This document summarizes a presentation given by Dr. Ion-Gheorghe Petrovai on the opportunities for young doctors to engage with health innovation. It discusses three options for doctors: get out of the way by ignoring change, following innovation passively, or leading innovation actively. Leading innovation involves testing new technologies, becoming a founder, or focusing on impact. The presentation promotes getting involved with hackathons, EITHealth programs, and startup accelerators to drive healthcare innovation and connect with mentors. It emphasizes that innovation is not just for doctors or tech specialists, but requires multidisciplinary teams to understand patient needs and develop solutions.

1. INSIDE Conference December 2022
Young doctor guide to
health innovation
(lead, follow, or get out of the way)
Dr. Ion-Gheorghe PETROVAI
Innovation Director
Co- Founder

2. Dr. Ion
Gheorghe
Petrovai
Co-Founder & Innovation Director FreshBlood HealthTech
Adjunct Professor & Ecosystem Director HIVE - UBB
Startup advisor and angel investor – Transylvania Angel Network
https://taninvest.ro/
20 + years of health
15+ years of business
10+ years of entrepreneurship
5+ years of IT
Business developement consultant

3. ● People (students, doctors, researchers, developers, etc.)
○ Teaching/training/meetups + hackathons
○ EITHealth Campus Programs (all over Europe)
● Projects (Innovative&Startups) (healthcare oriented from Ro and
Eastern Europe)
○ Access to resources (know how, people, money)
○ EITHealth Accelerator & Local Innovation Project
● Partnerships ( public/private local/national institutions)
○ Universities, NGO’s, companies and investors
We drive
Healthcare
Innovation
(faster)

4. Agenda
1. Innovation (technological)?
2. Startups?
3. Students ?

5. What is this? What did this replaced?

7. https://www.embs.org/pulse/articles/accelerating-the-innovation-cycle/
A NEW WAY TO SOLVE PROBLEMS!

8. Is healthcare innovation
only for doctors?

9. The
healthcare
innovator
Medical system
Administration

12. Smartphone+ Whatsapp
Whatsapp pictures
Startup
Telemedicine
Norms Telemedicine
https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/focus/human-capital-trends/2017/introduction.html
AND NOW WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY!!!

13. Are startups only for
Tech/IT people?

14. 2.Startups
(definition)
TEAM
aiming to solve a
PROBLEM

15. Stanford BioDesign (started in 2001):
3 teams – 12 people
10 months in Hospital
Strategic Therapeutic Area focus
http://biodesign.stanford.edu/

16. Healthtech startup team
Medical
Why?
Technical
What?
Design
How?
Business
Who, when and
how much?

17. Dr. Thomas FOGARTY
Embolectomy cathether
INNOVATION CAN BE LEARNED – STANFORD BIODESIGN

18. 50+ health startups!
250+ in Israel (10X)

19. What can a young doctor do?

20. 3. Doctor options:
Get out of the way
(50%)
- Ignore change
- Complain
- Focus on money

21. 3. Doctor options:
Get out of the way
(50%)
- Ignore change
- Complain
- Focus on money
Follow (34%)
¡ Be curious
¡ Participate in a hackathon
¡ Focus on GROWTH
¡ EITHealth
¡ Connect

22. Patient journey – understand it!

23. EITHealth.eu can help

24. A catalyst to business growth to deliver
transformative products and services.
Shortens the time-to-market for
entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs,
while creating new jobs and contributing
to a thriving health economy.
Accelerator
Bridges the gap between academia and
enterprise to upskill professionals on
new innovative techniques, providing
the practical knowledge and inspiration
to deliver future innovation.
Engages learners across society, from
citizens to established healthcare
professionals.
Campus
Connects bold approaches to the people
who can make them a reality by turning
them into a commercially-viable product
or service.
Builds a task force of world-class experts
from business, research and education.
Innovation
Our programmes: Accelerator, Campus and Innovation

25. Campus: knowledge ecosystem
Students
Campus Degree, Masters,
PhD and Non-Degree
programmes.
Example
Summer Schools train
university students in early
entrepreneurship and
innovation challenge-based
learning.
Entrepreneurs
& Innovators
Train entrepreneurs and
innovators to do a
thorough needs
identification before
proposing a solution.
Example
Catalyst Europe,
entrepreneurial training for
researchers, in collaboration
with hospitals and industry.
Professionals
& Executives
Provide high-quality skills,
to lead innovation in
health that will ultimately
deliver better care to
patients and save
healthcare costs.
Example
FutureSkillSet gives training
in the areas of machine
learning, data analytics and
blockchain.
Citizens
Empower citizens through
better education, self-
awareness, health
information and prevention,
helping them to live happy
and healthy lives.
Example
SAFE aims at educating the
broader citizenry on the
misuse of antibiotics.

26. https://connect.publichealth.ro
eHealth curriculum and
community of practice
https://eithealth.eu/what-we-do/our-programmes/
Select: Students and pick what you like !
03 Project
deliverables
Two dissemination events in
Portugal and Romania will
be organized for the
development of the
transnational network
An interdisciplinary curriculum, centered on
theoretical and practical topics in the field of
eHealth
An online platform - the eHealth
community of practice will be developed
as a transnational network of key players
An intensive study program to
facilitate student learning
collaborations in Portugal and
Romania
The project will produce a
comprehensive set of resources to
support eHealth education in partner
institutions and disseminate
resources to other individuals and
institutions

27. 3. Doctor options:
Get out of the way
(50%)
- Ignore
- Complain
- Focus on money
Lead (15%)
¡ Test/use innovation
¡ Become a founder
¡ Focus on IMPACT
¡ EITHealth
¡ Hubvantage
Follow (34%)
¡ Be curious
¡ Participate in a hackathon
¡ Focus on GROWTH
¡ EITHealth
¡ Connect

28. innovation/startup team
Medical
Why?
Technical
What?
Design
How?
Business
Who, when and
how much?

29. https://eithealth.eu/what-we-do/our-programmes/
Select: Entrepreneurs and innovators and
pick what you like !
Why HUBvantage?
Startup founders
Healthcare
professionals
Healthcare
organisations
Investors
(for 2022)
● relevant innovation
● faster and cheaper results
● innovation involvement
● interesting projects
● relevant innovation
● faster validation
“reality check”
WHAT IS HUBvantage?
The “reality checker” for innovative healthcare
projects
The problem, solution and business “insighter”
The healthcare immersion “driver”
For healthcare startup founders:
- Faster understanding &
decisions
- Faster connections
- Meeting
advisors/cofounders/
investors
- 5+ meetings
For healthcare mentors
- Interesting collaborations
- Publishing opportunities
- Advising opportunities
Structured and moderated
Founder/Mentor program
for healthcare startupers
https://freshblood.ro/hubvantage/

30. Dr. as startup investor
20 clinical startups
12+ startups
20+ members
3. DOCTOR OPTIONS:

31. Conclusion:
• Doctors can contribute to health innovation
• Education and help are available
• Happy to share some of our FreshBlood ;)
Search for HealthInnovators groups on LinkedIn and Facebook
www.freshblood.ro
www.facebook.com/freshblood.ro
www.twitter.com/FreshBloodRo
hello@freshblood.ro
“Ideas fail, people don’t”