Digital solutions in the healthcare sector

More efficient procurement of innovative medical devices, digital services and IT systems through the collaboration of public hospitals and purchasing bodies can lower the pressure on health budgets while facilitating better value for money. Healthcare can greatly benefit from digitalisation such as data collection and analysis, patient monitoring or patient flow management. The COVID-19 pandemy showed the lack of digital responsiveness in times of crisis. A better digital healthcare can be developed for such situations where the health sector is under pressure and acute monitoring, management, and tracking are needed. In addition, societal and environmental sustainability will play a bigger role in the future as hospitals consume huge amounts of material resources and need to pay more attention to resource efficiency. Please kindly note that this Working Group completed its work in November 2022.

related resources

• EcoQuip - six leader-led innovation procurement projects, each of which address a particular healthcare challenge
• The EURIPHI (European Innovative Procurement of Health Innovation) Coordinating and Supporting Action (CSA) ended in June 2020. The project aimed to build out a common vision on the use of Value Based Innovation Procurement as a strategic tool fostering innovation. Since June 2020, actions have been put in place to ensure the sustainability of the results achieved during the project.