Instituto de investigación

Instituto de Investigación

Digital Health Transformation in Health Institutions

​8 December 2023

Since July 2022, SERMAS-Hospital 12 de Octubre has been part of the Healthcare Transformation Academy, an education programme developed and funded through a call for proposals from EIT Health, which aims to provide ongoing training and capacity-building (facilitation) for innovation and value-based healthcare to all types of healthcare professionals in Europe.

As part of BP 2023, 10 funded places are being offered to participate in a course entitled > Digital Health Transformation in Health Institutions:

  • The course is organised by Hospital German Trias i Pujol.
  • It is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) – 20 hours in duration (10.5 CME credits).
  • It begins on 12 December and ends on 20 February 2024.
  • It is online and self-paced, with two online workshops (18 and 24 January).
  • Materials are in English, but the training videos are in Spanish.
  • It requires commitment and a high level of motivation.

The registration deadline is 8 December. To complete the registration, please contact  innovacion(ELIMINAR)@salud.madrid.org providing your name, workplace and email address.

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Ennova Day

20 November 2023

Ennova health Day is an event to be held in November in Madrid, organised by Diario Médico and Correo Farmacéutico to promote and raise awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation among healthcare organisations and professionals at national level. It has the institutional support of EIT Health Spain, serving as a meeting point for discussion and knowledge-sharing for all those working to promote innovation and digitalisation. More information

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Creating New Engineering Companies and Science-Based Industries

Online course (Standford University)

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Responsible innovation

Online course (edx)

This course discusses the concept of responsible innovation, its meaning and its importance when addressing the social implications of new technologies, and shows how we could incorporate ethical considerations into technical innovations. More information

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Contracts

Online course (edx)

This course is designed to address the issues that arise when drafting a contract and how to ensure that it is upheld. It will also provide an introduction to what a contract is and analyse its purpose and meaning. The intention to create legal relationships, legality and morality, and the distinction between gifts and bargains will then be discussed. The course also examines the most common pitfalls: unilateral promises, mistake, fraud and frustration. More information

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Medicine in the digital age

Online course (edx)

This course explores the challenges and opportunities facing healthcare in the digital age. We will explore the role of social media in health communication, the uses of wearable technologies, the potential of big data to reshape health behaviours, the ethics of personalised medicine, and the impact of these new developments on the doctor-patient relationship. Participants will gain an understanding of the connected health revolution and tools to critically analyse this evolving ecosystem. More information

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An overview of business and the role of finance in the company

Online course (edx)

This course provides the terminology and concepts of the functional areas of a company, laying the foundations for interpreting and analysing the legal, ethical and social issues businesses face today. Students will gain a basic description of the financial system, including sources of business finance and various types of financial statements. More information

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Fundamental principles of business strategy

Online course (Coursera) In this course we will explore the theory and frameworks that provide the foundations of a successful underlying business strategy. We will develop your ability to think strategically. Strategic analysis is fundamental to analysing the competitive context in which an organisation operates and making reasoned and reasonable recommendations for how the organisation should position itself and what actions it should take to maximise value creation. More information

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DINA-ITC Programme

The DINA-ITC programme aims to promote cultural change in the scientific system and its relationship with innovation, helping to increase the involvement of research and teaching staff in knowledge exchange and transfer (KET) processes with social stakeholders. DINA-ITC also seeks to encourage institutions to implement active strategies to promote KET processes, as well as improve the management of the various means of carrying them out.

Objectives

  1. Stimulate and train the various agents in the Spanish innovation system to promote and facilitate knowledge exchange and transfer (KET).
  2. Analyse the interface structures and support instruments for KET in the Spanish Innovation System, in order to understand the current situation regarding planning, coordination, organisation, structure, management and activities aimed at promoting and facilitating knowledge exchange and transfer (KET) processes, as well as the training needs of their staff.
Target audience The initiative is aimed at different types of groups:
  • Senior staff at universities and public research organisations
  • Technical and management staff supporting KET in universities and public research organisations, research institutes, technology institutes, science and technology parks and companies
  • PhD students at universities and public research organisations
  • Research and teaching staff
  • Managers of units with responsibilities for research management and KET

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