The platform
Title: Patient@home - Innovative Welfare technology for the 21st Century
Grant holder: University of Southern Denmark
Contact: Uffe Kock Wiil, cell: 60 11 35 65
Total grant: DKK 70 million
Total budget: DKK 190 million
Research training: 17 PhDs and 5 postdocs
Project period: 2012-18
Partners
University of Southern Denmark, Aalborg University, Technical University of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Osaka University, University of Arizona, Danish Technological Institute, Welfare Tech Region, DELTA, Odense Municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, Århus Municipality, Næstved Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark, Ideas Clinic Aalborg Hospital, Concens A/S, Safecall Denmark ApS, Sensor ECS A/S, Teccluster A/S, Trivision A/S, Tunstall Healthcare A/S, Gibotech A/S, Capgemini Danmark A/S, Innovaid ApS, CIM Gruppen A/S, KMD, Rambøll Informatik, tmsuk Europe ApS, MediSat A/S, Pallas Informatik, Intelligent Systems A/S, Idisplay Interactive ApS, Logica Denmark A/S, Induct Software A/S, Byskov & Smith ApS, eglu A/S, Mikro Værkstedet A/S, Nilfisk-Advance A/S, PlayAlive A/S, Tele Call Danmark, STT Condigi A/S, Systematic A/S, Radiometer Medical ApS.
External foundations: The Growth Forum of Southern Denmark.
Project description
Patient-at-home will develop welfare technology to the benefit of both patients and health care sector, and will promote the development towards minimized hospital stays. Process and results will be driven by a close collaboration between health care staff and patients, private enterprises and research institutions.
Public-private innovation (PPI) will ensure relevance and impact of new welfare technology products and services that can help qualify decisions made in relation to the new hospital projects in Denmark. Processes are driven and results are generated in close collaboration between health care professionals, patients, private companies, and research institutions. This cross-fertilization aims to ensure user acceptance by health care professionals as well as patients.
The technological development in Patient@home will increase home monitoring, improve rehabilitation, and so increase the safety and incidence of care at home. The technological development will be supported by new research focusing on clinical evidence, user involvement, and health economics. Through coordination of parallel and interdisciplinary research and innovation activities, Patient@home will:
- enable optimization of Danish health care procedures to achieve better treatment at decreased expense;
- enable increased patient participation and responsibility (where possible) for their own healing process resulting in an increased quality of life;
- provide Danish industry and partners with access to state-of-the-art knowledge, laboratories, and real-life test facilities, enabling them to build strong international market positions based on innovative and intelligent welfare products and services;
- strengthen research and education at the universities involved in the project.