GUIDE

Mission

Support

Type of actor

Support player

Fields of intervention

Health / Social care

Intervention zone

Regional

This player helps you innovate in the social and medico-social sector

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What is GUIDE?

A community of healthcare innovators dedicated to helping you develop your solutions through field testing and co-innovation

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This player helps you innovate in the social and medico-social sector

🎯 Tasks

GUIDE is a community dedicated to innovation experimentation. It connects entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, researchers, and users to accelerate the design, testing, and deployment of innovative solutions that address real-world needs.

The GUIDE team supports projects within the Groupement Hospitalier Bretagne Atlantique and those of companies, particularly in the following areas:

  • Sustainable development
  • Management
  • Patient journey
  • E-health

The team leads Irus Lab’, a living lab dedicated to innovation and training. Its missions are as follows:

  • Identifying or fostering innovations
  • Developing innovation projects and conducting experiments at facilities within the Brocéliande Atlantique Hospital Group (2 nursing homes, CH Bretagne Atlantique Vannes-Auray, CH Ploermel, CH Belle-ile-en-mer, CH Josselin, EPSM St Avé, IFPS de Vannes)
  • Assess impacts (acceptability and usage, organizational structures and practices)
  • Designing assistive devices, prototypes, and 3D prints (Fab Lab)
  • Facilitate a network of partners, meetings, and networking events
  • Disseminate innovations

💡 I have a project—how can GUIDE help me?

By contacting GUIDE, a project leader can:

  • Access a regional healthcare ecosystem
  • To co-design with users and professionals
  • Test their solution in real-world conditions
  • Receive methodological and partnership-based support

GUIDE thus facilitates the transition from idea to practical application in healthcare.

🤝 At what stage of my project should I get in touch?

Whenever you need feedback from professionals before conducting a real-world test.

💸 Does it fund projects?

No

📖 Practical Guide

All the questions you need to ask about GUIDE

Who is the right person to contact?

Do I have to pay for GUIDE's services?

Yes

Can GUIDE provide one-on-one support for my project?

Yes

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