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 real-world 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 experimenting with innovation. 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 both within the Groupement Hospitalier Bretagne Atlantique and those of external 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
  • Set up innovation projects and conduct experiments at facilities within the Brocéliande Atlantique Hospital Group (2 nursing homes, CH Bretagne Atlantique Vannes-Auray, CH Ploermel, CH Belle-Île-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, as well as meetings and networking events
  • Disseminate innovations

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

By reaching out to GUIDE, a project leader can:

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

GUIDE thus facilitates the transition from concept 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 GUIDE's services cost money?

Yes

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

Yes

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