Pilot Studies

Unleashing the Potential of the RSHDS

To illustrate the full potential of the Regional Smart Health Data Space (RSHDS), VELES is embarking on four pioneering pilot use cases, each developed within one of the four participating widening countries. This groundbreaking approach revolutionizes the way we harness data for various diseases, implementing robust cybersecurity measures at a horizontal level.

These four pilots target some of the most prevalent health issues, pooling our efforts in a coordinated endeavor. This approach not only advances the exchange of health data across Europe but also prioritizes data privacy and fuels innovation within four distinct place-based ecosystems, including cross-country collaborations.

We are determined to open doors to collective action, aimed at safeguarding and enhancing health and well-being, all while working toward lowering costs to society.

Our Pilot Studies

Pilot on Cancer Treatment
Cancer is a complex disease, and accessing comprehensive and diverse data for cancer prevention, treatment, and prediction is crucial. Unfortunately, this data is currently scattered across different sources and is often inconsistent and unclean.

In response, through the RSHDS, our pilot aims to break down data silos, standardize and clean the data, and make it easily accessible, interoperable, and reusable. This will lead to more efficient cancer care planning and decision-making.
In Greece
Pilot on Alzheimer
When looking at the state of Alzheimer treatment in Bulgaria, the challenges in data collection and processing include fragmented data sources, poor data quality, lack of interoperability, limited citizen engagement in Alzheimer's prevention, and inconsistent regulations.

Establishing a common high-quality database can bridge regional gaps and benefit both medical professionals and patients. Technological solutions can provide equal access to quality information, facilitating data exchange between doctors, patients, and families.

This digitization effort, facilitated by RSHDS through this pilot, promotes innovation, knowledge transfer, and evidence-based policymaking, ultimately improving healthcare and capacity in the region.
In Bulgaria
Pilot on Cerebral Tumours
Accurate data is essential for diagnosing and treating tumors, determining prognosis, and monitoring patients. However, the current challenges in data processing and access include fragmented data sources among hospitals and private clinics in the North-East region of Romania, leading to difficulties in centralizing patient data.

The benefits of digitization and data sharing facilitated by RSHDS include improved case evaluation, statistical analysis, and knowledge sharing among clinicians. Ultimately, this initiative will benefit patients by enhancing the understanding of brain tumors and facilitating better care.
In Romania
Pilot on Dementia
Our pilot aims to address this challenge by employing three types of assessments: self-reports, behavioral observation, and physiological responses measured through ECG signals.

Pain assessment in dementia patients is a major challenge due to communication impairments, leading to underdiagnosis and reliance on pharmacological treatments with limited long-term safety data. The European Dementia Strategy calls for non-pharmacological methods and accurate assessment tools. However, current systems are fragmented and lack standardization or integration across digital health platforms.

Our pilot addresses this by using the Regional Smart Health Data Space (RSHDS) to collect, structure, and integrate real-world pain assessment data within a secure, interoperable digital health ecosystem. It tests the VELES architecture’s ability to manage complex, multimodal data while ensuring semantic harmonization and data privacy.

The pilot demonstrates how standardized, real-time data sharing enhances personalized care, supports AI-driven decision tools, enables cross-border collaboration, and aligns with EU data ethics. Ultimately, it advances VELES’ mission to create a sustainable, interoperable digital health infrastructure across Europe.
In Cyprus

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