COMFORTage
AI-powered digital companions and blockchain-secured health data for ageing populations
Cluster 1 — Health
Technical Partner
January 2023 – December 2026
TRL 7
€4.2M (total consortium)
Project Overview
COMFORTage is a Horizon Europe Cluster 1 project developing AI-powered digital companions for elderly people at risk of social isolation and chronic disease deterioration. NEWCO contributes the NFC-enabled patient data infrastructure (Tap2SOS) and COTIC blockchain audit layer for secure, cross-border health data portability within the European Health Data Space (EHDS).
NEWCO Contribution
NEWCO leads Work Package 4 (Data Infrastructure), delivering the NFC patient data retrieval system integrated with the Tap2SOS platform, COTIC blockchain audit trails for all health events recorded across the consortium, and a GDPR-compliant data export module aligned with the EHDS interoperability specifications.
Key Outcomes
- NFC patient data retrieval piloted across hospital environments in Greece, Cyprus, and Romania
- COTIC blockchain securing over 18,000 health events across the consortium to date
- GDPR-compliant EHDS export layer (Deliverable D4.3) submitted Q2 2024
- AI deterioration detection model achieving 91% sensitivity in the pilot patient cohort
HORIZON-HLTH-2022-CARE-01No. 101080471Consortium Partners
- EHTEL (Belgium)
- University of Patras (Greece)
- Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italy)
- Vilnius University Hospital (Lithuania)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)
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