Healthcare innovations in the spotlight: a decision-making tool for allergy testing, personalised Parkinson’s care and greater patient comfort
Publication date: 11-11-2026
How does scientific knowledge find its way into healthcare? These three innovative projects demonstrate this at the Amsterdam UMC’s Valorisation Festival! An added bonus is that AllergieAtlas was named the winner of the Valorisation Festival Award.
About the winners
The online platform AllergieAtlas helps doctors choose the right allergy test, thereby contributing to more targeted diagnostics. Care is Coming Home, which develops data-driven solutions for personalised Parkinson’s care, and Verbeterde Zorg Studio, which is working on innovations to enhance patients’ comfort and dignity, were also among the winners. Each of the three projects received a cash prize, intended to help them further develop their initiatives and take the next step towards practical application.
Much needed: privacy-improved operation gowns
Michelle Meeks, business developer at IXA, talks about Verbeterde Zorg Studio: “At Verbeterde Zorg Studio, practical problems encountered on the shop floor are tackled using a multidisciplinary approach. Nurses then work alongside (technical) students and the Prototyping & Development department to bring the innovation to life.” […] “The IV Gown is precisely such an example; everyone is familiar with the operating theatre IV gown that gapes open at the patient’s back and has a great many press studs. The team has now designed a new gown that offers the patient greater comfort and privacy, whilst also ensuring that healthcare staff spend less time fastening all the press studs.”
It’s only right that the Improved Care Studio won an award at the Valorisation Festival for this brilliant innovation!
