THE INNOVATIVE HOSPITAL

Kristin Hellman, Uppsala BIO

Uppsala University Hospital

• One of Sweden’s largest hospitals

• 8000 employees

• 1100 beds

The Innovative hospital

Innovations made by employees

Prototypes etc.

Akademiska sjukhuset(Uppsala University Hospital)

Innovators process

The SMEprocess

• Innovators process started 2008

• The SME process started 2010

• Financing– VINNOVA

– Regional development council

– ALMI

– Uppsala BIO

– Uppsala Innovation Centre

– Uppsala Municipality

Background and financing

Innovators process

The process

Idea proposal submitted

Additions made to proposal together with Innovation Akademiska

Assessment of commercial potential of the idea

Review of patentability/uniqueness

IP Rights agreedPatent application

Business education

Compiling of product description / business plan

Final recommendation from product development /business development panel

Prototypes, drawings

• 80 ideas submitted

• 24 prototypes produced and evaluated

• 10 innovators entered the business incubator at Uppsala Innovation Centre

• 3 companies formed

• 78% of participants women

Results so far

• 3 main offerings

The SME process

Product concept evaluation

Clinical studies for CE marking

Prototype testing

• ~ 40 SMEs have contacted Innovation akademiska

• 3 reference projects have been selected in order to ”work out the process”

Results so far

Annilla Edeholm, Innovation coordinator WAY OUT

Annika Remaeus, Project Manager WAY IN

The importance of being ”on site”