Facts

Fostering innovation for better fracture management

BFCC project flyer

 

Flagship project of the EU strategy for the Baltic Sea Region

 

The BFCC is part of the flagship project HealthRegion of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. The project contributes to achieving the objectives of improving cooperation, exploiting the full potential in research and innovation as well as of maintaining and reinforcing attractiveness of the Baltic Sea Region. The project’s focus is on promoting transnational research and innovation between hospitals and industry within fracture management.

 

Partners

Associated Partners

The project will be supported by so called associated partners – a stakeholder network which represents further companies, hospitals, universities, medical associations, political institutions and health authorities.

  1. AMEDON GmbH, DE
  2. Secretary of State for Science and Research Hamburg, DE
  3. BSN medical AB, SE
  4. BSN medical GmbH, DE
  5. University of Tartu, Department of Pathophysiology, EE
  6. Blåhall AB, SE
  7. Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Senioren Organisation e.V., DE
  8. Bluewater Medical GmbH, DE
  9. Estonian Orthopaedic Society, EE
  10. Fragility Fracture Network, Switzerland
  11. LIH-Research AB, SE
  12. Lithuanian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology, LT
  13. Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Youth, Family and Senior Citizens of Land of Schleswig Holstein, DE
  14. National Health Insurance Fund under the Ministry of Health, LT
  15. soventec GmbH, DE
  16. Swemac Innovation AB, SE
  17. Swemac Orthopaedics AB, SE
  18. Swemac Vision AB, SE
  19. TBD-Biodiscovery Ltd., EE
  20. TMF – Technology, Methods, and Infrastructure for Networked Medical Research, DE
  21. Secretary of State for Economy, Transport and Innovation Hamburg, DE
  22. clinical registry GmbH, DE
  23. Ministry of Economic Affairs, Transport, Employment, Technology and Tourism of Land Schleswig-HolsteinSchleswig Holstein, DE
  24. MRI-TECH, PL
  25. University Medicine Rostock, DE
  26. Osteosynthesis & Trauma Care Foundation Sweden, SE

Project Advisory Board

The BFCC’s project advisory board (PAB) is a group composed by external experts who support the project consortium in the strategic developement of the project to maximise the impact of the project results.

The PAB members are:

  • PD Dr Laurent Audigé PHD (Schulthess Clinic, University Basel, Switzerland)
    Epidemiologist – Methodology & Statistics Manager AO Clinical
  • Dr Colin Currie (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
    Founder of the Scottish Hip Fracture Audit and member of UK National Hip Fracture Registry Steering Group
  • Prof Dr Michael Krawczak (Kiel University, Germany)
    Chairman of the TMF – Technologie- und Methodenplattform für die vernetzte medizinische Forschung e.V.
  • Prof Dr Karl-Göran Thorngren (Lund University Hospital, Sweden)
    EFORT Past President - European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology