medical library in a new open context in health hub

1. Terkko Health Hub: creating added value
to start ups and research community
- the medical library in a new open
context.
Tiina Heino, Katri Larmo & Jukka Englund
Terkko Medical Library, Helsinki University Library
Kiira Grönroos
Terkko Health Hub
https://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/ & https://www.terkko.fi
Łódź

2. • Why important?
• What does it content & How does it act?
• Who are the actors?
Contents
Terkko Health Hub – three years
anniversary!

3. • It is a benefit for a medical library to have a strong role with an
insight to research community, medical education and new
inventions.
• By being there in the middle, both physically and mentally –
providing space, expertise, communication, tools and services.
• supporting implementing academic research into
entrepreneurship
Why important for us? Why needed?
Being part of the Community!

4. • Spaces
– Open working seats
– Start up area: working spaces (offices & flex seats)
– Terkko Open Space: open events for all
• Also library arranges
• Events – hackathons etc.
– “Hackathon is a design sprint-like event; often, in which computer
programmers and others involved in software development” (Wikipedia)
• ’Get together’ meetings monthly
– Introducing new members
– Learning to know members and what they are doing
– Letting the members to know about us and our services
• Slack – virtual channel
• Peer support
• Clinical – academic – entrepreneurship –
– connecting these three fields – three actors acting to achieve same goal.
What and how?

5. • Terkko team & Helsinki Think Company
– coordinates the hub: startups, spaces & events
• Helsinki Think Company: University of Helsinki entrepreneurship
– acts on all 4 campuses
– https://thinkcompany.fi/
• Terkko Medical Campus Library
– Helsinki University Library’s medical campus library
• Startups - at the moment 43
– https://terkko.fi/the-hub/#startups e.g.:
• MVision developed AI software focusing on radiation treatment planning
• Veil.ai Health data de-identification services empowering your data-driven
business
• Health Incubator Helsinki: https://healthincubatorhelsinki.com/
– New!
Who are the actors?

6. • a unique three-year incubator program for research-based health
sector teams and start-ups
• initiated in 2019 by the City of Helsinki and the University of Helsinki
– to drive the transformation of health innovation, research findings and
expertise into international business, and to attract new talent and companies
to Helsinki, Finland.
• Each team selected to the program will receive individually tailored
coaching and mentoring as well as access to comprehensive
services, from test beds to business and finance support.
• Over the course of the program the teams will get valuable
opportunities to network with investors, established healthcare
industry experts, innovative entrepreneurs and advisors.
• https://healthincubatorhelsinki.com/
Health Incubator Helsinki –NEW!

7. • Learn to know the most front edge new developments
• Artificial intelligence products introduced to the community
• ISO standard publications of medical devices
• Other suggestions for acquititions
• List of publications of startups – research visibility
• Terkko Open Space events bring people together and give visibility
• Heart of the medical campus
• Students hired by startups – direct, easy connection
• Experimenting co-operation with a very low threshold
• Expertise of the library becomes visible to many new players
• Daily chances to get inspired by the people, research & atmosphere
of the Hub!
Pickups of benefits – vice versa

8. • “When a healthcare research team or business comes up with an
idea, a long path lies ahead. The route to adoption of a healthcare
product is expensive, tightly regulated and has very many stages.
Before it can be accepted for public use, it must undergo extensive
studies in its operating environment to guarantee safety. Its
financiers must be patient; they will generally have to wait for quite
a while for a return on their investment. “
Terkko Health Hub helps, because it:
• “Brings corporate partners into the community.”
• “A collaborative culture also broadens career possibilities.”
• https://terkko.fi/developing-healthcare-through-cooperation-and-
innovation-terkko-health-hub-shows-the-way-forward/
“Developing healthcare through cooperation and innovation –
Terkko Health Hub shows the way forward”

9. • Terkko Health Hub open 8am-8pm http://terkko.fi/
– First floor
• Terkko Medical Library https://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/
– Second floor
– Library customer service 10am-5pm
– Helsinki University Library: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-university-library
• Helsinki Think Company: https://thinkcompany.fi/
• Well café (8am-6pm)
• University of Helsinki
• The Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa:
http://www.hus.fi/en/about-hus/Pages/default.aspx
• Health Capital Helsinki: https://www.healthcapitalhelsinki.fi/en/
• Start-up companies – new inventions : https://terkko.fi/the-hub/#enablers
Terkko Health Hub in practice
The Community!

12. Opening party 5th October 2017
Photo by Veeti Haapsamo

13. Terkko Health Hub

14. Terkko Library

15. Community get-together after party– playing Mölkky 

16. Kiitos  dziękuję <3!Thank you!
tiina.m.heino@helsinki.fi
katri.larmo@helsinki.fi