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CHIC seeks to lead transformational research which aligns care needs with technology providers, researchers and clinical experience.
Transforming Healthcare Through Business Research
The Connected Health Innovation Centre (CHIC) is focused on business led research in the area of connected health.
CHIC seeks to lead transformational research which aligns care needs with technology providers, researchers and clinical experience.
Areas of Focus
Sensors & Diagnostics
CHIC works with our partners to develop a range of both sensor and diagnostic technologies aligns with the needs of its partner orginisations.
Smart Living
The Centre is developing a range of technologies to assist both patients and healthcare professionals to care for patients at home via the creation of smart environments that collect and analyse data.
Analytics and IOT
The analysis and transmission of data is critical to the modernisation of health care delivery, this research will lead to better patient outcomes and commercial opportunities.
Business Led Research
The NI Connected Health Innovation Center (CHIC) is funded by Invest NI to support business led collaborative research.
The funding model is called a competence centre and CHIC was the first approved NI centre and the only centre focused on healthcare.
Other competence centres in Northern Ireland exist in advanced engineering, sustainable energy and agri-foods.
