providers.  The seminar ‘Personalised Medicine in Healthcare’ discussed where we have come in the field of personalised medicine and what prevents Estonia …

by Heather Smith
Oct 28

TempID´s Smart Thermometer Takes Body Temperature Measuring to a Whole New Level

Measuring body temperature with a regular thermometer is yesterday: TempID, the member of Connected Health Cluster, offers an innovative hard- and software solution that measures and records body temperature. With the help of AI4Diag and thanks to pilot-build of health-data collection algorithms, TempID took the measuring of body temperature to a whole new level. During …

by Heather Smith
Oct 7

Tallinn’s new innovation fund competition to support five new smart city solutions

From the 12 applications that qualified for the smart city solutions competition – Tallinnovation, the city of Tallinn, together with the research and business centre Tehnopol, selected five winners who will make the city’s services and environment more comfortable and modern for both the residents and visitors. The winning solutions were proposed by the following …

by Heather Smith
Aug 27

Medical students see innovation as a solution to the bottleneck issues facing medicine

President of the Estonian Medical Students’ Association Helen Kasemaa and Treasurer of the Estonian Medical Students’ Association Neeme Ilves explain why medical students are interested in innovation and why they decided to join the Connected Health Cluster. According to Kasemaa and Ilves, the Estonian Medical Students’ Association (EstMSA) primarily expects the cluster to allow them …

by Heather Smith
Aug 25

Safe medical advice over the phone

The idea to give medical advice safely over the phone originates from over a decade ago. The joint development of the cluster has now grown into the personalised consultation service provided on the Family Doctors’ Advice Line – the doctor answering the phone can see the callers’ personal health data with their permission to be …

by Heather Smith
Jul 1

Attorney-at-law Timo Kullerkupp: startup activities must be organized like a well-cleaned housekeeping

In May, the startups from the Tehnopol Startup Incubator participated in the workshop on legal issues, presented by the lawyers from the law firm RASK. After the workshop, we talked with one of the attorney-at-laws at RASK, Timo Kullerkupp, about some important legal issues that every startup needs to know. Read the interview with Timo …

by Heather Smith
Jun 15

Kodality’s solution for remote appointments brings healthcare to your home

The virus crisis set new challenges for the healthcare sector; regular treatments and consultations were often swapped for remote appointments. In cooperation with hospitals in Pärnu, Ida-Viru, Narva and Rakvere, Kodality created a secure and convenient solution specifically for remote appointments.  Kodality’s Development Manager Maksim Žukov explained that remote appointments through the hospitals’ patient portals ensure a …

by Heather Smith
Jun 15

Tallinn Tehnopol Science Park works with UN lab to support health tech startups

Tallinn Tehnopol Science Park signed a letter of intent with the United Nations Technology Innovation Labs (UNTIL) based in Finland. Together, they hope to further explore options to shoulder startups dedicated to solving health issues, through digital innovations with special attention given to novel solutions. The lab, located in Aalto University in Espoo, and Tehnopol …

by Heather Smith
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