The project NextCare brings together hospitals, local authorities, patient organisations across the Baltic Sea region to help rural healthcare systems safely implement AI-supported home care solutions, improving access to healthcare, patient wellbeing and the resilience of health services. NextCare @ Home is a transnational project focused on accelerating the safe and effective implementation of AI solutions in integrated healthcare, with a particular focus on rural areas across the Baltic Sea Region. The project brings together hospitals, public authorities, patient organisations, business support organisations and academia from Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Latvia and Poland. Rather than developing new AI technologies from scratch, NextCare uses real healthcare use cases to understand how existing AI solutions can be successfully introduced, adapted and scaled in different healthcare systems. The key project outcome will be a practical Implementation Guide for AI solutions in rural integrated healthcare, providing methods, tools and recommendations that healthcare organisations can use when introducing AI-supported services closer to patients’ homes.

IRHIS aims to accelerate the upscale of remote health innovations and innovators offering AI-powered, cutting-edge sensor solutions, wearable devices, and remote monitoring solutions across three critical EU remote care areas: musculoskeletal rehabilitation, neurological disorder treatment, and critical patient conditions. By leveraging Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning, IRHIS will personalise clinical paths and improve patient outcomes while ensuring regulatory compliance and cross-device interoperability.