The Real World Lab (RWL) is a LIVING LAB focused on Primary Care. It was created to support entrepreneurs, researchers, and investors in testing and validating health technologies in a real-world environment, including AI algorithms, applications, platforms, medical devices, and processes.
The unsuccessful development of some health technologies often occurs because they were not co-created, properly developed, and/or validated before reaching the market. Sometimes, these solutions are designed by engineers or programmers who create tools, applications, platforms, or medical devices with little or no clinical support.
During development, testing is often very limited (few participants, same region, family members…) and focused solely on the technology, overlooking key aspects such as final pricing, implementation strategies, real clinical needs, and socio-economic impact.
The Real World Lab (RWL) was created to address these challenges. It supports not only clinical trials but also user experience analysis, real patient and professional needs, and socio-economic impact, among other factors. RWL helps you make informed decisions about your technologies and innovations. Once challenges are met, you can obtain a quality seal that validates your product or gain real insights to improve it.
Unlike other Living Labs, our scope covers the entire Primary Care network of a region, which means access to:
Primary Care, as the first point of contact with the National Health System, is closest to patients, leading recruitment and adherence in health studies. It is arguably the most relevant setting for implementing health technologies due to its high impact and broad reach compared to hospital care.
The RWL offers the opportunity to validate your health technology products in a real-world environment. This allows you to assess the true clinical feasibility of your developments, their acceptance by patients and healthcare professionals, and gather user experience feedback to determine suitability and identify areas for improvement.
