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The ADA Project
The skyrocketing demand for health and social care services, exacerbated by an ageing population and a glaring need for preventative measures, is forcing us to confront a bold new reality: digital healthcare monitoring and tele-consultations are not just options; they are the future. ADA focuses on digital transformation of healthcare using 5G and AI, de-risking the adoption of remote healthcare monitoring.
The ADA project will develop and demonstrate 5G-based AI-powered digital healthcare monitoring technologies for respiratory condition diagnosis, physiotherapy, and complex care management. We will deliver an ADA healthcare API platform for the patient-centred care continuum focusing on community and home care with demonstrations carried out in the UK, South Korea, and Türkiye.
Challenges
5G is here, but user experience is suboptimal in advanced applications
Advanced networking 5G tech is available, however, the combination of a high operation cost and optimising network for better user experience is not well developed. There is a mis-opportunity in developing advanced networking to enable next-gen healthcare applications characterised by a mix of low-traffic, low data rate Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) sensing and high data volume, time-sensitive XR applications.
AI is still in its infancy in healthcare and workforce support remains limited
The rise of next-gen AI and explosive increase of compute power have fused the development and adoption of AI in all aspects in healthcare ecosystem. However, to make the technologies really work, there is an urgent need for integrated design and system-level thinking to not only bring in the AI to transform patches within the system, but also ensure the linkages are in place to reduce the frictions between the siloed technologies for the healthcare professionals.
Data privacy and cybersecurity remain challenging
The wide-spread collection of patient data is already the norm. Yet, despite the increasing maturity of privacy-preserving technologies, there remains significant gaps in embedding, integrating, and validating these emerging capabilities in practice, throughout clinical pathways to enhance different stages of data management and AI-powered processes, for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention measures.
Our main focus
Remote health monitoring with 5G and AI is already widely demonstrated and started to be adopted in the healthcare industry to enhance clinical pathways. However, many existing technologies remain highly fragmented, leading to significant discrepancies and cumbersome operational overheads for healthcare delivery organisations. This means not only increased workloads for healthcare professionals, causing the so-called “app/system fatigue”, but also make it difficult to materialize the collective benefits of these technological advancements at scale.
The main focus of ADA is to develop a loosely coupled digital healthcare API platform to work with a varied range of digital health data modalities, collected from mobiles, IoTs to Augmented Reality (AR) glasses, which is rapidly becoming a reality in the real-world clinical and operational healthcare context. It will advance the state-of-the-art integrated support for AI and AR applications at the edge of the network and demonstrate the practical usage of the platform for real-world remote healthcare monitoring applications.
Discover the main developments
The main development from the project comprise of three aspects:
- A set of generic platform services catering for the needs of hybrid data patterns and interaction requirements with an emphasis in healthcare;
- A set of platform APIs designed to facilitate data and service integration across the patient care continuum, and accelerate the development of further healthcare applications built on ADA;
- A set of healthcare demonstrators and demonstrations showcasing the benefits of the ADA platform to tackle priority healthcare challenges identified by the participating national consortiums and the platform’s potential of tackling cross-national innovation collaborations
Anticipated Results
The ADA project is anticipated to produce the following main achievements.
A Platform for patient-centred care continuum
Firstly, it will be the first-of-its-kind integrated 5G-enabled AI-powered platform for digital healthcare continuum monitoring, demonstrating the benefits and advantages of 5G in enabling advanced healthcare applications with diverse traffic patterns and bandwidth requirements going beyond simply faster network connectivity offered by 5G.
A Healthcare API Platform
Secondly, it will deliver a set of healthcare-oriented platform APIs suitable for a wide range of third-party application use cases, including both healthcare and non-healthcare use cases. Some services, for example those designed for real-time interactive remote consultation and collaborations, have applications in other domains as well, including transport, utilities, and call centres.
A Remote Healthcare Monitoring Platform
Finally, the project will produce three remote healthcare monitoring demonstrators, in the following clinical care areas: remote respiratory disease diagnosis, remote physiotherapy for rehabilitation, and complex care for patients with chronic conditions that require multidisciplinary team-based interventions.
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Anticipated Impacts
New (and improved) products and services
New (and improved) products and services from partners have been envisioned from day one. These include network-adaptive healthcare applications, new medical devices for diagnosis and treatment, and new technology products and platforms for complex care coordination. All these will enhance the export capabilities of the partners, allowing them to improve or advance their export readiness and product competitiveness in a global market.
New IPs
A range of new IPs are envisaged to be generated through the project partnerships, leading to, for example, the launching of a new healthcare brand, patent application and new copyright protected software products. Further, the project is anticipated to build a solid grounding for further collaborations and partnerships in new R&D initiatives and commercial partnerships, in joint communication, dissemination, and commercial exploitation from the project outputs.
Global partnerships and commercialisation
The ADA project will produce high-profile and impactful demonstrations globally at different nations involving partners directly from the project and collaborators from further afield. These will attract and further commercial opportunities for the partners, accelerating their global partnerships and commercialization journey.
Consortium Partners
A strong consortium of partners from three nations has joined force to tackle healthcare challenges of our time!
CaringOS, the healthcare arm, Chilton Computing, UK
CaringOS’ mission is to connect and empower patient-centric healthcare journeys through technologies. As a business unit within Chilton Computing UK, we develop advanced complex care coordination and tele-consultation technologies using AI, 5G, and AR.
Buckinghamshire New University, UK
Originally established as a School of Science and Art in 1891, Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) has been transforming lives throughout its history relying on high-quality, high-intensity approach to teaching, which focuses on real-world, practical learning and produces high levels of student engagement. Research and knowledge exchange activities are central to BNU’s mission to make a positive difference to industry and society, as well as enhancing teaching and learning. In line with the University’s Thrive 28 strategy, the scholarship and research undertaken at BNU helps tackle society’s biggest challenges and make a difference to people’s lives in our local campus communities. BNU’s research spans across a wide range of fields and encompasses all our academic schools.
Flying River Labs, UK
Flying River Labs‘ mission is to develop breakthrough technologies and business models capable of reducing digital inequality in the age of AI and immersive experiences.
PUSULA HIS, Türkiye
Pusula HIS is a Turkish software company specializing in hospital information management systems for private healthcare. Founded in 2011, it has built strong partnerships with hospitals and universities. In 2017, it was recognized as an R&D Centre by Türkiye’s Ministry of Industry. The company focuses on using machine learning and AI to improve its products and support economic growth.
Karel Electronics, Türkiye
Karel is a leading Turkish technology company specializing in Communication Systems, Defense, Automotive Technologies, Electronic Manufacturing, and Emerging Technologies. With a strong focus on innovation, Karel allocates 5% of its annual revenue to R&D, supported by a team of 216 experts. Its state-of-the-art production facilities, employing nearly 2,000 people, manufacture electronic boards for top appliance brands and high-tech components for defense, aerospace, and telecommunications industries. Combining cutting-edge R&D with advanced manufacturing, Karel stands as a trusted global partner across multiple industries.
Anadolu Sigorta, Türkiye
Anadolu Insurance Company was founded in 1925 under the leadership of İşbank, Turkey’s first and biggest national bank. Anadolu Insurance is Turkey’s first insurance company with an on-site R&D center and 2.000+ employees, 1000+ partner health institutions, and 400+ IT employees. Anadolu Insurance focuses on using machine learning and AI to improve its products. In the ADA project, Anadolu Insurance will develop AI models and algorithms for Turkish use case diseases.
InoSens, Türkiye
INOSENS is a research and development-focused small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) specializing in eHealth and rehabilitation through the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) technologies. The company is committed to shaping the future of healthcare and well-being by leveraging advanced information technologies. The INOSENS management team possesses extensive expertise in end-user-driven product development, cross-functional team leadership, and international product management.
HiCare, South Korea
HiCare is a global leader in providing innovative technological solutions, dedicated to enhancing efficiency and quality in the medical and healthcare sectors.
Through the development of patient management systems and digital healthcare platforms with a user-centric approach, the company collaborates with medical institutions to create a healthier future.
In the ADA project, HiCare plans to develop an integrated monitoring system for managing respiratory disease patients via an app designed for patients, administrators, and healthcare providers.
A wearable microphone/recorder capable of capturing cough sounds will also be developed, with demonstrations to be conducted in Korea.
Hanyang University, South Korea
Hanyang University is a prestigious private university in South Korea, renowned for its cutting-edge research and innovative academic approaches.
Globally recognized for excellence in engineering, IT, and biomedical fields, the university is at the forefront of technological advancement.
In the ADA project, Hanyang University is responsible for developing AI models and algorithms for the remote monitoring of infectious respiratory diseases and plans to conduct clinical trials.
HUFS, South Korea
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) specializes in fostering global talent and conducting research in languages and international studies.
By strengthening international collaboration, it actively contributes to various multinational projects.
In the ADA project, HUFS focuses on researching 5G utilization through the analysis of cutting-edge technologies and developing a federated learning model for AI-based intelligent integrated monitoring services.
ADA - Remote Healthcare Monitoring, an Eureka collaborative R&D project 