The Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB) and Tech Barcelona, a non-profit association that works to consolidate Barcelona as a benchmark on the international digital and technological scene, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote technological innovation in the field of health.
The Bellvitge University Hospital (HUB) and Tech Barcelona, a non-profit association that works to consolidate Barcelona as a benchmark on the international digital and technological scene, have signed a collaboration agreement to promote technological innovation in the field of health.
The innovation business ecosystem represented by Tech Barcelona will be now connected to the HUB. This will reinforce the networking between ICT and health, and thus reaching a greater number of patients.
During the signing ceremony, the Innovation Model of the Southern Metropolitan Area of the Institut Català de la Salut (ICS) and the HUB (with 21 Health and digital transformation projects underway in areas such as heart failure, arrhythmias, stroke, surgical procedures in gynaecology, critical patients and diagnostics in infectious, oncological and neurodegenerative pathologies) was discussed in depth.
Dr Montserrat Figuerola, manager of the Southern Metropolitan Area of the ICS and the HUB, stresses “this agreement is a further step to consolidate the commitment that Bellvitge Hospital has made to healthcare and technological innovation, a lever for change in the organisation, and to generate a collaborative network with innovative sectors and our professionals. We want to guarantee the best service and experience for patients, thus responding to their health needs”.
For his part, Miquel Martí, CEO of Tech Barcelona, adds “the health sector is one of the fundamental pillars of the innovation ecosystem in Barcelona and as such is one of the strategic priorities of the association.
For Tech Barcelona it is essential to forge alliances with clinical reference environments such as the Southern Metropolitan Territorial Management of the ICS and the Bellvitge Hospital, and to help connect them with startups and technology companies in the sector”.
After the signing, they visited the Surgical Block of the HUB, which has up to 31 operating theatres, three of which are hybrid, allowing to perform surgery and imaging tests in the same room. Thanks to the recent acquisition of a new state-of-the-art Da Vinci robot, the HUB has strengthened its position as a benchmark in robotic surgery, in addition to being the leader in complex oncological surgery in Catalonia.
About Tech Barcelona
Tech Barcelona is the independent, non-profit association that works to consolidate Barcelona as a technology and digital hub of international reference. Created in 2013, it represents more than 1,000 members - entrepreneurs, founders, executives and investors - from more than 1,200 companies, and has more than 70 partner organisations, leaders in their sector, committed to the project. The association’s goals are to promote talent, support entrepreneurship, attract investment and improve the company competitiveness. Tech Barcelona has established itself as the backbone of the ecosystem, with a programme of content, activities and connections aimed at promoting the growth of the digital and tech sector and the transformation of the economic model of the city and the country; in a context of international projection and taking care of the impact of technology on society. The Tech Barcelona ecosystem model is deployed with the Urban Tech Campus project: a network of unique buildings connected so that innovation and technology are integrated into the city, involving and coexisting with its citizens. More information at www.techbarcelona.com