DIGI4Care Transforming patient journeys through digital innovation in healthcare across the Danube Region

DIGI4Care is a project of the Interreg Danube Region Programme in which some eleven partners from eight countries worked on rethinking patient journeys with digital and AI solutions. Four international pilots ran: AI-based diabetic retinopathy screening in primary care, emergency ultrasound with teledidactic training, cardiac telerehabilitation, and digital support in dementia and cognitive disorders. The project's main message is that technology alone is not the solution: value comes from embedding it in the workflow, from training and from sustainable financing - its recommendations are gradual, evidence-based adoption, supportive rather than obstructive technology assessment, cooperation between levels of care, and a clear regulatory framework. The roundtable discusses the pilot results and the conditions for system-wide adoption.