Future-proofing myHealth@myHands

CIFS brings strategic foresight and future-oriented health thinking to myHealth@myHands

As part of the myHealth@myHands project, the Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies (CIFS) is contributing strategic foresight and thought leadership to support the long-term development of citizen-centric digital health systems across Europe.

CIFS’s role focuses on exploring the future of health and healthcare systems, ensuring that digital solutions developed through the project are not only technically sound today, but also sustainable, resilient, and future-proof in the decades to come. As healthcare systems face mounting pressure from demographic change, chronic disease, and rapid technological advancement, foresight is essential to guide robust decision-making.

Anticipating change to design better health systems

Using strategic foresight methodologies, CIFS examines long-term trends, emerging uncertainties, and alternative future scenarios shaping European healthcare. This includes how digital identity, health data governance, and citizen empowerment may evolve, and what these shifts mean for trust, equity, and system sustainability.

By applying futures thinking, CIFS helps the project move beyond short-term implementation and consider how today’s design choices will perform under different future conditions. This supports the development of digital health infrastructures that can adapt to changing societal needs, policy landscapes, and technological ecosystems.

Future-proofing citizen-centric digital health

CIFS’s contribution strengthens myHealth@myHands by embedding foresight into the project’s strategic foundations. The focus is on enabling health systems that empower citizens while remaining interoperable, trustworthy, and aligned with Europe’s long-term health and digital ambitions.

Through its involvement, CIFS reinforces the importance of combining innovation with foresight to build health systems that are fit for the future — supporting better outcomes for citizens and more sustainable healthcare systems across Europe.

Author: Aron Szpisjak