Andalusia’s Emergency Health Centre (CES) 061 has received the 2026 Ennova Health Award from Diario Médico and Correo Farmacéutico for SAVE-EM, a generative artificial intelligence assistant intended to provide health professionals with rapid, accurate information during critical situations such as heart attacks and strokes. The project won in the Artificial Intelligence and Data Management category. It also recently received a Unicaja Ibima award.
SAVE-EM stands for Support Assistant for Vital Emergencies – Enhanced Memory. Developed by healthcare and management professionals at CES 061, the system is currently being evaluated, with completion expected in December 2026. The service says the tool is intended to help speed responses, reduce stress and variation in professionals’ decisions, and improve health outcomes and patient safety.
Andalusia’s 061 service operates across the region. Its emergency coordination centre handles more than 1.5 million requests, while its units attend to more than 65,000 patients a year; more than 80% of those cases are classified as highest priority.
The service uses more than 100 standardised processes covering clinical care and support activities, alongside protocols for interventions including heart attacks and strokes and for keeping resources operational. SAVE-EM is designed to bring this information together so teams can find guidance quickly in emergencies.
For example, in a case involving a 72-year-old woman with sudden speech difficulties and weakness on the left side of her body, the assistant could provide the stroke protocol and current clinical recommendations, and help activate the stroke code and coordinate transfer to the most suitable hospital. The service says immediate decision support could help mitigate the effects of stress and fatigue, reduce potential errors and support more consistent decisions in urban and rural areas.
The tool is also intended to help staff access guidance on support processes such as logistics, evaluation and quality; support ongoing training; and, potentially, produce structured data for research into emergency patterns and the effectiveness of interventions. The Ennova Health awards recognise digital initiatives from 2025 and 2026 that have added value, contributed to health-system sustainability or improved patients’ lives.