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TechConnect: A new European project to assess and strengthen human-tech skill complementarity, with the leadership of IRYCIS
By IRYCIS news. highlights Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal’s role as a leading partner in TechConnect. It explains that the hospital will serve as a key case study site to observe how clinicians interact with AI‑driven diagnostics and other advanced systems,.
Study: Right and wrong in the digitization of healthcare in Västmanland - Dagens Medicin
By DagensMedicin. Focuses on a study linked to TechConnect that examines what works and what goes wrong when new digital tools are introduced in clinical practice. It emphasises questions of work environment and burnout, describing how researchers will follow implementations in Västmanland to understand how technology can reduce administrative burdens, improve workflows and avoid adding stress for nurses and other healthcare staff.
New €3m EU project to transform human-tech collaboration
By Silicon Republic. Introduces TechConnect to a wider innovation and technology audience, focusing on its potential to bridge Europe’s digital skills gap. It explains that the project will work with hospitals to understand how staff use AI and digital systems, then build a toolkit and index that can help organisations integrate advanced technologies without undermining high-quality jobs, professional autonomy or patient care.
€3M TechConnect project sets sights on transforming human-tech collaboration in the digital era
By Trinity Business School. presents TechConnect as a €3m Horizon Europe project led by Professor Na Fu to understand how AI and robotics can be harnessed to enhance, not erode, human work. It outlines the project’s objectives.
Horizon Europe Ireland - November update
By Ireland's National Support Networks. The piece underlines the project’s €3m EU funding, Trinity College Dublin’s coordinating role, and the opportunities it creates for Ireland’s research and innovation ecosystem, positioning TechConnect as part of a wider national strategy to lead on human‑centred digital transformation.
The future of work | ambitious Magazine
By Ambition magazine. Overview of TechConnect for a non‑specialist audience, using diagrams and infographics to explain the project’s three‑year timeline, work package structure and international partnership. It sets out the core idea of human‑tech skill complementarity, shows how the consortium will move from research to tools such as the Index and stakeholder toolkit, and frames the project as part of a broader European effort to make the future of work more human‑centred.
Techconnect launches empowering the workforce through human-tech collaboration
By Silicon Scotland. An announcement of the launch of TechConnect as a Horizon Europe project focused on ensuring that AI, robotics and other advanced technologies strengthen rather than replace human work, with a particular emphasis on healthcare organisations.
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New technologies are tested in healthcare - Swedish
Reports on Swedish "living labs" where new digital technologies are being piloted in everyday care, including remote monitoring and sensing in elder care. It explains that the trials are designed so that patients barely notice the new systems, while staff gain better tools for observing health status, aiming to show how digitalisation can support workers and improve safety without compromising privacy, trust or human contact.
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