ECHAlliance The Global Health Connector is an initiative designed to support and promote the wider adoption of healthcare and wellbeing (including sports and fitness) products, services, applications and innovation. In bringing together commercial, academic and healthcare stakeholders, ECHAlliance facilitates focused leadership for the development of ‘Connected and MHealth’ markets and practices across Europe and beyond. The scope includes the economic development of the full range of eHealth, EHR TeleCare, TeleHealth Telemonitoring and MHealth sectors.

ECHAlliance provides a unique partnership of organisations, companies and government bodies and will assist in the creation of “business” opportunities for our members.

Community Interest Company / Not for Profit

The ECHAlliance has two offices, one in Northern Ireland and the Nordic office is based in Finland. The Northern Ireland office is registered as a Community Interest Company (CIC No 610694) and the Finnish office has a ‘not-for-profit’ registration. All operating surpluses are reinvested and the company governance allows for protection of any public sector funding inputs.

The ECHAlliance is focused on

The need to transform Healthcare Delivery, thus enhancing the quality and effectiveness of care.

The need to develop the ‘Connected and MHealth Economy’, thus enabling innovation and sustainable investment in the expansion of healthcare.

ECHAlliance has four primary functions

Promotion of Connected and MHealth – to provide leadership, education and focus supporting European and global implementation of Connected and MHealth Technologies.

Development of Connected and MHealth Capabilities – to secure and engage in collaborative research and development and a range of field implementation projects utilising shared workspace and support facilities.

Participant/Member Support – to support the strategic and tactical marketing and business development needs of ECHAlliance members.

Education – ECHAlliance will develop and provide educational opportunities, in support of broad scale deployments of remote monitoring technologies. This will include the development and documentation of best practices across procurement, implementation and standardization.