"Nordic health research and Innovation networks - conference"
Tuesday 8th of May 2012
08.30 Main session III: Clinical research and innovation
Many reports has been written on challenges in the structure in research. A common trend is the number of recommendations put forward in those reports to strengthen the organizational structure, to overcome the challenges in funding and to strengthen the collaboration with for instance industry. Based on the slow development and the lack of results the future Health Minister decided to create a forum for improvements of the health research in Denmark in general but with a specific focus on the decline in clinical research projects. At the same time the Ministry toke the initiative to make the application procedure to the ethical research committees easier by adjusting the legislation on the ethical research committees. The forum has been functioning for 3 years and continues its work. Structure, highlights and results are presented.
Speaker: Poul Jaszczak
Results from a Nordic survey"
Many Nordic countries have lately experienced a severe reduction in industry sponsored clinical studies. NRC-network have asked a large number of companies, both Big Pharma and SMEs, about their relationship to their partner hospitals; and have challenged them to suggest how to increase cooperation, research and innovation. The result of the survey, sponsored by NICE (Nordic Innovation Centre), will be presented here at NRC-2012.
Speaker: Olav Flaten
"How to combine personal research interest with pharmaceutical industry"
The talk will present advice on how to achieve fruitful and sound research collaboration with the pharmaceutical industry. Furthermore, the talk will point to pitfalls that should be avoided in the collaboration.
Speaker: Per S. Bakke
"One-stop-shop both at the industry and the hospital"
What can be done to optimise the collaboration between the industry and the hospitals within clinical trials?
Speaker: Britta Smedegaard Andersen
"Healtcare innovation - how is it and how do we do it"
Introduction to methods and processes to do systematic healthcare innovation and concrete examples of innovation projects such as Innovative Patient Involvement (employee driven and everyday innovation), Healthcare Innovation Lab (simulation as a method to develop new processes and products),
Speaker: Anne-Marie Christina Thoft
Discussion
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Tutorial groups: The tutorials are unformal gatherings with some selected speakers. The speakers sit down in small groups with the participants and it is a possibility to ask further questions and discuss the topics in more depth. It was arranged for the first time last year, and it was a sucess:
David Secher (innovation)
Poul Jaszczak (research collaboration)
Pierre Lafolie (eCRIN - European Clinical Research Infrastructures Network)
14.15 Main session IV: The Nordic research environment - strengths and challenges
"Nordic biobanks as a competetive advantage"
The combination of biobanks, registries and cohorts are a major competitive advantage for medical research in the Nordic countries. The personal identification number, strong individual rights, and public health care systems provide the basis for using these resources in research, surveillance, and in improving quality of care. I will give an overview of biobanks, registries and cohorts in the Nordic countries, show examples of their use, and reflect on how they can be developed further.
Speaker: Camilla Stoltenberg
"The electronic patient record; a tool for cevelopment - a tool to develop".
The Electronic Medical Record has proven to be an important tool for development in healthcare, helping to improve administrative and quality aspects of care. While the resulting data has been used for research, we face the question of if and how we can develop the EMR for better research, or if we need to develop secondary tools to allow the use of EMR data in research. This talk will briefly discuss the current state of electronic medical records and then focus on how to use data generated by EMR´s for research.
Speaker: Thorvardur Löve
Panel discussion
16.00 A light meal is served and thereafter it is time for networking and to use the extraordinary facilities at Solstrand Hotel
19.30 Reception and Conference dinner