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
Written by Elena Prokofyeva on August 17, 2018
We have been following Huoleti development with a great interest since 2016 when they took part in Kertomalla paranee challenge (organised together with HYKS Syöpäkeskus, Novartis, UPM, Helsinki Business Hub, Sitra and us). Being born to empower patients and their loved ones to…Read More
Written by merci on March 12, 2018
During the autumn of 2017, we rolled up our sleeves and implemented a cluster research about Finnish health and wellbeing startups. Our primary aim was to understand the problems and challenges startups face, to be able to help them even more. As a result of this research, we…Read More
Written by Raisamiina Rimpelä on February 20, 2018
In recent years, social and mobile gaming has grown rapidly. Considering the popularity of these tools, this gamification approach could also be applied within the healthcare and rehabilitation setting. To promote patient empowerment, the most successful new tools appear to incorporate two factors: entertainment (self-motivation) and relevant therapeutic…Read More
Written by Raisamiina Rimpelä on January 9, 2018
Huoleti is about communities and empowerment. It’s a mobile app for ill, troubled or worried and their loved ones to find others, to ask for and receive help and share experiences easily. People are willing to help and connect with…Read More
Written by Elena Prokofyeva on October 9, 2017
Wearables, such as smartwatches and fitness trackers, have spread quickly, generating an enormous amount of biometric data for us to interpret. With a plethora of sensors available on the market and personal health data stored in the cloud, you’d think it would be easy for us to take…Read More
Written by Raisamiina Rimpelä on October 3, 2017
A start up company from Espoo, Finland, NindUX Oy was born from the observation that Finland lacks a tool for systematic monitoring of indoor air quality and changes for the municipalities.
In Finland, local decision-makers struggle with the mold problem in schools and kindergartens worse than ever….Read More
Written by Raisamiina Rimpelä on March 10, 2017
During the past years it’s been somewhat trendy to measure all kinds of data. The most enthusiastic but rare individuals collect data and curves of almost every daily activity and physical phenomenon of their body. For most, the enthusiasm for data collection and measurement is short-term and doesn’t…Read More
Written by Elena Prokofyeva on November 7, 2016
Implementing research evidence into practice is a very challenging but rewarding process. This is an inspiring story about a group of researchers, who came up with an unique business idea while working on their scientific research projects. They identified the underestimated problem of excessive sitting in modern life…Read More
Written by Raisamiina Rimpelä on June 22, 2016
Chino.io aims at simplifying this job for EU digital health businesses
Chino.io, a startup that is part of Vertical accelerator, wants to fix this problem and help companies to solve security and data protection compliance issues when storing health data.
The digitalization of Health services is changing the health system…Read More
