SERVICIO ARAGONES DE SALUD

Their core work

Servicio Aragonés de Salud is the public health service of the Aragón region in Spain, responsible for delivering healthcare to the regional population. Within H2020, they contribute real-world clinical environments and patient populations for testing integrated care models, digital health tools, and remote rehabilitation services. Their projects focus on managing chronic diseases, empowering patients through technology, and extending healthcare delivery to underserved and remote communities. As a regional health authority, they bring operational healthcare infrastructure and direct access to patient cohorts that research partners typically cannot provide.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Their early projects (2016–2018) concentrated on chronic disease management in clinical settings — home hospitalization during acute phases, medication adherence, and wearable-assisted self-management (POLYCARE, EMPATTICS). From 2019 onward, the focus shifted toward community-level and remote interventions: smart living environments for early risk detection (GATEKEEPER) and telerehabilitation for geographically isolated populations (ROSIA). The trajectory moves clearly from hospital-centered chronic care toward distributed, community-based digital health services.

They are moving toward delivering healthcare beyond hospital walls — expect future interest in rural telehealth, community-based prevention, and demand-driven health innovation procurement.

How they like to work

SALUD operates exclusively as a participant, never leading consortia — consistent with their role as a public health service providing clinical validation environments rather than driving research agendas. With 82 unique partners across 19 countries, they engage in large European consortia (GATEKEEPER alone is a major multi-partner demonstrator). This broad but non-leading participation pattern makes them a reliable deployment and validation partner who brings real patients, real clinical workflows, and real procurement authority to the table.

They have collaborated with 82 distinct partners across 19 countries, indicating a well-connected European network built through large health consortia. Their geographic spread is broad, though their operational contribution is rooted in the Aragón region of Spain.

What sets them apart

Unlike universities or research institutes, SALUD is an operational public health system — they don't just study healthcare, they deliver it daily to a regional population. This makes them uniquely valuable for projects needing real-world clinical pilots, patient recruitment, and validation in actual care pathways. Their PCP experience also means they can act as an informed public buyer, helping innovators understand what health services actually need and will pay for.

Highlights from their portfolio

• GATEKEEPER
  Largest budget share (EUR 563K) and most ambitious scope — a multi-site smart living demonstrator for early detection of health and social risks across European populations.
• ROSIA
  Directly addresses healthcare inequality in remote and isolated areas through telerehabilitation, using PCP to procure innovative solutions — a strong signal of their strategic direction.
• POLYCARE
  Their first H2020 project and a comprehensive chronic care initiative combining gamification, wearables, and home hospitalization — established their digital health profile.