The future of healthcare just got a whole lot brighter with the launch of a dynamic cluster of
sister projects funded under the prestigious HORIZON-HLTH-2022-IND-13-02 call. This
synergistic endeavor brings together leading-edge initiatives, each committed to leveraging
technology to advance patient care and dismantle data silos.
At the heart of this initiative is a collective mission: to harness cutting-edge technologies and
drive impactful change in healthcare delivery. With a focus on enhancing accessibility and
efficiency in patient care, these projects are poised to revolutionize the healthcare landscape
across the European Union.
Introducing the Projects:
SYNTHEMA: Breaking barriers in rare hematological diseases, SYNTHEMA aims to
establish a cross-border health data hub. By pioneering AI-based techniques for clinical
data anonymization and synthetic data generation, SYNTHEMA seeks to address data
scarcity and fragmentation, paving the way for GDPR-compliant research in this critical
area.
PHASE IV AI: Advancing AI in healthcare, PHASE IV AI pioneers synthetic data
generation to overcome barriers in data accessibility and privacy. By developing stateof-the-art synthesis methods and privacy-compliant protocols, PHASE IV AI accelerates
the adoption of AI-powered tools for preventive healthcare and clinical decision-making.
SECURED: Spearheading a cross-border health data collaboration ecosystem, SECURED
offers a secure collaboration hub for decentralized processing of health data. Through
Privacy Preserving Computation techniques such as secure multiparty computation
(SMPC) or Homomorphic Encryption (HE) and synthetic data generation, SECURED
facilitates innovation in health data analytics and fosters collaboration among
stakeholders.
FLUTE: Revolutionizing healthcare data utilization, FLUTE enhances predictions of
aggressive prostate cancer through privacy-preserving AI support to physicians. By
minimizing unnecessary biopsies, FLUTE improves patient outcomes and reduces
healthcare costs.
PHEMS: Leading the change in pediatric healthcare innovation, PHEMS establishes a
decentralized health data ecosystem. By leveraging federated analytics and machine
learning, PHEMS transforms pediatric care for children’s hospitals.
AISym4Med: Aims to develop a platform that will provide healthcare data engineers,
practitioners, and researchers access to a trustworthy dataset system augmented with
controlled data synthesis for experimentation and modeling purposes. This platform will
address data privacy and security by combining new anonymization techniques,
attribute-based privacy measures, and trustworthy tracking systems.
About Horizon-HLTH-2022-IND-13-02
The Horizon-HLTH-2022-IND-13-02 call is a flagship initiative aimed at funding innovative
projects that leverage technology to enhance healthcare services and address critical
healthcare challenges. Through strategic funding and collaboration, the program aims to drive
impactful change in healthcare delivery and improve patient outcomes.
These projects align with the objectives outlined in HORIZON-HLTH-2022-IND-13-02, scaling up
multi-party computation, data anonymization techniques, and synthetic data generation to
address critical healthcare challenges. By fostering secure, interoperable, and transparent
cross-border health data hubs, these initiatives facilitate the development and adoption of
innovative data-driven solutions.
Developers now have access to advanced secure data processing tools, enabling the testing and
development of robust digital health products and services. Furthermore, the utilization of
synthetic data allows for large-scale experimentation without compromising individual privacy,
while sophisticated anonymization techniques ensure GDPR compliance and protect sensitive
information.
The launch of this groundbreaking cluster marks a significant milestone in healthcare
innovation. Together, these projects are poised to drive transformative change, delivering
impactful solutions and advancing patient care worldwide.