Center for Digital Health and Well-being

The digital society is a data-driven personalised world. Consumers are asking for goods and services specifically tailored to their intrinsic characteristics and preferences. This movement is currently intensifying as we enter the post-digital era: each of our actions can be tracked and analysed (data analytics) and then can feed predictive models (Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning) which will define and design what will be offered next to us and health care makes no exception to this.

Aim:

 To develop activities contributing to engaging and empowering people and communities to live better, healthier and a happier life, by the use of digital technologies and services, and by this improve Public Health.

 Objectives

1.      Create around the centre a multi-stakeholder ecosystem, both locally, nationally and internationally

2.      Being an international reference centre with high-quality research and publications about Digital Health and Wellbeing;

3.       Develop innovative funding schemes and models for public health and wellbeing;

4.       Impact the way public health and “care” are produced and delivered, taking Manipal region as an advanced living-lab / test-bed and attracting external investors;

5.       Empower citizens and enable them to take their health in hand and live a better life.

6.       Develop, within the 2 first years, a business case for the centre with a mix of activities generating external incomes ensuring its long-term sustainability.

Coordinator:

 Mr Julien Venne, Researcher at the UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University who is also the Director for Strategy, Development and Partnerships at Sharecare and Board Director, European Connected Health Alliance.

Email ID: julien.venne@manipal.edu