Better and more health services for the benefit of the individual patient, the overall healthcare system, and society in general. This is the vision when the Capital Region of Denmark and DTU establish Denmark's first technical university hospital.
Under the name Technical University Hospital of Greater Copenhagen (TUH), the partnership aims to bring DTU's technological and academic competences into play in the healthcare system by creating new solutions for diagnosis and treatment of patients as well as for efficient hospital operations. At the same time, healthcare professionals will receive continuing education in innovation and technology.
"In recent years, we've seen a fantastic development in our hospitals, where new and innovative solutions have helped improve our patient care. We have an excellent collaboration with DTU, and we're now taking it to an even higher level with the establishment of Denmark's first technical university hospital. Together, we will create the framework for even more innovation and smart technological solutions to ensure that the Danish healthcare system remains among the very best in the world," says Lars Gaardhøj, Chairman of the Regional Council in the Capital Region of Denmark.
The healthcare system is facing a future with more and older patients requiring highly specialized treatment. This means that there is a need to pool the academic and professional competences of DTU and the hospitals, and create a setting for the collaboration between engineers and healthcare staff where they can meet and create new ideas and solutions on the hospital premises.
"The aim is not only to learn from each other, but to transform the healthcare system by adding new competences in technology. This will enable us to create a new generation of engineers who are specialized in health technology and healthcare staff who have technical scientific competences. Together, we can create the healthcare system of the future," says Anders Bjarklev, President of DTU.
DTU and the regional hospitals are already engaged in collaboration that has resulted in, for example, a BSc programme in Biomedical Engineering as well as a large number of research projects ranging right from organ transplantation to AI solutions and intelligent alarm systems.
The partnership will extend the collaboration to all hospitals in the Capital Region of Denmark and accelerate the positive development through MSc programmes, relevant research environments, as well as innovation environments and start-ups.
