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VTT Technical ResearchCentre of Finland LtdKari KohtamäkiDublin 1.11.2018

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

§ VTT is one of the leading R&D&I organisations in NorthernEurope.§ We provide expert services for our domestic and

international customers and partners, both in private andpublic sectors.

J. Lähteenmäki 2

75 years’ experience insupporting our clients’growth with top-levelresearch and science-based results.

Learn more:www.vttresearch.com,#vttpeople,@VTTFinland

Net turnover and other operating income258 M€ (VTT Group 2017)

Personnel 2,368(VTT Group 2017)

Unique research and testing infrastructure Wide national and internationalcooperation network

* Loikkanen, T. et al. Roles, effectiveness, and impact of VTT. Towards broad-based impact monitoring of a research andtechnology organisation. 2013. VTT, Espoo. VTT Technology 113. 106 p. + app. 5 p.

BASIC RESEARCH

APPLIED RESEARCH

DEVELOPMENT

UNIVERSITIES

INDUSTRY

VTT

VTT’s status as performer of R&D work

How to work with VTT

§ Networked co-operation withVTT, universities and partnercompanies in the framework ofpublic funded projects

§ Contract research projectsexclusively tailored for the needsof your company

§ Exclusive and non-exclusivelicensing of VTT’s technologies

Research enablers: Population data, health registers, cohorts and biobanks

Digital Health - from connected sensors tohealth data analysis

Sensing

• Printed electronics• Wireless sensing• Microfluidics• POC diagnostics• Micro-nanotechnology

Connectivity

• Mobile technologies• Wearable electronics

and smart clothing• 5G test network• Cybersecurity• Critical communications

infrastructure

Data Analytics

• Artificial Intelligence,Machine Learning

• Biomedical signal andimage analysis

• Clinical decisionsupport

• Bioinformatics

Application fortracking healthygrowth of children

Kari Kohtamäki

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F_UkwuLAlM

Our objective: Healthy growth of children– helping parents and professionals

Maternity and child care in Finland§ Goal: to prevent illnesses and identify risks at early stage§ Factors behind the low infant mortality rate:§ Maternity and child health clinics

• Regular health examinations and health counceling§ Care provided regardless of socio-economic status§ Mothers’ high educational and economic status§ Innovations such as ”Baby box”

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Population-based references for growth- Data of 73.000 Finnish children aged 0-20 years

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Scientifically solid, family friendly• Kasvuseula is an easy-to-use application

for parents and professionals• Provides information about the growth of a

child and indicating any abnormal growthpatterns

• Available in Finland, where 35.000 childrenhave been registered to the service

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”Thank you for this wonderful service. As a mother of a childfacing problems in growth, this service has been great.”

”I work as a doctor in primary care and Kasvuseula has saved meseveral times, when our official systems have been out-of-order.”

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Tracking vaccinations vs. nationalvaccination programme

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Immunization programs around the world *Kasvuseula.fi is based on the Finnish national immunizationProgramme.

* Source: Rey-Jurado, Tapia, Muñoz-Durango, Lay, Carreño, Riedel, Bueno, Genzel and Kalergis: Assessing theImportance of Domestic Vaccine Manufacturing Centers: An Overview of Immunization Programs, VaccineManufacture, and Distribution. :Front Immunol. 2018; 9: 26.

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Integration of Kasvuseula with Kanta PHR

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HL7 / FHIROAuth 2.0

Store & retrieve- age- gender- height- weight

Healthcareprofessional’saccess to dataunder user’sconsent

PHR

HL7-based Finnish healthcare infrastructure

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HL7/FHIRKasvuseula

https://www.kanta.fi/en/system-developers

Future opportunities• Application can be tailored to different

countries by using either WHO or local growthdata and immunization programmes

• Service can be connected to national or localhealth record systems

• It can be used as a platform for otherservices, such as remote medical consultationor providing education

• New growth parameters can be added in theapplication – enabling more precise diagnosisof factors leading to growth issues

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Thank you

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