VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd

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1 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd Kari Kohtamäki Dublin VTT beyond the obvious 1

2 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd VTT is one of the leading R&D&I organisations in Northern Europe. We provide expert services for our domestic and international customers and partners, both in private and public sectors. 75 years experience in supporting our clients growth with top-level research and sciencebased results. Learn more: * Loikkanen, T. et al. Roles, effectiveness, and impact of VTT. Towards broad-based impact monitoring of a research and technology organisation VTT, Espoo. VTT Technology p. + app. 5 p. Net turnover and other operating income 258 M (VTT Group 2017) Personnel 2,368 (VTT Group 2017) Unique research and testing infrastructure Wide national and international cooperation network J. Lähteenmäki 2

3 VTT s status as performer of R&D work BASIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES APPLIED RESEARCH VTT DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY

4 How to work with VTT Networked co-operation with VTT, universities and partner companies in the framework of public funded projects Contract research projects exclusively tailored for the needs of your company Exclusive and non-exclusive licensing of VTT s technologies

5 Digital Health - from connected sensors to health data analysis Sensing Printed electronics Wireless sensing Microfluidics POC diagnostics Micro-nanotechnology Data Analytics Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Biomedical signal and image analysis Clinical decision support Bioinformatics Connectivity Mobile technologies Wearable electronics and smart clothing 5G test network Cybersecurity Critical communications infrastructure Research enablers: Population data, health registers, cohorts and biobanks

6 Application for tracking healthy growth of children Kari Kohtamäki VTT beyond the obvious 6

7 Our objective: Healthy growth of children helping parents and professionals VTT beyond the obvious 7

8 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 VTT beyond the obvious 8

9 Population-based references for growth - Data of Finnish children aged 0-20 years VTT beyond the obvious 9

10 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 growth patterns Available in Finland, where children have been registered to the service Thank you for this wonderful service. As a mother of a child facing problems in growth, this service has been great. I work as a doctor in primary care and Kasvuseula has saved me several times, when our official systems have been out-of-order. 10

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12 Tracking vaccinations vs. national vaccination programme Kasvuseula.fi is based on the Finnish national immunization Programme. Immunization programs around the world * * Source: Rey-Jurado, Tapia, Muñoz-Durango, Lay, Carreño, Riedel, Bueno, Genzel and Kalergis: Assessing the VTT beyond the obvious Importance of Domestic Vaccine Manufacturing Centers: An Overview of Immunization Programs, Vaccine Manufacture, and Distribution. :Front Immunol. 2018; 9:

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14 Integration of Kasvuseula with Kanta PHR HL7 / FHIR OAuth 2.0 Store & retrieve - age - gender - height - weight PHR Healthcare professional s access to data under user s consent VTT beyond the obvious 14

15 HL7-based Finnish healthcare infrastructure Kasvuseula HL7/FHIR VTT beyond the obvious 15

16 Future opportunities Application can be tailored to different countries by using either WHO or local growth data and immunization programmes Service can be connected to national or local health record systems It can be used as a platform for other services, such as remote medical consultation or providing education New growth parameters can be added in the application enabling more precise diagnosis of factors leading to growth issues VTT beyond the obvious 16

17 Thank you VTT beyond the obvious 17