FUNDACIO TICSALUT I SOCIAL

Their core work

TICsalut i Social is a Catalan foundation focused on digital health and social care innovation, operating at the intersection of health IT standards, electronic health records, and AI-driven clinical tools. They work on making health data interoperable across borders and institutions, developing frameworks for exchanging patient records, imaging data, and clinical reports. More recently, they have expanded into AI applications for cancer diagnostics and integrated care for chronic conditions like heart failure, as well as cybersecurity for healthcare IoT devices.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2015–2019), TICsalut focused on foundational digital health — mobile therapeutic tools and cross-border patient summary exchange, essentially making health systems talk to each other. From 2020 onward, their work shifted sharply toward AI-driven clinical applications (cancer imaging with deep learning, federated learning, explainable AI) and simultaneously broadened into cybersecurity for connected health devices. This evolution mirrors the broader European health digitization trajectory: from standardization and interoperability toward intelligence and security built on top of that infrastructure.

They are moving from health data plumbing (standards, exchange formats) toward applied AI on health data and securing the connected health ecosystem — expect future work at the AI-security-health convergence.

How they like to work

TICsalut operates predominantly as a consortium partner (5 of 6 projects), with one coordination role in m-RESIST. With 110 unique partners across 29 countries, they are well-connected but do not repeatedly cluster with the same organizations — suggesting they bring specialized eHealth expertise to diverse consortia rather than operating within a fixed alliance. Their consistent participant role indicates they are valued for domain knowledge rather than project management, making them a reliable and low-friction partner to integrate.

Broad European network spanning 110 partners across 29 countries, indicating wide reach well beyond their Iberian base. No strong geographic clustering — they connect with consortia across the EU rather than anchoring in a regional bloc.

What sets them apart

As a Catalan public-interest foundation (not a university, not a company), TICsalut occupies a distinctive niche: they sit between the public health system and the technology sector, translating clinical needs into digital solutions. Their combination of deep EHR interoperability expertise with growing AI and security capabilities makes them especially useful for consortia that need a partner who understands both the clinical data landscape and emerging tech. For anyone building a health AI or eHealth project targeting Southern Europe, they bring direct links to the Catalan health ecosystem.

Highlights from their portfolio

• INCISIVE
  Their largest project by far (EUR 413K), applying AI, federated learning, and explainable AI to cancer imaging across three cancer types — represents their strategic pivot toward health AI.
• m-RESIST
  Their only coordination role, focused on mobile therapeutic tools for treatment-resistant schizophrenia — demonstrates capacity to lead and manage EU projects.
• X-eHealth
  Directly shaped the European EHR exchange framework (EHRxF), working on standardizing lab results, discharge reports, and rare disease data across borders.