Health Data Sweden (HDS)
Health Data Sweden (HDS) is a European Digital Innovation Hub (EDIH), and the only hub in Sweden with health and e-health focus. HD is the one-stop-shop for digital acceleration of SME’s and public sector within health data, using key technologies. HDS is composed by regions, universities, innovation hubs, research institutes, and science parks, all playing a leading role in Swedish and European healthcare.
HDS is the one-stop-shop for digital acceleration of SME’s and public sector within health data, using key technologies. Health Data Sweden is appointed by EU-Commission as one of four Swedish European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIH).
EDIHs provide technological expertise and testing to enable digital transformation for the public sector and small and medium sized companies. By providing access to technical expertise and testing, HDS will help companies to improve business/production processes, products and services using digital technologies. Innovation services, e.g., financing advice, training and skills development needed for successful digital transformation will also be offered. A digital catalogue will collect all these services.
HDS will establish coordinated access for Swedish/European stakeholders to knowledge and testbeds that work with health data, with technology expertise in:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Cyber Security
- High-Performance Computing (HPC)
HDS will provide services within four key areas:
Skills and training
For SMEs
By pooling a large number of experts, HDS will spread knowledge, inspire, and engage to increase the ability of SMEs to implement and innovate in AI based service development, cybersecurity and HPC, and thereby also contribute to competitiveness and regional sustainable growth. HDS provides different opportunities within AI and supports how these are implemented in the company´s own business model to accelerate growth and/or streamline operations. The focus will be on the core innovative technologies, as well as on business development, including intellectual asset management using intellectual property rights etc.
For public sector
Methods for impact assessment and systems requirements analysis are areas with large training needs. Training, analysis of work processes linked to digitalization and case-based competence development in change work are all already produced by the partners within HDS. Additional foreseen formats include hosting conferences, seminars, and inspiration days on topics relevant to target groups e.g., digital leadership, AI-based, data-driven decision making, agile methodology, data sharing and open data, as well as cybersecurity and risk mitigation.
Access to finance
Partners within HDS have extensive experience in gaining access to soft funding, and a well-established network of investors. HDS will focus on strengthening access to Invest EU and Enterprise Europe Network for SMEs. The 16 partners include several incubators and innovation offices supporting HDS with different investment activities.
Ecosystem
The innovation ecosystem of HDS refers to an interconnected network of different actors, all contributing to a flow of information, knowledge, and resources to co-evolve capabilities around health data. Actors include the whole value chain from ideas for products and services to bringing them to the market. HDS is an open ecosystem in which partners, public and private sector and citizens interact, including the network with other EDIHs in Europe. The outcome will be a shared understanding amongst all partners on the extent and limitations of existing offers and initiatives concerning the use of health data in the regions involved.
Test before invest
HDS will offer test services meeting international market needs related to digital health services regarding to AI and health data. This will enable SMEs to test their digital health services beyond the need for effective development with more tailored services that create value for the organisation and the individual. It will also simplify, create acceptance, and speed up implementation and access to digital health services; and provide the public sector with safe and secure testing from experts on processes and available standards and legal frameworks.
If you want to take part in the services that Linnaeus University provide through HDS, please contact Evalill Nilsson or Mariana Gómez Johannesson.
More about the project
HDS is a part of eHealth Institute, DISA reseach center (Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications) and Linnaeus Knowledge environments Digital transformations and Sustainable Health.
Project information
Project manager at Linnaeus University
Evalill Nilsson, Marcelo Milrad
Other project members
Lina Nilsson, Anna-Lena Nilsson, Tora Hammar, Alisa Lincke, Glenn Sjöstrand, Diana Unander, Bo Andersson, Päivi Jokela, Emma Burman, Mariana Johannesson
Participating organizations
- KTH Royal Institute of technology (KTH, coordinator)
- Blekinge Digital Health Blue Science Park (BDH)
- Bron Innovation, Västernorrland (BI)
- DigitalWell Arena /Compare, Karlstad (DWA)
- eHealth Arena, Kalmar (eHA)
- EIT Digital (EIT Digital)
- EIT Health (EIT Health)
- Karolinska Institutet (KI)
- Halmstad University/Leap for Life, Halland (LfL)
- Linneaus University, Kalmar and Växjö (Lnu)
- Region Stockholm (RS)
- Stockholm University (SU)
- Stockholm Science City (SSCI)
- STUNS Life Science (STUNS)
- Uppsala University (UU)
Financier
European Union (Digital Europe), Vinnova, The Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth (Tillväxtverket)
Timetable
1 Jan 2023 – 31 Dec 2025
Subject
Health informatics (eHealth Institute, Department of Medicine and Optometry, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences) and Computer science, media technology (Department of computer science and media technology, Faculty of technology)
Read more about HDS on the official website healthdatasweden.eu.
Staff
- Alisa Lincke Senior lecturer
- +46 470-70 84 15
- alisalinckelnuse
- Anna-Lena Nilsson Project manager
- +46 480-49 71 77
- +46 72-450 76 81
- anna-lenanilssonlnuse
- Diana Unander Research and Project Coordinator
- +46 470-76 78 65
- +46 73-057 70 64
- dianaunanderlnuse
- Glenn Sjöstrand Senior Lecturer
- +46 470-70 88 84
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- Lina Nilsson Associate professor
- +46 480-44 63 96
- linanilssonlnuse
- Marcelo Milrad Professor
- +46 470-70 87 25
- +46 73-396 95 74
- marcelomilradlnuse
- Mariana Gómez Johannesson
- +46 470-70 81 79
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- Martina Håveland Innovation Adviser
- +46 480-44 60 62
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- Päivi Jokela Associate professor
- +46 480-44 60 71
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- Tora Hammar ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
- +46 480-49 71 76
- +46 72-594 97 16
- torahammarlnuse