COVID-19 en de technologische versnelling in de medische sector
Observaties en analyse van de recente ontwikkelingen in de gezondheidszorg
Een ode aan de daadkracht' zou deze bijdragen in één quote kunnen samenvatten. Als gevolg van de COVID-19-pandemie zijn overal ter wereld ongekende maatregelen genomen. En wat in de medische sector enkele weken eerder als onmogelijk werd beschouwd, is in enkele dagen gerealiseerd. Eric Van der Hulst, innovatiemanager health bij imec en Chris Van Hoof, vice-president R&D bij imec, delen hun inzichten over enkele van deze snelle evoluties in de acceptatie van technologische in de medische sector in België en internationaal. Hoopvol dat we, als deze crisis voorbij is, ernaar kunnen kijken als referentie voor wat meer daadkracht kan betekenen voor de gezondheidszorg
Auteurs
Chris Van Hoof
Chris Van Hoof is vice president of R&D, Connected Health Solutions at imec and leads teams at three different imec sites (Eindhoven, Leuven and Ghent). Imec's Connected Health Solutions teams create solutions for monitoring patients with chronic conditions and for preventive medicine using virtual coaches. Chris has brought wearable health within imec from fundamental research to a fully-fledged business line, with international customers and partners. Chris wants to develop products that really work and that are relevant for the industry, which has already led to the creation of five imec start-ups (4 in the field of health).
Chris obtained his PhD at KU Leuven in 1992, in collaboration with imec. He held various positions as manager and director in different research domains (sensors, image sensors, 3D integration, MEMS, energy harvesters, body sensor networks, biomedical electronics, portable health sensors). He is also a professor at KU Leuven.
Eric Van der Hulst
Eric Van der Hulstis an Innovation Manager of Health at imec. He considers himself an evangelist of technology in healthcare with a mission to build bridges between researchers (including imec) and companies on the one hand, and governments, professionals and citizens on the other. In this way, he tries to promote innovation through healthcare technology and contributes solutions to the challenges our healthcare system faces.
Eric holds a master’s in computer sciences (VUB) and specialized through a master’s in CAE (UK) and a postgraduate in usability design (KUL). He started his career at Siemens, where after five years he joined the medical informatics department. Over the next 10 years, he was a project manager for healthcare applications at the UZA, before becoming a healthcare director for the software developer, Cegeka. Eric worked at the iMinds research center since 2014, prior to its merger with imec. He presently combines his experience in IT and care for the benefit of innovation.
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