The Institute
Introduction
La Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute Foundation (I3PT) is the entity that promotes, coordinates and enhances theresearch and innovation activity linked to Parc TaulíIt was born from the shared trajectory and joint work of five entities: the Parc Taulí Health Corporation, the Fundació Parc Taulí, UDIAT Diagnostic Center [at the time of the constitution of the I3PT it was not part of the Consorci Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí], Sabadell Gent Gran and the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
The collaboration sustained over the years between these institutions, together with the scientific excellence of their research groups and the results obtained in the field of R&D&I, promoted the creation of one's own structure: I3PTThe institute represents a step forward to strengthen this joint trajectory, providing it with better management tools, promoting the innovation in medical technologies and generating new opportunities for growth and impact.
The I3PT maintains and promotes research in those areas where there is a consolidated scientific excellence, without losing sight of the knowledge transfer to the market and his real applicationFor this reason, all innovations with potential are considered strategic and evaluated independently of the scientific area of origin.
THEexcellence, The sustainability and the transfer are key pillars of the I3PT model. Marketable innovations must contribute to the sustainability of the institute, either through their commercialization and projection in the market or through their application in the healthcare practice of the institutions of Parc Taulí.
All research carried out at I3PT is governed by criteria of quality, sustainability i excellence.
Mission, vision and values
Mission
Facilitate and promote activity linked to biomedical research and innovation, through a sustainable model, which promotes the transfer of knowledge and results generated to society, providing value to contribute to its well-being.
Vision
To be a leading international institution in healthcare innovation that promotes clinical and translational research, recognized for developing a healthcare, organizational, teaching and research model of excellence focused on the patient and the effective generation of wealth.
Our values
- Patient guidance in the active search for solutions to the main health problems of society.
- Knowledge transfer towards the scientific community and the market as one of the ultimate goals of health research and innovation, pursuing the goals of excellence, value generation and economic return.
- Transparency, commitment and accountability, at a social and environmental level, as a guide for all the institution's actions.
- Collaboration, cooperation and teamwork, both internally and with other national and international entities as a tool to achieve scientific excellence.
- Research excellence and good practices, developing a scientific and management activity in line with the principles of quality and continuous improvement.
- Proximity to the territory and the citizen as a benchmark in research and innovation.
Value offer
We research and innovate in health to drive growth and its transfer to society.
Who are we?
We are a center for biomedical and hospital research and innovation aimed at generating value by promoting social and economic growth.
What we do?
We promote activities that promote the advancement of society in collaboration with the key agents of the ecosystem:
- Research - We promote the advancement of knowledge, facilitate the clinical validation of new treatments and medical devices, and disseminate to the community.
- Innovation - We transform research knowledge into business models and process improvement.
- Teaching and training - we increase the skills of professionals based on their own knowledge.
Why do we do that?
- We want to promote a system of generation and translation of sustainable knowledge that promotes the well-being of society.
- We aspire to be a leading institution in patient-centered healthcare innovation internationally.
How do we impact?
- Orienting our processes to the patient including it in decision making and communicating the results to society.
- By transferring knowledge encouraging the dissemination of science and society of the results of the activity of the institute, transforming knowledge into products or services useful to society.
- With transparency, commitment and responsibility implementing responsible internal research and innovation policies, under the principles of equality and sustainability with the environment, aligning ourselves with government strategies taking into account all groups.
- In collaboration, cooperation and teamwork fostering interactions between different actors in the ecosystem and the creation of multidisciplinary teams.
- Promoting research excellence and good practices promoting an internal quality policy and working for the continuous improvement of processes. We design the training of our professionals orienting it to their needs.
- Fostering proximity to the territory and the public promoting projects that involve key agents in the territory, local companies and the citizen.
R & D & I policy
Research and innovation policy must contribute to the development of lines of research and areas of knowledge and all their projects, in which the main objective is to improve health. The basic guidelines of the I3PT R&D Policy are specified in:
- Promote and foster the culture of research and innovation among professionals and establish the activities necessary to achieve this goal annually.
- Ensure compliance with the relevant regulations and establish and maintain existing regulations; I3PT Code of Best Practices, rules on intellectual and industrial property of research results developed at I3PT, and document on best practices in the field of technology and knowledge transfer.
- Define, establish and maintain strategic alliances with universities, entities, companies and networks in favor of research development at I3PT.
- To promote the transfer of knowledge to the scientific community and the market, and to pursue the goals of excellence, value generation and economic return.
- Have a scorecard that will allow them to be properly monitored in order to achieve their goals and to permanently improve the I3PT's R&D system.
- Disseminate the R&D Policy between professionals and external agents related to this activity.
- Work on continuous improvement and put in place all the necessary mechanisms to work with optimum quality.
- Respect and take care of the environment and keep in mind the aspects related to the planning of its activities.
- Have the working procedures and structure needed to support research and innovation activities.
History
In 1993, the entities Mútua Sabadellenca and Caixa d'Estalvis de Sabadell created the Fundació Parc Taulí with the aim of promoting teaching, research and innovation among professionals at Parc Taulí, both from a scientific and medical perspective and from the management and organization of healthcare activity.
The Fundació Parc Taulí, together with the Parc Taulí Healthcare Corporation Consortium, the UDIAT Diagnostic Center, Sabadell Elderly Service Center and the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), constituted theParc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT) in 2015. This milestone was possible thanks to the integration of excellence in knowledge and the innovative and improvement capacity of the biomedical research groups, integrated into the research lines and belonging to the constituent entities of the institute.
The Foundation was originally the managing entity of the Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute (I3PT), which provided the necessary structure to carry out the institute's purpose since its inception in 2015. Six years later, in December 2021, a statutory reform was approved that allowed the I3PT to consolidate itself as an entity with its own legal personality by integrating its objectives into the areas of action and competence of the Fundació Parc Taulí, which was renamed Parc Taulí Research and Innovation Institute Foundation.
The work for scientific excellence and for the construction of a self-sustainable research and innovation model and generator of business potential have been, from the beginning, the axes on which the activity of the 'I3PT.
The institute is committed to its research staff, the scientific community and the territory. In this sense, it incorporates companies, technology centres, a knowledge centre and the leading university, the UAB, into its model, forming a true ecosystem of research and innovation.
Values such as creativity, teamwork, excellence, transversality and cooperation permeate the work and company culture and support the true driving force behind all this activity: the knowledge and motivation of professionals in the search for methods and tools that help improve the health of people.
All this is possible thanks to the support of the governing bodies and the management of the Consorci Corporació Sanitària Parc Taulí de Sabadell, as well as the work and enthusiasm of its professionals.
One of the most important milestones in recent years for the I3PT has been its recognition as a CERCA center in 2021 and 2024. This implies being part of the research structure of Catalonia, as a quality research center and effective and efficient management, with a governance model that allows achieving standards of excellence and, at the same time, accessing new economic resources that allow us to continue advancing with the scientific development of I3PT.
Likewise, since 2023, the institute has had theaccreditation by the Ministry of Science and Innovation as a Health Research InstituteThis is one of the most prestigious and valuable accreditations awarded to health research entities, and is a recognition of the excellence of scientific results, and the beneficial returns in the healthcare, social and economic fields of the research and innovation carried out by the entity.
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