PREDICTOM Annual Consortium Meeting: Three Days of Collaboration and Progress
From 6–8 October 2026, the PREDICTOM consortium came together for its annual meeting to review progress, discuss emerging findings, and align on the next steps towards developing improved approaches for the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease. Read More
AAIC 2026: Where Alzheimer’s Prevention, Treatment, and Diagnosis Stand Now
The Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2026 offered one of the clearest snapshots yet of a field moving on three fronts at once: preventing decline through lifestyle, altering the disease course with drugs, and diagnosing pathology from a simple blood draw. Read More
PREPARE Consortium Meeting in Ljubljana: Progress, results, and planning for the final project year
The 3rd PREPARE consortium meeting, hosted by our partners URI and JSI in Ljubljana on 8–9 June 2026, brought together project partners to review recent achievements, share the latest results, and coordinate activities as we move into the final year of the project. Over the past year, our team has focused on developing predictive models Read More
TARGET EU Project – 3rd Annual Consortium Meeting
The 3rd Annual Meeting of the TARGET EU Project took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, on 28–29 May, hosted by the Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH). More than 50 researchers from 15 institutes and universities gathered for two days of scientific exchange, technical alignment, and clinical collaboration around Digital Twin technologies in cardiovascular care. Read More
MELIORA 3rd Consortium Meeting in Dubrovnik: Aligning Progress, Trials and Digital Innovation for Women’s Health
On 27–28 May 2026, partners from across Europe gathered in Dubrovnik, Croatia, for the 3rd Consortium Meeting of the MELIORA project. The meeting brought together clinical, research, technical and dissemination partners to review progress, discuss ongoing activities, and align the next steps of the project. Read More
MELIORA Clinical Trial Workshop at CERTH: Turning Ideas into Digital Tools for Women’s Health
Last week, partners from across Europe met at the Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH) in Thessaloniki for a hands-on clinical trial workshop as part of the MELIORA project. Read More
PREDICTOM – 2nd Annual Consortium Meeting
The PREDICTOM Consortium held its second annual plenary meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece, from Monday, 22 to Tuesday, 23 September 2025.The meeting, this year hosted by CERTH, kicked off with a warm welcome followed by engaging discussions through the triple+ IHI initiative, with participation from PROMINENT and AD-RIDDLE projects. Read More
A discovery portal for smart health-related data exploration and management based on a hybrid Service-and-Data-Oriented Architecture
Our work, titled “A discovery portal for smart health-related data exploration and management based on a hybrid Service-and-Data-Oriented Architecture” was presented at the 2024 11th International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS), introducing innovative approaches for enhancing the way Living Lab healthcare data and metadata is discovered, explored, and managed. Read More
RADAR-AD study findings published in Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy
The results of the RADAR-AD study, which explored the potential of digital technologies to enhance the assessment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), have been published in Alzheimer’s Research & Therapy. Read More
RAISE Project to Participate in Two Thrilling Thessaloniki Datathons @ 08.12.2024
We are thrilled to announce that the RAISE Project is participating in two exhilarating Datathons happening this Sunday, December 8, hosted by two of the most prestigious institutions in Northern Greece: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and University of Macedonia. Read More
18th International MTSR Conference: Exploring a Health Tourism Ontology Framework
At the “18th International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research Athens” held from 19 to 22 November 2024, Sofia Gkevreki – Research Associate, delivered a noteworthy presentation on health tourism that captured the audience’s attention, entitled: “A Health Tourism Ontology Framework for Versatile Applications.” This research highlighted how semantic technologies and ontologies can streamline the Read More
The “Health Tourism Hub” project participates at PHILOXENIA-HOTELIA 2024
We are thrilled to announce that our “Health Tourism Hub” project will be featured at the upcoming PHILOXENIA-HOTELIA 2024 exhibition! Read More
PREDICTOM Consortium gathers for plenary meeting in Erlangen, Germany
The PREDICTOM Consortium held its first annual plenary meeting in Erlangen, Germany, from Monday, 30th September to Tuesday, 1st October 2024. Partners from across Europe and beyond gathered to review the project’s progress and discuss upcoming milestones. Read More
Intelligent Conversational Agent for Medical Information
Our paper, “Intelligent Conversational Agent for Medical Information”, has been published by Springer Nature, marking a significant achievement in the field of healthcare solutions. Read More
Addressing regulatory aspects in the development of remote measurement technologies for Alzheimer’s disease assessment
The Remote Assessment of Disease and Relapse – Alzheimer’s Disease (RADAR-AD) project, has made significant progress in utilizing remote measurement technologies (RMTs) to assess functional decline in the early stages of dementia. An important challenge encountered was navigating the regulatory landscape for the adoption of these novel technologies in clinical studies. Read More
Discover the Future of Health Tourism through an Ontology-Based Booking Application
The Health Tourism (HT) industry is rapidly evolving, with increasing demand for personalized and sustainable travel experiences. This research paper introduces an ontology-based booking application designed to create tailored health tourism packages. Read More
Semantic Framework Uses Smart Home Sensors to Track Activities of Daily Living and Detect Cognitive Decline-Related Issues
Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease is both crucial and highly challenging. According to recent literature, assessing functional decline in Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) — essential and routine tasks that most healthy individuals can perform without assistance — offers a more promising approach compared to traditional methods like questionnaires, which rely on subjective judgments. Read More
Activities of Daily Living captured through sensors and IoT technology emerging as potential digital biomarkers in the CERTH-ITI Smart Home study
Evaluating a person’s ability to perform everyday activities, known as Activities of Daily Living (ADLs), is crucial for the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease. Traditional assessment methods for ADLs may miss subtle changes in a person’s functional capabilities, making technology-based approaches more beneficial. Read More
The PrescIT platform: Clinicians’ feedback on the platform’s three services supporting clinical decision and promoting safer e-prescription
Clinicians are the primary users of digital clinical tools like electronic prescription systems. For this, it is crucial to involve them in the design, development, and evaluation of new systems to ensure they meet their needs and can be integrate seamlessly into their daily practice. Read More
Exploring Healthcare Professionals’ Opinions on Electronic Prescription Systems in Greece: Results and Insights from a Nationwide Survey
Electronic Prescription (e-prescription) systems are increasingly adopted in healthcare worldwide. Similarly, in Greece, since 2011, a national e-prescription system assists healthcare professionals (HCPs). Research discussing the acceptability and usability of these systems, by assessing the opinions of the main users is limited, even though HCPs’ feedback is valuable to evolve and improve healthcare services. Read More