What are the goals of CITAH?

During initial orientation meetings with a company, individual starting points for improving digital products, processes and services are identified. On this basis, further services of the Innovation Center can be agreed upon.

Key data:

• Costs for the service to SMEs: none

As part of a more extensive analysis on site at your company, we determine the digital maturity level of your company and work with you to develop starting points for improving processes or products through digital transformation. You will receive suggestions for changes that you can implement together with the Innovation Center or independently.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

Introducing new processes and improving your own products and services is expensive. We advise you on possible support programs that can help with implementation and provide you with contacts for these programs.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Cost of the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

Piloting of test cases together with interested companies as a preliminary stage for an investment (“Test before Invest”) or a larger consulting project, which is outside the framework of the Innovation Center. The piloting enables the company to make a well-founded assessment of potential at a low investment cost. The testbed and infrastructure of the CITAH partners is available for this measure.Piloting of test cases together with interested companies as a preliminary stage for an investment (“Test before Invest”) or a larger consulting project, which is outside the framework of the Innovation Center. The piloting enables the company to make a well-founded assessment of potential at a low investment cost. The testbed and infrastructure of the CITAH partners from the agricultural sector is available for this measure.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

Piloting of test cases together with interested Primary agricultural producers as a preliminary stage for an investment (“Test before Invest”) or a larger consulting project, which is outside the framework of the Innovation Center. The piloting enables the company to make a well-founded assessment of potential at a low investment cost. The testbed and infrastructure of the CITAH partners from the agricultural sector is available for this measure.Piloting of test cases together with interested companies as a preliminary stage for an investment (“Test before Invest”) or a larger consulting project, which is outside the framework of the Innovation Center. The piloting enables the company to make a well-founded assessment of potential at a low investment cost. The testbed and infrastructure of the CITAH partners from the agricultural sector is available for this measure.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from the agricultural sector
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

The goal of this service package is to jointly conduct in-depth studies, primarily in the area of nursing:

• Carrying out measurements (e.g. in the field of ergonomics)
• Studies for nursing homes using the laboratory infrastructure of the University of Oldenburg
• Studies with innovative care technologies (motorizable beds, robots, IT systems) in the sense of “Test before Invest” in the laboratory infrastructure of the OFFIS Institute.

  Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

IT security is of elementary importance for companies and healthcare facilities. Together with you, we analyze your IT infrastructure and develop recommendations for improving IT security while taking data protection requirements into account.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

Healthcare facilities usually have detailed service documentation that is required for billing and quality assurance purposes. We work with you to analyze your routine data and identify patterns related to quality targets, billing potential or potential for improving workflows.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

You have decided to introduce an IT-based solution to improve your processes, services or products. We accompany you in the definition of an implementation strategy, the technology selection and the introduction of the solution you have selected.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none
• EU state aid law applies to this service

This service follows on from the previous service “Support in the digital transformation process”: After the implementation of the new, IT-based solution in your company, we accompany the further implementation and sustainable use of the tools and advise on a sustainable change strategy.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Costs for the service to SMEs: none

The pandemic has brought home to the public health community the need to present facts and figures in a way that meets the needs of the public. Many public health facilities now want to prepare data for the (professional) public. To do this, it is first necessary to determine what data is available at the facilities, how it can be linked, and what key figures can be derived from it and are suitable for presentation and further processing. This requires expertise in computer science, epidemiology and data science. Together with you, our staff will examine which data has already been collected in a standardized way, which possibilities it offers for a processed presentation and which key figures could be derived by linking the data. You will receive an overview of the data, which you can use, for example, to start interactive online presentations without major investment.

Key data:

• Costs for the service to public health service facilities: flat rate of € 1,100 plus VAT

This service follows the “Identification of suitable key figures”. We offer you the possibility to have the previously defined data presented in suitable online applications on an infrastructure hosted at OFFIS for the purpose of visualization as well as “self-service BI”. You do not have to build your own infrastructure for this. If desired and permitted by you, historical data (e.g. of the last two years) can be provided, which will be integrated by our team, processed in an analysis-oriented manner and then presented. If no own data are available, we use own test data. In discussions, we then iteratively determine which “direction” a concrete implementation in the authority would have to take.

Key data:

• Costs for the service to public health service facilities: flat rate of € 1,100 plus VAT

CITAH will offer training courses lasting 1-2 days on innovative IT technologies and processes, e.g. “augmented reality” or “machine learning processes”. The exact topics will be coordinated with companies from the health and agricultural sectors during the first year of the project and will tie in thematically with a cross-innovation event, for example. The training courses are open to the public; dates and registration are available via the website www.citah.de.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Cost of the service: none

CITAH offers individual coaching sessions ranging from 1-2 days on innovative IT technologies and processes, such as ‘Augmented Reality’ or ‘Machine Learning techniques.’ The specific topics will be tailored to your company in advance.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Cost of the service: none

Trainings / workshops to improve user adoption of digital tools and methods in agriculture, especially in agricultural processes, to improve awareness, knowledge and skills related to interoperability. Trainings are open to the public, dates and registration are available through the website www.citah.de.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from the agricultural sector
• Cost of the service: none

CITAH provides individual coaching to enhance user acceptance for the adoption of digital tools and methods in agriculture, particularly within farming processes, aiming to improve awareness, knowledge, and skills related to interoperability.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from the agricultural sector
• Cost of the service: none

A variety of innovative care technologies can already be shown and experienced in the laboratories of the OFFIS Institute. We are happy to offer guided laboratory tours, preferably in smaller groups of about 10 people.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from the healthcare sector
• Cost of the service: none

Digitalization is a topic that is also playing an increasing role in training for healthcare professions. We support nursing schools in teaching trainees about innovative nursing technologies and teaching and learning approaches based on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) and organize lab visits.

Key data:

• Target group: Nursing schools
• Cost of the service: none

Workshops on cross-industry innovation represent an entry point for many potential users of the Innovation Center. This is a one-day event in which a technology (e.g., augmented reality) or a process (machine learning) is presented that can be used across industries. Then, using creativity techniques, participants develop innovative uses for the technology or process. The participants evaluate the resulting impulses for themselves and, if necessary, commission further services based on them via CITAH. The workshops are open to the public; dates and registration are available via the website www.citah.de.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Cost of the service: none

The CITAH network partners and the Center for Digital Innovation Lower Saxony (ZDIN) offer a wide range of events related to digitization in Lower Saxony. Stakeholders and interested parties from science, business and society come together on a variety of topics and in different formats to inform, exchange and network. Take advantage of the opportunities – at lectures and in workshops, at trade fairs and many other forums. Dates and registration information can be found on the website www.citah.de.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries
• Cost of the service: none

CITAH will host a regular series of annual conferences to present the results of the Innovation Center. Different tracks on different methods/technologies will be offered. The target group is experts from science and practice.

Key data:

• Target group: Companies from all industries, experts from science
• Cost of the service: none