Societat Catalana de Salut Digital

What Societat Catalana de Salut Digital does

Societat Catalana de Salut Digital (SCSD) is a non-profit scientific and cultural society founded in 2016 and operationally embedded within the Fundació Privada Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques i de la Salut de Catalunya i de Balears (CIF G61421418, registered Foundation no. 1038 in Catalonia). Its stated objectives are to promote research in health sciences, improve teaching and continuing professional development for healthcare workers, and support scientific, cultural, and related activities in health sciences. The society's thematic focus is the digital transformation of the Catalan healthcare system, with particular emphasis on artificial intelligence in clinical practice, medical imaging, data management, and bioinformatics. Its 10th anniversary was celebrated in 2026.

SCSD does not develop or sell commercial technology products; instead, it operates as a community- and programming-oriented organization. Its core offerings consist of in-person and online sessions (including the recurring IA3 Programme sessions at Hospital de Sant Pau on AI in medical imaging), conferences (notably Digital MNDS, launched in 2025 on Generative AI in healthcare, with Roche Farma España as a disclosed sponsor), the I Convocatòria Premis de Salut Digital awards launched in 2026 with Unió Consorci Formació (UCF), student-facing TFG/TFM activities, and field visits to research infrastructures such as the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and Sincrotró Alba. It also co-develops educational content, including a microcredential in AI, data management, and bioinformatics with BIB, IL3-UB, and UCF, and launched its first Ambassador programme in 2025 with five ambassadors.

The society serves three primary constituencies in Catalonia: healthcare professionals (doctors, nurses, and allied health workers), university students working on digital health research, and Catalan healthcare institutions (hospitals, consortia). Distribution is regional (Catalonia only) and conducted primarily through the website scsalutdigital.cat, the parent Academia.cat platform, social media (Twitter/X @SCSalutDigital, LinkedIn, blog), online and PDF membership registration forms, and in-person events. The business model is membership-fee-based with sponsor and partner contributions; pricing is not publicly disclosed, and no external funding rounds, revenue figures, or headcount data are available.

Name

Societat Catalana de Salut Digital

Legal name

Fundació Privada Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques i de la Salut de Catalunya i de Balears

Website

https://scsalutdigital.cat

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Non-profit scientific society founded in 2016 in Catalonia, promoting digital health transformation and AI in clinical practice through conferences, training sessions, awards, and research visits for healthcare professionals, students, and institutions in the Catalan healthcare system.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Barcelona

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Societat Catalana de Salut Digital (SCSD) is a non-profit professional scientific society that promotes the digital transformation of healthcare in Catalonia. Its core activity is organizing educational sessions, conferences, training programs and recognition initiatives for healthcare professionals on topics including artificial intelligence in clinical practice, medical imaging, data management and bioinformatics. Members join through the parent Fundació Privada Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques i de la Salut de Catalunya i de Balears.

Product overview

Societat Catalana de Salut Digital (SCSD) is a non-profit scientific and cultural foundation (Fundació Privada) under the Acadèmia de Ciències Mèdiques i de la Salut de Catalunya i de Balears. Rather than offering commercial products, the organization serves as a professional society that organizes educational activities, conferences, training sessions, and awards in digital health transformation. Key activities include the Digital MNDS forum on Generative AI in healthcare, sessions on the IA3 Program at Hospital de Sant Pau, visits to research centers like the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and Alba Synchrotron, and the annual Premis de Salut Digital awards recognizing excellence in digital health research and projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• SCSD Professional Society Membership Annual membership in the Societat Catalana de Salut Digital, granting healthcare professionals access to the society's events, online sessions, training activities, awards programs and digital health community. Registration available online or via PDF form through the Fundació Privada Acadèmia portal.

Quantifiable outcome

• First edition of Digital MNDS held in 2025, consolidating leadership in Generative AI in the Catalan health sector.
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Unió Consorci Formació (UCF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 July 2026UCF collaborated with SCSD in launching the I Convocatòria Premis de Salut Digital 2026 (First Call for Digital Health Awards 2026), aiming to recognize and give visibility to talent contributing to the future of digital health in Catalonia.
• Sincrotró AlbaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 March 2026SCSD members visited the Sincrotró Alba, one of the most advanced scientific infrastructures in Europe, where they discovered how electrons are accelerated to generate intense light capable of revealing the invisible and opening new frontiers in fields such as biomedicine, chemistry, and nanotechnology.
• Unió Consorci Formació (UCF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 February 2026SCSD and UCF renewed their collaboration agreement and for the first time launched prizes for the best TFG (Treball de Fi de Grau) and TFM (Treball de Fi de Màster) in digital health in Catalonia. The agreement also ensures continuity of programmes such as Update Directiu and Update en Gestió i presa de decisions, and includes initiatives like the microcredential in AI, data management and bioinformatics, developed with BIB, IL3-UB, and UCF.
• ACES (Associació Catalana d'Empreses del Sector)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 February 2026SCSD and ACES jointly launched a startup competition to discover solutions that will transform healthcare. The initiative aimed to identify and promote innovative startups developing digital health solutions in Catalonia.
• Roche Farma EspañaminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 26 November 2025Roche Farma España supported the first edition of Digital MNDS, an event organized by SCSD to consolidate leadership in Generative AI in the healthcare sector. The event brought together professionals committed to positioning Catalonia at the forefront of health innovation.
• Cercle de SalutminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 September 2025Jointly organized the jornada 'Eines digitals: oportunitats en salut i reptes jurídics' (Digital tools: health opportunities and legal challenges) with the Consorci de Salut i Social de Catalunya (CSC) and SCSD to address the legal challenges of digital tools in health.
• Consorci de Salut i Social de Catalunya (CSC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 September 2025CSC hosted the jornada 'Eines digitals: oportunitats en salut i reptes jurídics' organized together with Cercle de Salut and SCSD, addressing the legal challenges of digital tools in health.
• Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 11 September 2025SCSD visited the BSC to learn about supercomputing applied to health, including a vision of MareNostrum, a key piece for high-impact research. They attended a talk by Mariano Vázquez of ELEM Biotech on in silico simulations and digital twins with applications in personalized medicine, diagnostic imaging, and clinical decision support. The visit highlighted the importance of data quality and interoperability for safe transfer to clinical practice.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society): Global nonprofit membership organisation for health informatics and digital health professionals. Highly comparable in mission and membership-society model, but at vastly larger scale and with international reach, making it the dominant incumbent in the space SCSD operates in.
• European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI): Europe-wide federation of national health informatics societies. Comparable in promoting health informatics across Europe, but as an umbrella body rather than a regional society like SCSD.

Direct peers

• Digital Health Canada: Canadian member-based organisation advancing digital health through networking, education, and thought leadership. Similar professional society model with conferences, awards, and member programmes - directly comparable in activities and value proposition to SCSD.
• Sociedad Española de Informática de la Salud (SEIS): Spanish national scientific society dedicated to health informatics and digital health. Closest direct analogue to SCSD in language, regulatory environment, and professional-society structure, but operating at the national rather than regional level.
• American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA): US-based professional association for informatics professionals across healthcare. Highly comparable membership and educational society model, focused on advancing biomedical and health informatics research and practice.
• Fundació TIC Salut i Social: Catalan public-sector agency promoting digital transformation in the Catalan health system. Highly comparable in geography and mission to SCSD, but as a government-backed agency rather than a professional society.

Regional players

• Australasian College of Health Informatics (ACHI): Professional body for health informatics in Australia and New Zealand. Comparable as a regional professional society advancing health informatics education, certification, and standards, although operating in a different geography.
• NHS Digital Academy (Health Education England): UK-based digital health education and leadership development initiative. Comparable in mission to upskill healthcare professionals in digital transformation, but anchored in a national health system rather than an independent professional society.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SCSalutDigital
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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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