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Health and Work AI Lab: Pioneering Responsible Healthcare Innovation

The Netherlands is facing increasing challenges with labor market shortages, especially in health care, the need for safe working environments, sustainable employability, and rising demands for novel treatments and personalized care in healthcare. The TNO Health and Work AI Lab addresses these challenges through responsible AI innovation, developing scientifically validated solutions that enhance both workplace conditions and healthcare delivery while ensuring the highest safety standards.

Our research connects scientific advancement and research data with practical solutions in healthcare and beyond. We explore cutting-edge AI applications such as data-driven target discovery and disease insights, preventive and remote care delivery, and the development of digital biomarkers and AI-powered clinical support systems.

Additionally, our work encompasses promoting young people's health through digital innovation, preventing or reversing lifestyle-related diseases, enabling safe chemical innovations, and advancing technological developments in the workplace. By integrating lifelong learning and skills development, these innovations translate into societal benefits, making advanced care more accessible and effective for everyone while fostering sustainable employability and healthier lifestyles.

The approach of TNO

We combine research excellence with practical implementation through:

  • Comprehensive validation of AI solutions
  • Close collaboration with (healthcare) domain experts
  • Ethical framework and guardrails development
  • Active community building and knowledge sharing

Real-life impact of the Health and Work AI Lab

Our AI Lab has successfully concluded six projects that bridge research and create practical solutions:

Award-winning automated text coding system, winning the Eurostat "Occupations for Online Job Advertisements Challenge" and evolving into our ObjectivEye spinout.

Making scientific literature accessible to broader audiences through AI-powered translation and simplification.

Ensuring reliable AI predictions and preventing incorrect outputs, particularly crucial for high stakes decision-making, such as clinical decision support.

Efficiently matching clinical guidelines with patient profiles, improving care delivery for children by providing clinical decision support for youth health workers.

AI-driven system providing customized instructions for new employees, now developing into the Instant Instructions spin-out.

Supporting healthcare governance through rapid analysis of large volumes of grey literature for the Dutch State Supervision of Mines.

The measurable impact of our work is evident in two successful spinouts through TNO's TechTransfer program and our team's first-place achievement in the Eurostat hackathon.

Partnering with TNO

We collaborate with a diverse ecosystem of innovators to maximize the impact of AI in health and work related challenges. Our partners include leading academics, research institutions, healthcare providers, technology providers, SMEs and many branches of industry. Through partnerships and co-creation, we ensure our solutions address real societal needs while meeting regulatory requirements.

As we expand our AI capabilities, we actively seek new partnerships to:

  • Develop and validate innovative AI solutions aimed at improving health and labor performance
  • Build expertise through knowledge sharing and training
  • Create scalable solutions for industry-wide challenges
  • Contribute to ethical AI implementation standards

Connect with us

Ready to explore the future of a healthy society with AI? We welcome conversations with organizations who are:

  • Looking to implement AI safely
  • Seeking expertise in AI development and validation
  • Interested in joining our growing innovation community
  • Wanting to collaborate on cutting-edge AI research

Contact our team to discuss how we can support your AI-journey and to learn more about our co-creation opportunities.