France’s second-largest public hospital group.Home to the first innovation departments established within a French university hospital (CHU).
With over 200 years of history, 13 hospitals spread across 4 groups and more than 24,000 professionals, HCL is a comprehensive healthcare system addressing all medical specialties.
📁 Integrated digital infrastructure: proprietary Electronic Health Record (EHR) system deployed across 150+ healthcare facilities**.**
➡️ Strategic partnerships: strong collaborations across the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and nationally (including the AP-HP in Paris - France’s largest university hospital group).
📍 The Innovation Department is located in Lyon’s Gerland Biodistrict, alongside key players such as the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the WHO Academy, Sanofi, Boehringer Ingelheim, BioMérieux, Roche and more.
Representatives
Business developer for the HCL Innovation Department
HCL is looking to join European projects developing innovative technologies, offering access to a large university hospital ecosystem for feasibility studies, user evaluation, simulation and real-world experimentation.
Partner seeks Consortium/Coordinator
Digital health and AI: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-03-TOOL-08 Towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) for healthcare
Digital health and AI: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-03-TOOL-04 Virtual Human Twins (VHTs) for integrated clinical decision support in prevention and diagnosis
Digital health and AI: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02-TOOL-01-two-stage Development of predictive biomarkers of disease progression and treatment response by using AI methodologies for chronic non-communicable diseases
Healthcare innovations: HORIZON-MISS-2027-02-CANCER-05 Pre-commercial procurement of affordable solutions for healthcare systems in the areas of cancer technologies, cancer medical devices, or cancer medicines
Author
Business developer for the HCL Innovation Department at Hospices Civils de Lyon
HCL offers access to structured, annotated and de-identified medical imaging datasets and clinical expertise to support the development and validation of AI solutions, including applications in cancer care.
Partner seeks Consortium/Coordinator
Digital health and AI: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-03-TOOL-08 Towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) for healthcare
Digital health and AI: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-03-TOOL-04 Virtual Human Twins (VHTs) for integrated clinical decision support in prevention and diagnosis
Digital health and AI: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02-TOOL-01-two-stage Development of predictive biomarkers of disease progression and treatment response by using AI methodologies for chronic non-communicable diseases
Author
Business developer for the HCL Innovation Department at Hospices Civils de Lyon
HCL offers simulated hospital environments and healthcare professional involvement to test usability, identify clinical integration challenges and support CE readiness of innovative medical devices
Partner seeks Consortium/Coordinator
Digital health and AI: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-03-TOOL-08 Towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) for healthcare
Digital health and AI: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-03-TOOL-04 Virtual Human Twins (VHTs) for integrated clinical decision support in prevention and diagnosis
Digital health and AI: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02-TOOL-01-two-stage Development of predictive biomarkers of disease progression and treatment response by using AI methodologies for chronic non-communicable diseases
Healthcare innovations: HORIZON-MISS-2027-02-CANCER-05 Pre-commercial procurement of affordable solutions for healthcare systems in the areas of cancer technologies, cancer medical devices, or cancer medicines
Author
Business developer for the HCL Innovation Department at Hospices Civils de Lyon
HCL is seeking European projects developing digital health and AI solutions requiring assessment of interoperability, integration into clinical workflows and scalability within a large university hospital.
Partner seeks Consortium/Coordinator
Digital health and AI: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-03-TOOL-08 Towards Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) for healthcare
Digital health and AI: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-03-TOOL-04 Virtual Human Twins (VHTs) for integrated clinical decision support in prevention and diagnosis
Digital health and AI: HORIZON-HLTH-2027-02-TOOL-01-two-stage Development of predictive biomarkers of disease progression and treatment response by using AI methodologies for chronic non-communicable diseases
Healthcare innovations: HORIZON-MISS-2027-02-CANCER-05 Pre-commercial procurement of affordable solutions for healthcare systems in the areas of cancer technologies, cancer medical devices, or cancer medicines
Author
Business developer for the HCL Innovation Department at Hospices Civils de Lyon