Blog post
Revolutionizing European Healthcare: The ESCORT Project and the Future of Integrated Care

2 apr. 2025
by Rinicom Ltd
As Europe continues to navigate the complexities of modern healthcare, a bold new initiative is taking shape—one that redefines how care is delivered, coordinated, and prepared for crises. Enter the ESCORT project, a visionary response to the call for a more resilient, interconnected, and data-driven health ecosystem. Born from the strategic directives of the European Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA), ESCORT embodies a transformative shift toward integrated, AI-powered, real-time healthcare services that span the entire patient care lifecycle.
A Holistic Response to Health Emergencies
At the heart of ESCORT lies a deep alignment with HERA’s dual-mode operational framework:
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Preparedness Mode – anticipating health threats before they escalate into crises.
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Crisis Mode – enabling rapid, coordinated responses to ongoing health emergencies.
To support these goals, ESCORT brings together a constellation of healthcare stakeholders—including clinicians, paramedics, hospital administrators, and policymakers—into a unified, digitally integrated platform. By fostering collaboration and data exchange across all levels of care, the project ensures that patients receive uninterrupted treatment—whether during routine operations or emergency situations.
From Data to Decisions: AI and IoT at the Core
What sets ESCORT apart is its strategic use of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, wearable biosensors, and artificial intelligence (AI) to create a dynamic, predictive healthcare model. Rather than prescribing a fixed set of tools, ESCORT empowers healthcare professionals and patients to define what technologies best serve their needs—enabling bottom-up innovation.
Key innovations include:
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Real-time patient monitoring using wearable devices such as the PrimtIoT® kit and cosinuss° in-ear sensor with the possibility to integrate external wearable devices such as Withings® Watch, which capture vital signs like heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate, and oxygen saturation.
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A robust AI toolkit capable of anomaly detection, triage classification, time series forecasting, and hospital resource optimization—delivered through an interoperable data lake built on platforms like UNIFY-DATA.
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Secure, real-time communication protocols for seamless information sharing among paramedics, hospital teams, and emergency coordinators—enhancing triage efficiency and response times for optimising the emergency medical services (EMS).
Built on Stakeholder Insight
The architecture of the ESCORT platform is not just a technical design—it’s a product of extensive stakeholder engagement across six countries. Through focus group discussions and case-based requirement collection, the project ensures that its tools and workflows mirror the real-world needs of healthcare systems in Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Sweden, and Israel.
The result? A modular, scalable platform that adapts to local conditions while contributing to a unified European response system. This includes a strong emphasis on interoperability, so data from diverse sources—hospital systems, wearable devices, environmental datasets—can be seamlessly aggregated and analysed.
Empowering the Frontlines of Care
Perhaps most compelling is ESCORT’s impact on frontline responders. The project directly addresses the challenges of remote treatment and transport of patients by giving paramedics smart tools to:
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Monitor and transmit real-time vitals.
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Track patient location from point-of-incident to hospital admission.
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Configure triage protocols based on evolving scenarios.
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Communicate securely with hospital teams to prepare for incoming patients.
These capabilities enable a faster, more informed, and more coordinated emergency response—potentially saving lives and reducing system overload during peak crises.
What makes ESCORT groundbreaking?
Wearables + IoT: Real-time patient vitals from devices like PrimtIoT® and Withings® feed directly into care coordination platforms.
AI-Driven Insights: Triage algorithms, anomaly detection, and forecasting for resource planning, all supported by an interoperable data lake.
Crisis Readiness: Whether in routine care or during mass casualty events, ESCORT enables seamless collaboration between paramedics, hospital teams, and decision-makers.
Bottom-Up Innovation: Tools and services are chosen with end-user input—from doctors to patients—to ensure real impact.
“We’re not just digitalizing care—we’re redesigning it around the people who need it most.”
Built on deep engagement with stakeholders across, ESCORT brings Europe a step closer to a resilient, data-smart health future. Let’s talk about how digital health can evolve from concept to care.
Looking Ahead
The ESCORT project is more than just a technological upgrade—it represents a paradigm shift in how health and care services are designed, delivered, and sustained across Europe. By blending AI-driven decision support, cross-border collaboration, and bottom-up digital transformation, ESCORT is laying the foundation for the next generation of resilient, people-centric healthcare systems.
We would also like to announce that, ESCORT project has been accepted to be presented in ISCRAM 2025 conference, https://www.iscram2025.com/. For those who are interested to learn more about the project, please feel free to reach out!!
