Written by Sara Härmälä on January 7, 2019
Author: Riin Tark
Digital health interventions such as the Triumf game have great potential as health improving scalable tools by contributing to the effectiveness, accessibility and personalisation of healthcare delivery. However, digital health interventions (as any other intervention) need to be evaluated using proper research methodology in…Read More
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Written by Elena Prokofyeva on December 11, 2018
Last week at the “Moving on up – partner up with public sector for growth in health” event public sector operators and large companies gave concrete examples of how they want to work with startups. This was a unique setting with the bigger players stepping…Read More
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Written by Sara Härmälä on December 10, 2018
Digital Health & Care 4.0 supports small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) to bring Nordic health tech and digital care to the German market. The project enrols companies from all five Nordic countries through cluster-to-cluster collaboration, and provides a structured path guiding the companies from initial introduction to the German…Read More
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Written by Sara Härmälä on December 5, 2018
The HEALTH ACT and the HEALTH INNOVATION of the year will be awarded on January 24th, 2019 in Health Awards & Foresight Forum event. The Foresight Forum brings together the contributors, decision makers, achievements, innovators and rising stars. The goal is to give visibility and recognition to the top achievements (Health…Read More
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Written by Elena Prokofyeva on November 29, 2018
Aging of Russian population with the number of seniors expected to grow up to 30 millions is creating attractive opportunities for tech companies serving the elderly. Vozrastech project (translated from Russian as “aging tech”) is launched to create a community around aging technologies and give seniors access to…Read More
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Written by Sara Härmälä on November 20, 2018
Last week, the Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare, in partnership with Afeka Institute of Circular Engineering and Economy, organized a delegation to Tel Aviv with focus on sustainable healthcare relating to smart and circular cities. The delegation was part of a project funded by Nordic Innovation.
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Written by Elena Prokofyeva on October 29, 2018
Traditionally, we’ve collected a list of healthtech and life-science focused program happening before, during and after Slush (4-5.12) that might be interesting for innovators in health and wellness.
Side events
Healthtech Networking event for startups
Time: 3.12. at 18.00-22.00
Place: Maria01, Vertical premises
Organiser: Pfizer in collaboration with Inventure and Vertical
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Written by Elena Prokofyeva on October 23, 2018
Grønnköpingkið, the future’s most sustainable hospital is looking for solutions to get on board.
Implementation of innovation can be a slow process and some people just can’t wait for the future to happen. If you are impatient in terms of seeing great things turned into practice, you are on…Read More
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Written by Sara Härmälä on August 29, 2018
You know how after a big project is done you feel a bit empty and struggle to start doing something goal-oriented again? Well, we experienced that with Upgraded after this year’s immensely successful Upgraded Life Festival was done. In addition, we had a new director in…Read More
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Written by Sara Härmälä on August 22, 2018
YLE uutisoi tiistaina 21.8.2018 valtiovarainministeriön kaavailevan jopa neljänneksen leikkauksia yliopistosairaaloiden tutkimusrahoitukseen. Euroissa tämä tarkoittaisi jopa kuuden miljoonan vähennystä kliiniselle tutkimukselle elintärkeään rahoitukseen.
Tutkimusrahoituksen leikkauksella olisi erittäin negatiivinen vaikutus myös kaikille suomalaisille terveysalan innovaatioille ja kehitykselle. Suomalainen terveysteknologia-ala on ollut merkittävässä kasvussa…Read More
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