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Consortium GrantHorizon Europe Active

COMFORTage

AI-powered digital companions and blockchain-secured health data for ageing populations

Cluster / Area

Cluster 1 — Health

NEWCO Role

Technical Partner

Period

January 2023 – December 2026

TRL Level

TRL 7

Consortium Budget

€4.2M (total consortium)

TRL LevelTRL 7
ConceptPilotMarket

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
Call IDHORIZON-HLTH-2022-CARE-01
Grant ReferenceNo. 101080471

Consortium Partners

  • EHTEL (Belgium)
  • University of Patras (Greece)
  • Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italy)
  • Vilnius University Hospital (Lithuania)
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)

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