Deadline: 31-Jan-23
Nordic Innovation is inviting Proposals under “Applied Ethical AI on Nordic Patient Records” for the development and demonstration of an ethical AI-based solution, capable of reading patient records across the Nordic countries, Nordic languages and different medical health record systems.
The project shall demonstrate what can be done in the field of ethical AI applied to the responsible use of health data within the current legal framework and changes to the legal framework that occurs during the full project period.
Through this initiative, Nordic Innovation sets out to promote sustainable growth, innovation, entrepreneurship and global competitiveness of Nordic companies.
This project is a cross-sectoral collaboration between the two Nordic Innovation programs; Life Science & Health Tech and AI & Data and is supported by the Ministerial Council for Digitalization, which encompasses cooperation between the Nordic countries and Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
funding information
- Funding of NOK 5,800,000 is available.
Deliverables
The project wants:
- Develop and demonstrate a solution consisting of ethical AI algorithms to read text and images on digital and if possible, analog, patient records across different patient record systems (interoperable), across Nordic borders and Nordic languages;
- Adhere to the protection of privacy of individuals and follow FAIR principles and existing AI guidelines, standards as well as forthcoming EU regulations in the area of AI and healthcare (EU AI Act, EHDS, Data Governance Act etc.);
- The consortium will be required to coordinate a roundtable serving as a formalized stakeholder dialogue twice a year. This is to ensure relevance and alignment with clinical practice and overall stakeholder interest and developments in the field, as well as knowledge sharing and dissemination of project results. Members of the proposed roundtable will be decided in collaboration with Nordic Innovation. In preparation for the roundtable the consortium must submit a project status report at least 1 week before the scheduled meeting to participants.
- events, dissemination and communication of project results;
- Barrier assessment which will be made publicly available: The consortium must undertake a barrier assessment covering especially; the technical, societal and environmental barriers to the implementation of the solution as well as an impact assessment of the resulting solution;
- Business case for the developed solution.
Who can Apply?
- A consortium of minimum three project partners from three different Nordic countries. It will be viewed positively with additional project partners from Baltic countries in the evaluation of the proposal. Startups, cluster organizations/eco-systems, SMEs, larger corporations, R&D institutions, public sector actors, NGOs and civil society organizations are all eligible project partners.
Eligibility criteria
- Project partners must be eligible for de minimis state aid under Regulation 1407/2013 or 360/2012 (de minimis Regulations) of 18 December 2013.
- Funding can only go to Nordic and Baltic partners, with the work being undertaken in Nordic and Baltic countries. Contributions (financial or in-kind) from a non-Nordic or non-Baltic partner cannot count as co-financing towards the co-financing requirements of the project.
For more information, visit Applied Ethical AI on Nordic Patient Records .
For more information, visit https://www.nordicinnovation.org/programs/call-proposals-applied-ethical-ai-nordic-patient-records
