IDIH - International Digital Health Cooperation for Preventive, Integrated, Independent and Inclusive Living – is a project funded under the European Union Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme, with the aim to foster collaboration in the field of digital health for Active and Healthy Ageing (AHA) between the European Union and five Strategic Partner Countries (USA, Canada, China, Japan, and South Korea).

Thanks to the partnership with Sawarabi Group - a complex of medical corporations, welfare corporations and various medical & welfare related service provider businesses – IDIH has reached Japanese stakeholders in the field, also gathered in the Digital Health Transformation Forum of the project, as well as in its Users Consultation Group. In particular, 4 experts from Japan have been working within the 4 Experts Groups (EG) of the IDIH Forum: Dr Takao Tashiro, The Open University of Japan (Preventive Care EG); Ms Kanoko Oishi, Mediva (Integrated Care EG); Dr Hirohisa Hirukawa, NovusCare (Independent and Connected Living EG); and Dr Satoko Hotta, Keio University (Inclusive Living EG).

Moreover, as part of the IDIH Users Consultation Group, Yasuko Akutsu, President & CEO of MT Health Care Design Research Inc., and Aging 2.0 Tokyo chapter ambassador, has been involved to provide an intersectoral perspective and guide experts to adopt a user-centred approach while dealing with Digital Health for AHA.

In order to bridge the gaps between the Experts Groups, a set of preliminary broadlines for cooperation between Europe and its Strategic Partner Countries, such as Japan, has been identified (e.g. building dementia-friendly communities and learning health systems, developing international standards for interoperability of wearables and all relevant technologies, etc.).

These priority topics will be finally integrated in a Roadmap, providing advice to funding agencies in each relevant region (for Japan: METI - Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry), on the steps to support our ageing societies through international cooperation in Research & Innovation.

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