Nordic Network of Test BedsBent-Håkon Lauritzen, Project manager Oslo Medtech

Oslo Medtech – facts & figures

• Founded November 2009• Cluster, organized as a nonprofit

membership organization• 185 members• The full health value chain represented

• 37 bill NOK turnover in the health technology industry

• 5,7 % growth in value creation in 2013• 25% of the industry have 80% or more of

their turnover from international sales

• NCE (Norwegian Centres of Expertise) status in 2015

Oslo Medtech - Vision, mission and goal

VisionOslo Medtech is to become one of the most innovative global health technology clusters within 2020.

MissionOur mission is to develop and industrialize world class health technology products and services that enables sustainable and high quality treatment and care, and Norwegian Medtech industry growth.

Main goalTo increase the competitiveness of the companies in the cluster and strengthen the attraction of the cluster internationally

Create a network of professional and efficient test beds that can actively contribute to business development in the Nordic healthcare sector.

Network partners:

How we define Test Bed

Vad är en testbädd? (Vinnova 2014) En testbädd kan vara en miljö inom vård och omsorg där företag i samverkan med aktörer inom hälso- och sjukvård eller äldreomsorg  kan testa nya idéer i praktisk verklighet redan under utvecklingsfasen. Satsningen ska bidra till att utveckla nya och befintliga strukturer för att underlätta innovatörernas möjligheter att via testbäddar  pröva sina lösningar genom ett nära samarbete med användare och att tidigt möta en kravställande potentiell kund och få tillgång till sjukhusen och äldreomsorgen för att praktiskt demonstrera nya lösningar. En testbädd ger företag en ingång till vården.

Small Companies

Medium Companies

Large Companies

Commercialization of Ideas (R&D and innovation)

from the ward

Test and verification as part of innovative

procurement processes

Test Bed services

Partnership

Today challenge for Nordic Test Beds

Test beds have been slow to identify business opportunities Few test beds have a balanced budget allowing them to provide testing and verification for companies There is a general lack of financial incentives for hospitals or physicians participating in test bed studies. Test beds are a necessary yet invisible part of the value chain in the Nordic healthcare ecosystem Lack of communication between Nordic Test Beds results in an inadequate knowledge of test bed activities beyond national borders.

What we aim for

1. Establish an infrastructure for Collaboration 2. Secure a sustainable business model for the Test Beds 3. Align professional clinical and administrative

procedures between the test beds in the network 4. Establish and make visible a marketable brand for

Nordic Test beds

Output: create an single point of contact for professional testing and introduction of new innovations into the Nordic hospital sector

Barriers for implementation of innovation

• The innovation is “development oriented” – not “user driven”• Lack of risk assessment and cost/benefit calculations.• The innovation is not part of an procurement processes.• Small companies experience substantial challenges when dealing with

big institutions. (E.g. contracts, capacity, financial strength and cultural differences)

• Projects fail to take into account the issues of integration, implementation and operational challenges.

• High impact projects have failes due to silo thinking within the health organization.

• Idealists are in charge of the project, and tend to fail during the anchoring phase.

• The commercialization potential of new ideas receives limited focus within the public sector

Test Beds can make a difference!

• The innovation is “development oriented” – not “user driven”• Lack of risk assessment and cost/benefit calculations.• The innovation is not part of an procurement processes.• Small companies experience substantial challenges when dealing with

big institutions. (E.g. contracts, capacity, financial strength and cultural differences)

• Projects fail to take into account the issues of integration, implementation and operational challenges.

• High impact projects have failed due to silo thinking within the health organization.

• Idealists are in charge of the project, and tend to fail during the anchoring phase.

• The commercialization potential of new ideas receives limited focus within the public sector

Nordic Network of Test Beds

For collaboration, please contact:Project Manager,

Bent-Håkon Lauritzenbhl@oslomedtech.no

0047 91844164

Organizational objective: • Harmonize clinical and

administrative standards and operations across the network

• Lay a foundation for a seamless process on multi-center project collaborations

• Prepare test beds to domestic and international projects

• Develop and implement an infrastructure that facilitates coordination and collaboration between test beds

• An infrastructure that accommodates future expansion

Nordic Network of Test Beds 2015-2017Business case: • Develop and implement

client-oriented, highly efficient and professional business models to encourage the companies to take advantage of the services provided by test beds

• Increase the level of needs and employee-driven innovation in the Nordic countries by matching the unique insight of test beds into the needs in the healthcare sector with ideas and talent

• Match companies to the test bed that best fit the specification of their project

Dissemination and branding: • Develop a marketable brand • Create and execute a

marketing strategy that target companies in the Nordic and international healthcare industry

• Strengthen the value of test beds within the Nordic ecosystem of healthcare

Contact: Project coordinator Oslo Medtech, CEO Kathrine Myhre, kathrine.myhre@oslomedtech.no