FOREWORD “I wish you good health”. We say this to each other way too easily at the beginning of each year, without really thinking about the impact of these words. It’s only in times like these we reflect upon it a bit more. It felt right to start at the beginning of our look-back at 2019, even though it’s not New Years day, to wish you all good health. 2019 was a great year for BlueHealth Innovation Center, packed with activities with satisfied participants, interesting new projects and start-ups, new partnerships and a further structural pillar with the opening of our new office in Ghent. All of this, based on solid financials. We continue to build upon our ecosystem with – besides the new Ghent based partners – also a new industry player that is joining the ranks, Roche Diagnostics. Also with the care sector itself, we continue to strengthen the relationships to bring relevant solutions by start-ups that are coached by the BHIC-team. As such, we were able to welcome Klina General Hospital as well as In4Care/BC10. All signals we’re on the right track to continuously support the digitalisation of the care system in Flanders, and to collaboratively continue to work on the future of healthcare and healthcare of the future. But first, let me wish you good health! With innovative regards, Wim Dries, President of the Board of BHIC vzw 02
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