1. Amsterdam Health and Technology Institute
Introduction
April 2015

2. Health was on the agenda
Institute supported by Living lab
Context: Design contest for new knowledge institute in
Amsterdam: AHTI was awarded €7mln

3. Trends show the need to focus on health value:
improving health quality at lower cost through innovation
Health care costs are
growing faster than GDP
Investments growing in
Health Tech
Data and access to data
are rapidly increasing
100
200
300
HC Spend
2010
Income
GDP
20131995 2000 2005
Index
(1995=100) HC expenditure 2013:
12.0% of GDP
Notes: Indexes based on local currencies; Income = Personal Disposable Income; HC expenditures as % of GDP are OECD estimates
Source: EIU May 2014, OECD
0
1
2
3
4
5
+65,8%
2011
Annual venture funding
(US$ B)
20142012 2013

4. AHTI's goal is to improve the value of healthcare for
Amsterdam and the rest of the world
Vision: Connecting people, technology, and information to improve the value of healthcare
for Amsterdam and the rest of the world
Mission: To improve health and achieve better quality healthcare at lower cost through
education, innovative research, and by fostering entrepreneurship, across a global
network of 'living labs' centered in Amsterdam
Three domains to realize goals
• Talent – attract health and technology talent to Amsterdam
• Research & Innovation – build a research portfolio
• Entrepreneurship– transfer innovation into economic value
Supported by our global network of living labs centered in
Amsterdam
• Living Lab – a real life population as a platform for education,
research, innovation and entrepreneurship
Entrepre-
neurship
Education
&
training
Talent
Research
&
Innovation
Living Lab

5. 5
AHTI brings connects capabilities of partners from
academia, corporate and public sector ...
Academic Corporate Public

6. 6
... exemplified by a selection of projects
Partnership with VU, Achmea and
Amsterdam has led to innovative insights
to address psychosocial problems
Partnership with AHOLD, VU and
Amsterdam is helping address childhood
obesity
Partnership with Duke University to build
international network of living labs to help
scale new innovations accross the globe
Patnership with VU, Universiteit Twente
and UvA to build new Msc in
Community Based Health Technology

7. Amsterdam has committed to a 10 year partnership
including a €17mln investment & in-kind contributions
On top of funding, City has also pledged non-financial support for AHTI
• Investment in innovation projects
• Support in finding location for AHTI
• Internships and graduation assignments
• Access to city data
• Support to set up a health related living lab in Amsterdam
• Support on health topics by city experts
Kick-start period
3 year (€7mln)
Continuation period
7 years (€10mln)
Long term
commitment
30 years
Core
funding

8. By combining health data, claims and municipal data we
have a living lab measuring health value
Living lab allows insight in
Amsterdam's health status
Health
data
Claims
data
Municipal
data
+
+
Living lab
Measuring
Health Value
Value
Out-
comes
=
Costs

9. Living lab can help build evidence for innovations
'Real World Evidence'
Value focused:
To get buy in from
• Patients
• Providers
• Payers
Value
Out-
comes
=
Costs

10. AHTI is linked in a network of living labs that serves as a
catalyst for scaling innovations across the world