Smart Health Innovation

1st edition 2012-13

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INTRODUCTION

With the actual social and economic context, reducing expenditure to

optimize resources is one of the key challenges for the health sector

to ensure it remains viable in the future. Faced with this challenge,

a whole range of interesting opportunities emerge to improve health

management, specifically relating to the advantages in terms of

space and time offered by new technologies.

Implementing ICTs intelligently to the health sector is necessary for

several reasons: economic (the pressure on the health sector to cut

costs and be more efficient), social (a reduction in patient mobility

and the load of healthcare to improve their comfort), market needs

(large number of companies with plans for e-health systems, a 2020

European Union strategic goal), as well as innovation, so as to create

real and applicable solutions to the failures in pilot projects and the

lack of an implementation regulatory framework.

Currently, health-related services and technologies also imply using

information technologies and communication proactively, both from

the perspective of information networks and systems put at the

service of health, as well as telemedicine systems and associated

services, and from the perspective of developing specific devices

that are capable of obtaining and monitoring biological parameters

with practically no intervention on the patient, from a distance, with

mobility using smart phones and other devices. Hospital, clinics,

doctors, social assistants and the public in general are connecting

more and more to the Internet and its applications and services.

Some examples of today’s achievements in health ICTs are online

services for electronic prescriptions, shared medical record

databases, and websites on healthcare and health information

or, in the field of telemedicine, applications such as teleradiology

or teledermatology. Or even teleconsultation. The possibilities of

developing health ICTs can be extended to robotics, including surgical

techniques and advanced diagnosis systems, as well as developing

biological simulation and modelling devices.

In a new context with a demographic change, where a longer

life expectancy requires improving efficiency, shortening waiting

lists, optimizing public resources, improving productivity and the

management of healthcare assistance to reduce stays in hospitals

and improve patients’ quality of life are all issues for which there

is a wide range of possibilities to develop, making e-health and

mobilehealth an economic driver for today and tomorrow.

OBJECTIVES

• Understanding, analysing and evaluating the issues, solutions and economic impact of implementing new ICT tools in the health sector.

• Providing leadership and project management skills in the pu-blic and private sectors: the administrations, companies and healthcare systems.

• Promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in this field and contributing to create new professional profiles which do not yet exist, from a broad academic and professional background, which can lead to a more efficient use of the healthcare system through ICTs.

WHOS IS IT AIMED AT

• Professionals in the health sector interested in using ICTs to develop innovative solutions for their everyday problems.

• Professionals in the computing and telecommunications sec-tor interested in developing advanced applications and services to solve health problems and norms to maintain the welfare of our societies.

• University graduates interested in finding a professional pathway in the field of e-health, as advanced technology users in the field of health and as directors and managers of advan-ced ICT projects in this field.

WHAT WE OFFER

This Masters has a unique approach, promoted by innovation and its users. You will learn how to innovate and develop solutions to emerging challenges in healthcare system. It follows a project-based learning (PBL) methodology. You will participate in labo-ratory environments, with companies, public institutions and uni-versity professors to create new solutions through real projects.

The end result will not only be an academic qualification, but a true innovative project developed in a real environment that will enable students to connect with the current and real market and society demands.

The Smart Health Masters is an alternative to train new profes-sionals who will be prepared to offer innovative solutions to our healthcare systems

DegreeMasters Degree issued by the UPC.

Duration90ECTS (524 course hours).

DatesFrom 19-10-2012 to 20-07-2014.

Class hoursFridays from 3.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. and Saturdays from 8.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m.Note: one intensive week per term from Mondays to Fridays, from 8.00 a.m. to 2.00 p.m. and 3.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.

Course languagesSpanish and English.

VenueCastelldefels School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC). Baix Llobregat Campus (Castelldefels). Hospital de Sant Pau (Barcelona).

Admissions procedureSubmission of CV and personal interview.

Technical requirements to follow the programme adequatelyIt is advisable to have a laptop computer and a Smartphone.

Tuition fee:€12,100

For further informationYolanda MorenoTel. (34) 93 112 08 87yolanda.moreno@talent.upc.edu

PROSPECTIVE PROFESSIONAL CAREERS

This Masters intends to create a professional profile that kinks the areas of knowledge of biology and medicine, engineering, technology and new materials, business management and health and healthcare systems.

Contribute knowledge based on ICTs in relation to the acquisition, processing, treatment and transmission of information, images and any other biological and health-related information as well as

knowledge based on scientific aspects in relation to life sciences, biology and medicine and biotechnology and the technological spheres relating to healthcare and health control systems.

As for the sphere of business management, training will be delivered on subjects linked to the management of healthcare resources and applied technologies, as well as aspects relating to innovation and business models in the field of technologies applied to health.

Health Department.

Entities and associations.

MEs and Large Companies in the IT sector.

Biotechnology companies.

Pharmaceutical industry.

Consulting firms.

Entrepreneurs (start-up).

Analysis, design, management and development follow-up, star-up and management.

Maintaining and operating new services and applications.

ICTs in the health sector, special consideration for mobile applications,

Creating new innovative services and application to start up a business.

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METHODOLOGY

This is a multidisciplinary Masters with a load of 90 ECTS in the field of applied information and communication technologies to the health sector with the aim of promoting innovation and entrepreneurship in this field and contributing to the creation of new professional profiles.

It is pre-eminently practical, based on learning by projects, and has been designed from the perspective of including projects to be developed in collaboration with research groups and companies at the forefront of this sector.

STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS OF THE MASTERS

The Smart Health Innovation Masters has a total duration of three terms, each with a load of 30 ECTS, two with course subjects and one for the Masters final project.

The course subjects of the Masters which are also in relation to all activities are three: health and healthcare subjects, technology and techniques, and innovation and enterprise.

The first subject is a levelling course, basically in healthcare, for students with a more technical background profile, whereas the Foundations of ICTs is for students starting the Masters with a profile oriented more towards healthcare. The remaining subjects are the same for all students.

In this environment, studies will be articulated around what is known as a Personal Learning Environment where students, individually or in a group, develop an innovation project in the field of e-health. The goal is to provide a solution to an emerging challenge by connecting ICTs to health.

The programme of the Masters in Smart Health Innovation combines theory sessions based on the “learning by doing” learning model with hands-on sessions in a laboratory and with working sessions based on the case method.

Course dates:

19/10/2012-09/03/2013

Intensive week:

17 to 21 December.

Contents

Foundations of the Health environment.

Foundation of the ICT environment.

Global healthcare systems.

Advanced health technologies.

The organization, management and Economy of the national health system.

Real projects and cases.

Course dates:

15/03/2012 - 20/07/2012

Intensive week:

13 to 17 May.

Contents

Foundations of Company Start-ups.

Trends in the National Health System.

Innovation: Strategies and methodologies to build Smart Health Systems.

Medical Devices and Performance Evaluation.

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ACADEMIC COORDINATION

Josep Mª PicasDirector of Information Systems and ICTs at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau de Barcelona. University Diploma in Healthcare Management by ESADE; chair of the European Association of Healthcare IT Managers in Brussels.

Jordi Mataix OltraTelecommunications Engineer by the UPC. Doctor in telecommunications Engineering by the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV). Professor of telematics engineering at the UPC.

TEACHING STAFF

Elena López AguileraProfessor at the UPC EETAC. She is part of the Wireless Networks Group (WNG) at the Telematics Engineering Department of the UPC since 2002.

Jose YúferaTelecommunications engineer by the Telecom BCN School (1994) and Doctor in Telecommunications Engineering by the UPC. Professor at the Telematics Engineering Department of UPC and teacher at EETAC.

Joan EscarrabillDegree in Medicine by the UAB, lung specialist (Bellvitge University Hospital) (1984) and Doctor in Medicine by the UB. Master in Healthcare Institutions Management (UAB).

Josep Mª ColomeDegree in Electronic Systems and Master in Telecommunications Systems from the UPC. e-health and e-social manager at the i2CAT Technological Centre department since 2005. MBA at ESIC Business & Marketing School (Madrid).

Jesus AlcoberTelecommunications Engineer by the Barcelona School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSETB). Doctor in Telecommunications Engineering by the UPC. Professor at the Telematics Engineering Department of the UPC and at EETAC. Chair of the SC6 standardization sub-committee.

Jaume Sató i GeliDegree in Economics and Business Studies from the UB and technical telecommunications engineer. Master-Consultant in organization development by the GR Institute in Tel-Aviv. Professor at EETAC.

Artur Serra HurtadoDeputy Director of the i2CAT Foundation. Doctor in cultural anthropology by the Carnegie Mellon University. Member of the European Network of Living Labs.

Elena TorrenteSenior technician at the Catalan Health Information, Evaluation and Quality Agency. Degree in political and administrations sciences by the UAB and inter-university MA in Public Management (UAB, UPF, ESADE and EAPC).

Tino MartíEconomic and Innovation Director at the Consorci Castelldefels Adgents de Salut (CASAP). Degree in Economics from the UB, Masters in Health Economy and Healthcare Management from the UPF.

Juan LópezDoctor by the UPC. Professor at EETAC.

Francesc TarrésDoctor in telecommunications by the UPC Telecommunications school. Author of several books on image processing and the areas of Audiovisual Systems.

Silvia RuizDoctor in telecommunications engineering by the UPC. Tenured professor at the department of signal theory and communication.

David PérezEngineer in telecommunications by the UPC, specializing in communications. Doctor in Telecommunications by the UPC.

COLLABORATORS

‘SMART HEALTH INNOVATION’, A MASTERS TO PROMOTE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN ICTs AND HEALTH

The new masters is the result of a collaboration agreement between the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau Research Institute Foundation, the Hospital Clínic i Provincial de Barcelona, the i2CAT Foundation, the TicSalut Foundation and the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. BarcelonaTech (UPC) and will start as of the next school year at EETAC.

The masters will be taught at the UPC Castelldefels School of Telecommunications and Aerospace Engineering (EETAC) and at the i2HEALTH Centre, belonging to the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and the i2CAT Foundation.

Collaborating institutions wish to train case managers for the healthcare sector who, starting from an initial training in the field of infirmary, engineering or medicine, will receive the complementary training that is necessary and adapts to their curriculum so as to obtain a comprehensive training in the field to efficient management, from the perspective of economic management of resources and an appropriate application of ICTs to health and healthcare management. Essentially, with these new studies they aim to create a new professional profile with knowledge on ICT aspects relating to the acquisition, processing, treatment and transmission of information, images or any other biological and health-related information.

How companies can participate:

• Proposing a project to develop during the masters, both in the courses and in the masters final project. They will be able to follow the evolution of the project and participate in its evaluation.

• Offering grants for students taking the masters.• Collaborating in the masters activities: seminars, guest lecturers, case studies, etc.• Allowing students to visit companies so they can get to know its activities.• Providing space and conditions so students can carry out their masters final project

in the company.• Promoting professional work placements in the company.• Donating/lending equipment.

Training subsidies from the Tripartita Foundation

Companies that plan and manage training for their workers have a loan available to co-finance training, which they can make effective once the training is completed by applying bonuses to contributions to the Social Security system. Companies granting individual training permits to their workers and workers applying for training that is recognized with an official university degree or an own degree during working hours can apply a bonus to contribution to the Social Security system amounting to a maximum of 200 working hours.

Discounts for companies

If the company enrols several workers in different academic years, as of the 3rd registration we offer a 5% discount.

If the company enrols 2 workers in the same academic year, we offer a 10% discount.

If the company enrols 3 workers in the same academic year, we offer a 12.5% discount.

If the company enrols 4 workers in the same academic year, we offer a 15% discount.

If the company enrols 5 or more workers in the same academic year we offer a 20% discount.

Campus del Baix Llobregat - UPCParc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia Esteve Terradas, 7 08860 Castelldefels Telèfon: 93 413 70 00Fax: 93 413 70 07eetac.info@upc.edu

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