The SILAB presents the FUTURE HEALTHCARE NTN
Based on accumulated knowledge and expertise in this field, the SILAB, the Source Innovation Laboratory of La Source, is applying to the National Thematic Network (NTN) Innovation Booster 2021-2024 tender call as defined and funded by Innosuisse.
Under the name FUTURE HEALTHCARE, this network will be the first swiss consortium to gather actors active in the field of health around nursing and patient care, be it in hospitals, clinics, at home or in nursing/retirement homes.
In this consortium, healthcare is defined in a very broad sense and will include all innovation that may result in improving the way care is provided to patients in all situations they may encounter throughout their care pathway.
The FUTURE HEALTHCARE will allow to discuss, challenge, share, assess, test, evaluate or validate ideas, services or technology, using an agile-like methodology and expert knowledge of healthcare professionals.
Take up the challenge with us!
The SILAB is looking for industry partners to imagine and develop the healthcare of tomorrow.
Contact us to participate in the FUTURE HEALTHCARE NTN
Th healthcare of tomorrow is an issue
Health is a rapidly evolving field that requires innovative solutions, both technological and human, low tech or high tech, to tackle the upcoming challenges of the healthcare system in order to foster and improve access for all to care of an ever-increasing quality.
Now, it is widely recognized that the professional category of nursing staff, caregivers and healthcare providers is not taken enough into account when it comes to conceiving or deploying innovation in healthcare. That is why, based on solid literature and SILAB’s own experience and existing partnerships, the FUTURE HEALTHCARE NTN will greatly rely on, and facilitate access to, expertise brought by these professionals as they represent the largest part of care professionals, and know patient’s needs as their action spans the whole spectrum of patient-related activities.
Furthermore, the structure of this network will boost the transfer of knowledge and technology in both ways, by submitting innovation to the evaluation and testing competences of caregiving staff and by exploiting ideas from caregivers to develop products and services.
Stakeholders of the project
The FUTURE HEALTHCARE NTN will gather:
- Healthcare partners or patient associations able and willing to share concerns and express needs based on everyday practice (e.g. hospitals, clinics, nursing homes …).
- Academic partners able and willing to propose and make available high-potential ideas and early technological inventions.
- Nursing partners able and willing to evaluate and test innovations at an early stage of development and propose relevant improvements.
- Industry partners able and willing to develop and implement innovative solutions up to their market entry.
Why joining the FUTURE HEALTHCARE NTN?
The FUTURE HEALTHCARE NTN partners will benefit from:
- A multidisciplinary network willing to develop innovations at all steps of the patient care.
- Practical use cases tailored to specific needs and validated by healthcare professionals.
- Idea validation and usability tests in a pre-clinical environment.
- Skills in analysis, test, and improvement of business ideas, beta versions or prototypes at early development stages, with fast and constructive feedbacks based on agile practices adapted to healthcare.
- Fully equipped premises suited to efficient, user-centric evaluation and testing.
- Experience of the healthcare market expectations and challenges.
- Creation and coordination of partnerships to protect intellectual property and maximize outcomes.
- Visibility and increased credibility in everything related to healthcare, from other networks, international and national projects to press reviews.
- Appropriate training in the field of healthcare and healthcare innovation
