The current situation of intellectual property right management department in public hospitals in Shanghai and the demand analysis of medical staff in medical translation

Abstract

Objective The basic feature of translational medicine is collaborative innovation by multiple disciplines. The essence of translational medicine is the management innovation. Public hospitals have the advantages of disciplines and talents, which is one of the main forces for translational medicine research. Study on the current situation of intellectual property right (IPR) management department in public hospitals and the demand analysis of medical staff in the medical translation will improve the management system of innovational medical technology and support the government policy-making. Methods Questionnaire survey was carried out in the part of Shanghai secondary and tertiary public hospitals. Results A total of 150 questionnaires were surveyed with a responding rate of 98%. Nearly 65% of inventors do not know the basic situation of the administrative staff, which is in charge of the IPR management. The main work focuses on the patent application (accounting for 70.9% of the responders). The medical staff want be supported in four areas including professional team(accounting for 62.5% of the responders), special funds(accounting for 80.3% of the responders), public research platform(accounting for 55.7% of the responders) and talent policy(accounting for 43.6% of the responders). Conclusions Full time management of IPR is proposed, active awareness of the administrative staff needs to be strengthened and government should support in these four areas. Key words: The management department of intellectual property right; Public hospitals; The demand in the progress of medical research; Medical staff