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Demographic change represents the most significant challenge of the 21st century. The aging population around the world will foster a consequent change in labor markets, wealth distribution, request of goods and services, as well as social and healthcare needs. The number of survivors to once deadly conditions, as well as the age associated increase in degenerative chronic conditions will represent a severe stress to our systems, that will not be sustainable any longer. At the same time, longevity might become an opportunity for the re-organization of services, leading to a new era of opportunities for economic and social prosperity. These challenges require a strong interdisciplinary approach in the identification of unmet needs, and new social, health and technological solutions, that are demand-driven and user-oriented. ICT is going to be the key to many of these revolutionary services. The European Community has proposed a new grant instrument to foster the collaboration between public administration and ICT industry for purchasing Research and Development services in order to develop a novel Information and Communication Technology solution, called Pre Commercial Procurement. ProEmpower is such a project aimed to enable patients to early diagnosis, daily management, and clinical data collection for people with type 2 diabetes. The project goes through a call for tenders issued by a consortium of four public procurers, that jointly defined a set of requirements and use cases, in collaboration with end-users, for the development of innovative solutions This manuscript describes the process that has led to the selection of two solutions that will be tested by end users in the four regions.
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De Luca, V. et al. (2020). Developing a Digital Environment for the Management of Chronic Conditions: The ProEmpower Experience of a Horizon 2020 PCP for Type 2 Diabetes. In: Ziefle, M., Maciaszek, L. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health. ICT4AWE 2019. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1219. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52677-1_1
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