{"id":5469,"date":"2026-11-06T17:01:45","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dlvsystem.it\/dlvsite\/?p=5469"},"modified":"2026-11-06T17:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T16:08:07","slug":"dlv-hero-explainable-ai-for-hospital-rostering-selected-for-step-funding-by-the-calabria-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dlvsystem.it\/dlvsite\/dlv-hero-explainable-ai-for-hospital-rostering-selected-for-step-funding-by-the-calabria-region\/","title":{"rendered":"DLV-HERO, explainable AI for hospital rostering, selected for STEP funding by the Calabria Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With Executive Decree no. 16871 of 6 October 2026, the Calabria Region approved the final ranking for the first batch of applications under the call \u201cSTEP Calabria \u2013 Aid for critical technologies\u201d. Among the projects selected for funding is DLVSystem\u2019s DLV-HERO.<\/b><\/p>\n

The call implements in Calabria the STEP, the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform, and supports companies developing digital and deep-tech technologies considered critical for the Union: innovative, with strong economic potential and able to reduce dependence on external suppliers.<\/p>\n

What DLV-HERO is<\/b><\/p>\n

DLV-HERO (Hospital Employee Roster Optimization)<\/b> is a platform for the automatic scheduling of healthcare staff. Planning hospital rosters means juggling hundreds of constraints: contracts, mandatory rest periods, the skills each ward and operating theatre requires, absences. Today this is often done by hand, or with tools that do not explain their choices.<\/p>\n

DLV-HERO<\/b> tackles the problem with neuro-symbolic AI:<\/p>\n

\u2022 the DLV logic engine only builds plans that satisfy every rule, and every shift can be traced back to its reasons;<\/p>\n

\u2022 machine learning models learn from historical data to find better solutions in less time;<\/p>\n

\u2022 integration with hospital systems and booking centres (HL7\/FHIR standard) turns optimised rosters into new slots patients can book.<\/p>\n

The project will take the technology from laboratory prototype to a system demonstrated in a real operating environment, with a pilot in two healthcare facilities in Calabria. The goals are to increase coverage of specialist shifts by 10% and to reduce waiting times in the wards involved by up to 20%.<\/p>\n

For us, DLV-HERO <\/b>shows what an AI that reasons can do: complex organisational decisions that always comply with the rules and can always be explained.<\/p>\n

The project was selected under the PR Calabria ERDF ESF+ 2021-2027 programme (Priority 1 STEP, Action 1.6.1) and is carried out with resources from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the Italian State and the Calabria Region. CUP J25H25000760005.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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