Digital Healthcare ECOsystem research and innovation capability building (DiHECO)
Call: H2020-WIDESPREAD-2018-2020 (WIDESPREAD)/ Topic: WIDESPREAD-05-2020 / Type of action: CSA
Acronym: DiHECO GA No. 952012

INFORMED CONSENT FORMS

Developed Informed Consent forms and Information sheets are provided here to all research participants.
The form is composed of two parts:

(1) Declaration of Participation and

(2) Participant Information Sheet.

Please read these documents before engaging in any DiHECO project activities.

(1) Declaration of Participation

You are invited to join activities of the DiHECO project (such as implementing experience-based learning through carrying out high-quality small-scale research and innovation initiatives, developing the capacities for research and innovation management, transferring research outputs to digital healthcare ecosystem stakeholders, building capacities for offering better career prospects to early-stage researchers and other relevant events). Please read the DiHECO project objectives as presented on the project website (http://www.dihecoproject.com). If you are representing a company - please discuss your participation in the DiHECO event within your company, or anyone else you wish to. The decision to join, or not to join the events, is up to you and you are free to inform us as you please. If you decide to participate in the DiHECO project activities, you will receive updates on the DiHECO project and a summary report about the findings if applicable.

If you decide to participate in the teaching-learning needs or feedback assessment, you will be asked to:

  • provide the feedback on the DiHECO project activities in which you have participated (a feedback form is developed and available on the DiHECO website: http://www.dihecoproject.com);
  • you may also be asked some additional questions or to share some information with the DiHECO team.

Please, be informed that collected/gathered data are not personally attributed to the participants. All collected data will be anonymized immediately: before it is processed/analyzed, by using anonymization /pseudonymization techniques.

You can withdraw from DiHECO project activities at any time, for any reason, or no reason at all. However, in the case of withdrawal, already collected data will be retained and analyzed. If you want to withdraw from the project activities you can do this by informing the DiHECO project manager  (Prof. dr. Asta Pundziene, Kaunas University of Technology, email: asta.pundziene@ktu.lt) or KTU Data Protection Officer. Deciding not to participate will not harm your relationship with DiHECO or the researchers involved.

Name of the representative:

Signature of the representative

Name of the researcher:

Signature of the responsible researcher

Place, date

Place, date

(2) Participant information sheet

ABOUT DiHECO PROJECT

DiHECO is Digital Healthcare ECOsystem research and innovation capability building (DiHECO) project. It has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 952012. The duration of the project is 2020-12-01 - 2023-11-30.

The overall objective of the DiHECO project is to build the capacities for Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) to conduct high-quality research in the field of digital healthcare management and in particular digital healthcare services’ multi-sided platforms. DiHECO meets KTU’s needs through five specific objectives:

  • Objective 1. Implement experience-based learning through carrying out high-quality small-scale research and innovation initiatives in the field of multi-sided platforms of digital healthcare services;
  • Objective 2. Apply for grants to fund respective digital healthcare management research and collaborative projects involving KTU;
  • Objective 3. Develop the capacities for research and innovation management and administration at KTU;
  • Objective 4. Transfer KTU’s research outputs to digital healthcare ecosystem stakeholders;
  • Objective 5. Build capacities for offering better career prospects to early-stage researchers and step up in gender equality.

Partners of the DiHECO are: The Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, University of Montpellier, France, Lund University, Sweden, Tampere University, Finland.

WHY ARE YOU INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT RESEARCH

If you are interested and agree to participate in the activities like digital healthcare management and innovation, knowledge and skill development; research-based collaboration and networking; engagement with stakeholders, and support of entrepreneurial initiative based on relevant academic knowledge.

YOUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION DURING THE DiHECO PROJECT

Please be advised that personal data can be collected during the DiHECO project implementation. The collected data will be used later for the preparation of the project’s DiHECO tasks, deliverables, and reports.

All collected data will be stored safely and used only in the frame of the DiHECO project. If you decide to participate in the DiHECO project you will receive updates on the DiHECO project and a summary report about the results if applicable. If you decide to participate in the teaching-learning needs or feedback assessment, you will be asked to:

  • provide the feedback on the DiHECO project activities  in which you have participated (a feedback form is developed and available on the DiHECO website: http://www.dihecoproject.com);
  • you may also be asked some additional questions or to share some information with the DiHECO team.

Please, be informed that collected/gathered data are not personally attributed to the participants. All collected data will be anonymized immediately: before it is processed/analyzed, by using anonymization /pseudonymization techniques.

Download the form here.