ROME (ITALPRESS) – Digitization, dematerialization, telemedicine, artificial intelligence and big data can provide a strong impetus for improving efficiency in healthcare systems in a scenario of complex and rapidly evolving changes. Having timely access to the necessary information enables more informed decisions: to boost innovation in health care, University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome and Intesa Sanpaolo have launched the Global Health Observatory supported by the European Commission and the Ministry of University and Research.The Observatory will be directed by Professor Leandro Pecchia, full professor of Biomedical Engineering and president of the Master’s Degree Program of the same name at the University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, and aims to foster the sustainable adoption of technological innovations for the reorganization of health services and help generate significant impact in the areas of health and wellness. In early 2025, the first study on the possibilities of technology adoption by the national health system will be published to support the creation of an Italian supply chain for innovation in the silver economy.The project was presented in front of more than 800 students during the UCBM leg of Build Your Future, the program of meetings conceived by Intesa Sanpaolo and carried out in collaboration with schools and universities, to involve 10.000 students from all over Italy and inspire them about the major transformative processes of society such as digitization, artificial intelligence, blue and space economy, life science and others.Alongside the Observatory, a Research Laboratory coordinated by Professor Pecchia has been launched with the aim of identifying the barriers that hold back the adoption of enabling technologies in the National Health System and involving companies, health agencies and businesses in the sector. The Laboratory will also play the role of an incubator for actions such as education and training of staff and dissemination activities of research projects.The Observatory and Laboratory involve six young researchers from Italy, Spain, Brazil, Ethiopia, Benin and the UK: a multidisciplinary team with physicians, engineers, economists, computer scientists and a philosopher expert in bioethics. The lab has already attracted major European funding for the design and development of new Proof of Concept for Ebola, the greening of hospitals, integrations of care for cardiovascular patients by networking centers of excellence and territory, and the growth of the culture of research-based education in African countries. The projects have a total value of more than 20 million euros, of which about 20 percent comes from Italian partners. “With Build your Future we are meeting young people all over Italy to transmit to them a greater awareness of the social and economic impact of the great global transformations and the skills needed to deal with them,” says Elisa Zambito Marsala, Head of Education Ecosystem and Global Value Programs Intesa Sanpaolo. “Among these, ‘life sciencè have a particular role in a country that must face the demographic challenges arising from an aging population. Thanks to the close collaboration with the University Campus Bio-Medico, among the best academic realities for the integration of innovative teaching and scientific research, we have promoted an Observatory on Global Health with researchers from all over the world. Intesa Sanpaolo strongly believes in supporting research, talent enhancement, international exchanges and talent attraction. “The birth of the Observatory and Laboratory on Global Health that we created together with Intesa Sanpaolo represents, for the University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, a further step towards one of our main goals,” comments Andrea Rossi, CEO and General Manager University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, “: to provide precise indications with respect to the country’s health needs and to initiate forms of study and experimentation of concrete solutions in favor of people’s well-being. The challenge is for everyone: physicians, engineers, biologists, nutritionists, health managers and professionals in the field. We want to be protagonists of the great changes in health systems such as the Italian one, bringing an active contribution so that enabling technologies can support the efficient functioning of a public service that the whole world envies us and that still has margins for strengthening.”The broader synergy with University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome is part of Intesa Sanpaolo’s commitment that, through the Education Ecosystem and Global Value Programs structure headed by Elisa Zambito Marsala, promotes – in line with the EU’s Strategic Research Agenda and the PNRR’s Fourth Mission – collaborations with universities and schools through support for research, scholarships, lectureships to foster educational inclusion, merit enhancement, attractiveness of universities and contribute to the economic and social growth of territories and the country.Intesa Sanpaolo has promoted a permanent Observatory, Look4ward, which aims to identify the needs for new skills and from which it emerges that the professions of the future will be increasingly characterized by the fusion of vertical technical knowledge, transversal skills and relational skills. In 2023, the Group led by Managing Director and CEO Carlo Messina involved more than 2,000 schools and universities; 4,000 are planned over the 2022-2025 Business Plan period.
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