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Trustworthy AI and robotics for patient care
Become an advisor for trustworthy AI in health Join the board of end users: the patients, clinicians, hospitals, assessment bodies and others who will use or buy the health AI being tested. How to join

How health AI and robotics are tested and evaluated

Before AI or a robot can be used safely in healthcare, its developers need evidence that it works as intended, is safe and meets the rules that apply. TEF-Health's hospitals, laboratories and testing organisations help companies produce this evidence.

What TEF-Health is

  • Data

    Is the data it learned from of good quality, representative of the patients it will serve, and lawfully handled?

  • Performance and reliability

    Does it perform accurately and reliably on the data and in the conditions it will meet?

  • Safety and robustness

    What happens when it meets errors, unusual cases or attacks?

  • Usability and human oversight

    Can clinicians and patients use it safely, and can a person stay in control of what it does?

  • Clinical evaluation

    Does it work as intended in real healthcare settings, and what clinical evidence supports its use?

  • Monitoring after deployment

    Once in use, is its performance watched, and are problems reported and corrected?

Not every solution needs every type of test: the right evaluation depends on its intended use, its risks, its maturity and how it is classified. The EU rules for medical devices and AI (MDR, IVDR, AI Act) set which evidence a solution needs. TEF-Health helps companies produce it but does not certify solutions or award the CE mark. Trust is not settled by a single test: it needs evidence before use and monitoring for as long as the solution is used.

Solutions TEF-Health supported

All success stories
Cortex Machina

Cortex Machina - Brain to Computer Interface

One more step in Cortex Machina's progress towards CE marking!

  • CE marked
Bee Medic

Breathing tracking model evaluation

Bringing biofeedback from lab to life

  • CE marking started
  • On the market
AllyArm SRL

Upper limb exoskeleton clinical evaluation

Clinical Evaluation of ALLY-06 through Equivalence with BRIDGE (v4.0)

  • CE marked
  • On the market

Become an advisor for trustworthy AI in health

The board of end users brings together everyone who will use or buy the AI and robotics solutions that companies test and validate with TEF-Health, so their view shapes those solutions before they reach care. Patients and relatives are especially welcome: the board needs their perspective.

  • Patients and relatives
  • The general public
  • Patient organisations
  • Clinicians and other healthcare professionals
  • Hospitals and healthcare procurement
  • Notified bodies
  • Health technology assessment institutes
  • Other players in healthcare
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Medical domains of products supported by TEF-Health

The medical domains of the solutions TEF-Health has supported: the larger the name, the more companies worked in it. Open one to see its services.

How the impact is counted

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