Center for Innovation in Point of Care Technologies for the Future of Cancer Care

未来癌症护理的护理点技术创新中心

基本信息

批准号：
8502255
负责人：
CATHERINE M. KLAPPERICH
金额：
$ 164.5万
依托单位：
BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS)
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2012
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2012-07-01 至 2017-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8502255
关键词：
Address Advocate Applications Grants Award Boston Budgets Cancer Center Care Technology Points Clinic Clinical Clinical Data Clinical assessments Communities Complement Core Facility Country Data Development Devices Diagnosis Diagnostic Early Diagnosis Economic Burden Education and Outreach Educational workshop Engineering Environment Equipment Fostering Future Goals Grant Hand Health Health Care Costs Health Personnel Healthcare Home environment Human Infection Intervention Investments Laboratories Lead Light Malignant Neoplasms Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri Manufacturer Name Marketing Medical Device Methods Mission Monitor National Cancer Institute Needs Assessment Office Visits Operative Surgical Procedures Patient Care Patients Persons Phase Physicians Population Primary Health Care Process Provider Public Health Research Research Infrastructure Resources Risk Scientist Screening for cancer Seeds Site Specialized Center Specimen Staging Surgeon System Technology Technology Transfer Testing Time Training Travel Ultrasonography Universities Work base cancer care cancer therapy chemotherapy colorectal cancer screening commercialization cost cost effective design evaluation/testing experience high risk improved information gathering innovation interest iterative design malignant breast neoplasm meetings multidisciplinary new technology patient home care programs prototype research clinical testing screening social networking website success technology development tool user-friendly

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (Provided by the Applicant): Moving cancer treatments out of specialized centers and into local clinics or home care could significantly lower healthcare costs. Often patients have to travel large distances to receive treatments at cancer centers. In low resource settings in the developing world, there may not be any options at all for cancer treatment. Surgical treatments carry infection risks and in many places there are not enough surgeons to treat all of the patients in need. Technologies like targeted ultrasound and light based treatments could allow providers with less training to treat more patients for less money. Tools for monitoring chemotherapy patients at home between treatments could eliminate travel and office visits. Mobile health strategies for collecting data about high-risk populations could lead o new interventions to directly impact cancer screening rates. To address these issues, we will form an integrated Center focused on the identification, prototyping and early clinical assessment of innovative point of care technologies for the treatment, screening, diagnosis and monitoring of cancers. We plan to leverage the existing infrastructure at Boston University to assess early stage technologies in terms of clinical needs, market demands, setting appropriateness and commercialization strategies. We have built an integrated multidisciplinary team consisting of engineers, clinicians, public health practitioners, and technology transfer experts. This team will evaluate technologies in various stages of development for their suitability across a range of primary care and non-traditional healthcare settings. Further, we wil take under advisement the needs of patients and patient advocates by including representatives from these groups on our external advisory board and in training and outreach activities. The Center will comprise an Administrative Core, a Clinical Needs Assessment and Impact Analysis Core, a Training Core and a Prototype Development and Testing Core divided into two parts, the Alpha and Beta Cores, that will both be available to Center projects, depending on the stage of technology development.

描述（由申请人提供）：将癌症治疗从专门中心转移到当地诊所或家庭护理可以显着降低医疗费用。通常，患者必须长途跋涉才能到癌症中心接受治疗。在发展中国家资源匮乏的环境中，可能根本没有任何癌症治疗选择。手术治疗存在感染风险，而且在许多地方没有足够的外科医生来治疗所有有需要的患者。针对性超声波和光治疗等技术可以让接受较少培训的医疗服务提供者以更少的钱治疗更多的患者。在治疗之间在家中监测化疗患者的工具可以消除旅行和办公室访问。用于收集高危人群数据的移动健康策略可能会带来新的干预措施，从而直接影响癌症筛查率。为了解决这些问题，我们将成立一个综合中心，专注于癌症治疗、筛查、诊断和监测的创新护理技术的识别、原型设计和早期临床评估。我们计划利用波士顿大学现有的基础设施来评估早期技术的临床需求、市场需求、制定适当性和商业化策略。我们建立了一支由工程师、临床医生、公共卫生从业者和技术转让专家组成的综合多学科团队。该团队将评估处于不同开发阶段的技术在一系列初级保健和非传统医疗保健环境中的适用性。此外，我们将通过将这些团体的代表纳入我们的外部咨询委员会以及培训和外展活动来听取患者和患者倡导者的需求。该中心将包括一个行政核心、一个临床需求评估和影响分析核心、一个培训核心以及一个原型开发和测试核心，分为两个部分，即 Alpha 和 Beta 核心，这两个部分都可供中心项目使用，具体取决于技术发展阶段。