Upskilling Professionals for Adoption of Innovation in Healthcare Settings
Professionals in healthcare firms and institutions can work from the inside to drive change. UP-rAIHSe helps professionals increase their ability to lead innovation in their own organisations.
Through online training, the UP-rAIHSe course increases the skills of professionals involved in innovation promotion, so they can facilitate rapid adoption of demand-driven digital innovation within their daily work.
Delivered by expert lecturers, the course covers innovation design, system change, innovative procurement and digital solution deployment. It combines in-person seminars with online coaching and homework. The course helps equip multidisciplinary teams of professionals with the know-how to successfully pilot and adopt innovation by working on concrete projects that they propose themselves.
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, the course has been moved later in the year and has been shifted from a blended course to all online training. A final event is scheduled to take place at the EIT Health Summit in Stockholm in December.
Read more and register for the course here.
External partner
Partners

CLC/InnoStars: Spain
Partner classification: Municipality / City, Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs
Partner type: Associate Partner
The Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia is a public legal entity subject to private law, under the auspices of the Generalitat of Catalonia’s Health Services Department which serves public policy. The mission of AQuAS is to promote knowledge and know -how aimed at improving the quality, safety and sustainability of the Catalonian healthcare system.
Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia
Agency for Health Quality and Assessment of Catalonia, Carrer de Roc Boronat, 81, 08005 Barcelona, Spain
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision, Payers
Key Activities in Education
Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: Spain
Partner classification: Education, Research
Partner type: Linked/Affiliated Party
The Universitat Politècnica de València is an institution with the capacity to take a lead in these changes and the meeting of the demands which face us, characteristics which underline its great value but which also mean the adoption of specific organisational and functional processes, all of which justified the need to draw up a new Strategic Plan, as a tool for the management of the institution, the definition of lines of action, and to support decision-making.
Universitat Politècnica de València
Universitat Politècnica de València, Camí de Vera, 46022 València, Valencia, Spain
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Technology Transfer, Business coaching
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Technical faculties


CLC/InnoStars: Scandinavia
Partner classification: Business, Research
Partner type: Core Partner
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden is a network of research and technology organizations. In global cooperation with academia, enterprise and society, we create value, growth and competitiveness through research excellence and innovation.
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Mäster Samuelsgatan 60, 111 21 Stockholm, Sweden
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Pharma, Med Tech, ICT, Consumer products, Nutrition
Key Activities in Business Creation
Technology Transfer, Business coaching, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training


CLC/InnoStars: InnoStars
Partner classification: Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs
Partner type: Associate Partner
The Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) is a non-profit private organization, which promotes innovation and the transfer of technology, establishing the interface between the scientific and technological environment and the production sector. Created in 1991 through an initiative of the University of Coimbra, IPN has currently a team of almost 100 permanent staff to support start-ups and researchers in these activities. With a self-sustained business model that gives the flexibility and capacity to accompany business sector needs, IPN operates in three complementary areas: Highly specialized training, Research and technological development, and Incubation and acceleration of technology-based enterprises. In terms of applied research and technological development, IPN’s technological infrastructure includes a set of six laboratories in diversified technological areas which, along with its established connections with higher education institutions, R&TD organizations and both national and international companies, place IPN in a privileged position for jointly conducting R&TD activities with enterprises. As for the incubation and acceleration of technology-based enterprises, IPN assists start-ups with technical guidance in the establishment and early stages of business development, tutorial follow-up for developing business plans, support for attracting investment and securing funding, intellectual property and legal assistance (e.g. technology transfer contracts and the registration of patents or brands), access to and contact with various national and international research centres, knowledge institutions and sources of funding.
Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN)
Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN), R. Pedro Nunes, 3030-199 Coimbra, Portugal
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Med Tech, ICT, Imaging
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Technology Transfer, Business coaching, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training


CLC/InnoStars: UK-Ireland
Partner classification: Tech Transfer, Clusters, Other NGOs, Hospital / University Hospital
Partner type: Associate Partner
The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) hopes to lead, catalyse and drive co-operation and productivity between academia, industry, health and care providers, and citizens. This is achieved in a collaborative environment in which partner organisations are mutually supportive and in which the technology-rich West Midlands’ life sciences community is fully integrated and generating additional investment.
University Hospital Birmingham - West Midlands AHSN
University Hospital Birmingham - West Midlands AHSN, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
Key Activities in Corporate Innovation
Med Tech, Diagnostics, Consumer products
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision
Key Activities in Business Creation
Incubation, Business coaching, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Entrepreneurship training, Healthcare professional education/training


CLC/InnoStars: Spain
Partner classification: Municipality / City, Hospital / University Hospital
Partner type: Core Partner
Servicio Madrileño de Salud (SERMAS) is the public health provider of the region of Madrid with a budget of 7.867 M € for 2018. SERMAS belongs to the Spanish National Health System and provides services to more than six million citizens, it is integrated by more than 35 hospitals and approximately 400 primary care centres. SERMAS is an international reference for high-specialized medicine; it is equipped with state-of-the art stage technologies and characterized by high-qualified health professionals distributed in three domains: Primary Care, Hospitals and health emergencies 112. SERMAS has one of the best public primary care systems in good coordination with social services in order to provide integrated care and achieve real impact on patients and families. SERMAS participates and coordinates several European Reference Networks (ERN), in integrated rare diseases platforms, even leading some of these collaborative units. In order to improve health research management and coordination, SERMAS works with more than 12 Research Foundations located in university hospitals and in primary care, covering all areas of specialties, including public health, emergency and communication and information technologic departments. These public research foundations are focused on translational research and innovation activities, seeking for real outcomes in healthcare. SERMAS is committed to ensure the continuous improvement of quality. Areas of specialization: Active ageing, frailty, big data, primary care, precision medicine.
Servicio Madrileño de Salud (SERMAS)
Servicio Madrileño de Salud (SERMAS) , 28802 Alcala de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Key Activities in Social Innovation
Healthcare provision, Payers
Key Activities in Business Creation
Technology Transfer, Testing & Validation
Key Activities in Education
Medical faculties, Healthcare professional education/training

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