Due to an ageing population and rising levels of obesity, the number of joint replacement operations in the Netherlands and Germany is rising rapidly. Infections of joint prostheses represent a serious complication in this context. Around 5,000 patients in both countries are affected by this each year. For patients, this often means long-term treatment, multiple operations and a loss of mobility and quality of life, whilst the societal costs amount to around 150 million euros per year. Yet infections are often only detected at a late stage, as current diagnostic methods are slow and largely reactive.<\/p>\n
Joint Support aims to change this. Hospitals, research institutions and innovative SMEs from the Dutch-German border region are pooling their expertise to predict infections around joint prostheses earlier and detect them more quickly. The project is developing a data-driven approach that combines clinical data, microbiology and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n
The innovation lies in a powerful combination of technologies that have not yet been used together in practice: AI models that predict infection risk in advance, molecular diagnostics that identify bacteria within a few hours, and new detection technologies that make infections visible more quickly and virtually in real time during treatment.<\/p>\n
Cross-border collaboration is essential. By combining data, expertise and infrastructure from hospitals in the Netherlands and Germany, a unique dataset and testing environment is created that individual institutions cannot achieve on their own. This accelerates innovation and strengthens the international competitive position of companies in the Dutch-German border region in the fields of medical technology, data analysis and diagnostics.<\/p>\n
In this way, Joint Support improves patient care, reduces healthcare costs and positions the border region as a frontrunner in AI-driven infection diagnostics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","pr-category":[278],"pr-priority":[288],"pr-stat":[315],"class_list":["post-44770","projects","type-projects","status-publish","hentry","pr-category-health-care-3","pr-priority-a-more-innovative-programme-area","pr-stat-new"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects\/44770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/projects"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/projects"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pr-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pr-category?post=44770"},{"taxonomy":"pr-priority","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pr-priority?post=44770"},{"taxonomy":"pr-stat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deutschland-nederland.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pr-stat?post=44770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}