Ensure your health technology truly benefits people and society with a practical toolbox to align it with ethical and human-centered principles. Download our free toolbox to evaluate and improve your solutions based on the 8 Caring Technology Principles (8CTP).
Why use this 8CTP in Action Toolbox?
Practical benefits for technology developers & innovation managers
Evaluate your technology: Use the marker tool to assess your technology’s alignment with ethical principles.
Visualize strengths & weaknesses: The radar tool provides a clear visual comparison between current evaluations and desired goals.
Improve with concrete actions: The indicator guide helps identify practical improvements to align your technology with the 8CTP principles.
Engage teams & stakeholders: Use the cards in workshops, co-creation sessions, and hackathons to foster collaboration.
Short-term value & strategic impact
✔️ User-centric innovation: Create more user-friendly solutions by integrating real user insights throughout the innovation process.
✔️ Ethical & sustainable development: Ensure your technology is ethical, connected, and sustainable, gaining trust from users, professionals, and policymakers.
✔️ Access to a collaborative network: By joining the 8CTP learning community, gain access to a network of healthcare professionals, patient associations, and industry experts, helping you improve your approach to care technology.
What's inside the toolbox?
Developed through 2 years of co-creation with healthcare professionals, patient associations, and technology developers, and supported by the King Baudouin Foundation and the Dr. Daniël De Coninck Fund, this toolbox includes:
8CTP in Action Markers – Self-assessment tool to evaluate your technology.
8CTP in Action Radar – A visual representation of evaluations vs. desired outcomes.
8CTP in Action Indicator Guide – Practical suggestions for improvement.
8CTP in Action Cards – Engage teams in participatory exercises & hackathons.
Start applying the 8 Caring Technology Principles to create more impactful and responsible health innovations.
Download the tools
Any questions? Feedback to share?
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Collaboration with Research Center VITO
We worked together with VITO to integrate the Markers, Radar, and Indicator Guide into VITO’s digital platform for innovation managers and healthcare organizations. This platform uses a design-thinking approach.
Want to go further?
We can also organize workshops or exchanges to support technology developers or innovation managers on these topics. Contact us to discuss!
To find out more about the Techno2030 in Action project:
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