At the Intersection of Research and Innovation
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Get Updated on the Largest Nordic Research and Development Project on Healthcare Technology AT THE INTERSECTION OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Publisher: Patient@home Issue: 2000 Editor: Anders Lyck Fogh-Schultz, Layout: kreativgrafisk.dk Danish Technological Institute Print: Jørn Thomsen Elbo Photo: Emil Ryge 2 patient@home CONTENTS Foreword . 4 Grant Givers . 5 Patient@home Facts . 6 Monitoring . 8 Cases: Hospital Home ............................................... 10 Innovative Technology Used for Treatment of Wounds............. 12 Spiromagic .................................................. 13 Care in Own Home . 14 Cases: Exoskeleton for the Arm and Shoulder Region ................... 16 Detection and Identification of Body Fluid ....................... 18 Operating System for People with Reduced Cognitive Functions .... 19 Rehabilitative training . 20 Cases: Development of ReHApp ...................................... 22 Rehabilitation with Industrial Robots - Universal RoboTrainer ...... 24 Game Technology for Rehabilitation............................. 26 Patient@home Makes a Midway Evaluation . 28 Information and Knowledge Management . 32 Cases: Acquire-ICD ................................................. 34 Identification of High-Risk Patients............................. 36 DiabeticLink Denmark ........................................ 37 Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) . 38 Cases: Adaptive Software Platform for Telemedicine .................... 40 Fast-Track . 42 Cases: Google Glass-testing at OUH ................................... 44 Project Partners . 46 Project Overview . 47 patient@home 3 FOREWORD Denmark is facing major challenges within the healthcare sector, including a growing need for new thinking and innovation that can provide better prevention, rehabilitation, more outpatient treatments instead of hospitalizations, and effective patient care – possibly in own homes . One of the barriers to effective innovation and In the latter half of the project all this will be implementation of novel medical technology translated into more concrete trials and imple- solutions is to get solid data on the effectiveness mentation of new technologies and services for of the critical interaction between users, thera- the benefit of all parties including citizens, the pists, manufacturers and inventors. healthcare sector and industry. Innovation Fund Denmark is a co-investor in The examples are advanced healthcare technol- the Patient@home project, which is an exam- ogy solutions that support the empowerment of ple of cooperation between public and private cardiac and diabetes patients through co-respon- companies that by means of test facilities and sibility and self-care, and technologies that can quantitative knowledge sharing can build bridges help acutely ill, geriatric patients to remain in between all the players. their own homes. They are expected to contrib- ute to the introduction of specific improvements Within the first half of the duration of the pro- within the healthcare system in the foreseeable ject, the framework for quantitative and uni- future. form testing of promising new technologies was created. A number of interesting sub-projects I hope you enjoy the publication. have been initiated, which can potentially reduce the hospitals’ resource consumption and increase Director Peter Høngaard Andersen, patients’ active involvement in their own health. Innovation Fund Denmark 4 patient@home GRANT GIVERS Patient@home Grants The Patient@home project is sup- In addition, Southern Growth Forum, ported financially by the Danish a platform for regional develop- Council for Strategic Research and ment activities, supports Patient@ the Danish Council for Technology home with DKK 18 .6 million . South- and Innovation (both councils are ern Growth Forum brings together now part of Innovation Fund Den- municipalities, companies, organ- mark) under the auspices of the isations and research institutions Danish Ministry of Education and in order to identify and improve the Science . conditions for innovation and busi- ness development in the Region of The Councils’ support amounts to Southern Denmark . Southern Growth DKK 70 million and the duration Forum’s three main tasks include of the project is five years starting preparation of a business develop- March 2012 . ment strategy and action plan, mon- itoring of regional and local growth Patient@home is a so-called SPIR conditions and recommending co-fi- initiative . The SPIR programme sup- nancial support to regional business ports initiatives that strengthen the activities . link between strategic research and innovation . Focus is on more effi- Together with the project partners’ cient knowledge sharing and fast- in-kind contributions, the total er and more interactive use of new budget of Patient@home amounts to Photo: Samuel Brøgger, Danish Technological Institute knowledge and innovation in the pri- DKK 190 million . vate and public sectors . patient@home 5 PATIENT@HOME – At the intersection of research and innovation Patient@home is the largest Nordic telligent healthcare technologies and ser- responsibility for their own health and healthcare research and technology in- vices. treatment. In addition, the projects add novation project focusing on developing enhanced quality to the healthcare sector new technologies and services for espe- Cooperation ensure relevance through technology-assisted treatment, cially rehabilitation, care and monitor- and impact monitoring and rehabilitation in pa- ing within the Danish healthcare sector. The platform includes more than 60 na- tients’ own homes – before, during and The Patient@home platform includes tional and international partners from after admissions. more than 60 national and internation- the public and private sectors. al partners from both public and private sectors. The project’s strong focus on close co-op- Target areas eration among health professionals, pa- New ways of thinking: Improvement of Through an interdisciplinary and open tients, private companies and research the healthcare sector through technol- public-private research and innovation institutions will ensure relevance and ogy-assisted treatment, monitoring and cooperation among healthcare profes- impact of the developed products and rehabilitation patients ‘own homes – be- sionals, patients, private companies and services. This kind of cooperation is a fore, during and after admissions research institutions Patient@home will guarantee that all products and servic- develop a number of new healthcare es are designed in compliance with user Innovation: Targeted development of technology products and services that needs and acceptance, and that all results new technologies and services together may actively reduce both the number are based on the latest research findings with companies, healthcare profession- and duration of hospital admissions in as well as the companies’ and especially als, end users and research institutions Denmark. the hospitals’ development and business plans. Empowerment: User-driven development Aim of technologies that helps patients to take The aim is to develop 40 new products The project’s business partners will get responsibility for their own well-being and services that can support the health- a unique opportunity to move one step and treatments – and allows them to be care sector’s increasing need for better closer to the latest knowledge on health- patient in own home and faster rehabilitation, more outpa- care technology mainly rehabilitation, tient treatments and in-home care and care and monitoring of patients in their Knowledge exchange: Transfer of new re- admissions. The development of such own homes. The project’s hospital part- search and knowledge to Danish compa- technologies should minimise the pres- ners will be able to follow the develop- nies – for the benefit of development and sure on hospitals’ financial and human ment and maturation of tomorrow’s maturation of new healthcare technolo- resources as well as increase patients’ ac- healthcare technologies and services, gies and market areas tive participation and motivation for tak- and the project’s local partners will get ing responsibility for their own health. a unique opportunity to take part and Research: Creating new research and make an impact on the development of knowledge on development and use of In addition, these technologies will ensure a wide range of cutting-edge technologies healthcare and related technologies – that healthcare professionals through- that are based on the in-home rehabilita- based on interdisciplinary collaboration out the sector may have both valid and tion needs of citizens and patients. with end-users, research institutions, consistent data for the assessment of the companies and healthcare professionals individual patient’s need for treatment. Five major action areas and six Besides, Patient@home will provide Dan- thematic project categories ish companies with access to the latest Patient@home combines targeted re- knowledge, laboratories and real-life test search and innovation in a variety of facilities, i.e. an optimal starting point healthcare technology projects, all of for building strong international market which focus on user-driven development positions in terms of innovative and in- of technologies that help patients to take 6 patient@home Project categories: FACTS Since the start of Patient@home in 2012 more than Monitoring: Remote follow-up of the patient’s condition