On 29 October 2024, 14.00 – 15.00 CET, the World Resources Forum will host a joint webinar between the Circular Economy Resource Information System (CE-RISE) and Digital Health in the Circular Economy (DiCE) projects to explore how Digital Product Passports (DPP) can support the circular transition in healthcare. As the healthcare sector faces unique challenges due to stringent regulations and the need to ensure patient safety, this session will focus on key considerations and challenges in creating an effective information-sharing system for digital health devices.
How could the Digital Product Passport be applied to Digital Health Devices?
The Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a groundbreaking tool for the electronics industry, designed to improve circularity by sharing data across the entire value chain. It supports strategies like reuse, repair, remanufacturing, and recycling. But when it comes to the digital healthcare sector, unique challenges arise due to strict regulations and the critical need to ensure patient safety. Questions arise such as: What data should be shared to improve circularity? Who will benefit from it? How can information systems be standardised for healthcare?
By bringing together the CE-RISE and DiCE projects, both funded by the EU’s Horizon Europe Programme, we will explore solutions for these challenges. CE-RISE focuses on creating an information-sharing system for electronic products, while DiCE addresses digital health devices’ lifecycle—from design to disposal—helping to shift from a linear to a circular model. If circularity can be achieved for healthcare devices, it sets a precedent for other sectors.
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