Nordic Healthcare Group (NHG)

🌍 New Life Science Strategy for Denmark: Shaping the Future of Health Innovation 🚀 The Danish Ministry of Industry, Business, and Financial Affairs has just released Denmark's Life Science Strategy 2024, outlining bold goals to strengthen and innovate within the life sciences ecosystem. Building on Denmark's strong healthcare system, world-class research, and dedicated companies, the strategy aims to create solutions that enhance patient outcomes and economic growth.   🔬 Key focus areas of the strategy: 1. Research and Innovation – Supporting cutting-edge treatment methods and technology research. 2. Sustainability and Health – Advancing sustainable solutions to improve public health. 3. Global Competitiveness – Establishing Denmark as a leading destination for life science investments and partnerships. 4. Data and Digitalization – Leveraging health data to drive innovation and personalized medicine. 💼 How Nordic Healthcare Group (NHG) Denmark can support: As advisors with deep expertise in healthcare innovation, NHG is ready to work alongside stakeholders to bring this strategy to life. From shaping sustainable business models to integrating advanced health data and digital solutions, NHG can guide navigating the strategy’s priorities. With our experience in research, technology, and healthcare consulting, we help create impact across the Nordic health landscape, accelerating innovation and ensuring positive outcomes for patients and providers alike. Denmark has the potential to be a world leader in life sciences, and this strategy sets the stage to realize that vision, bringing groundbreaking health solutions to everyone.   📈 Read the full strategy here and join us in driving the future of health innovation: https://lnkd.in/d74YZQDQ   #LifeScience #HealthcareInnovation #Sustainability #Denmark #BusinessMinistry #HealthData #Research

🚀 We’re thrilled to announce that the I-CARE4OLD project’s seven-country pilot led by NHG has officially kicked off in Finland this week, with the Helsingin kaupunki – Helsingfors stad – City of Helsinki leading the way as the first organization to participate!   Our facilitators, Maikki Messo and Anna Salminen, visited a homecare clinic in Kontula, where a clinician was introduced to the clinical decision support system we’re developing. This innovative tool provides critical insights for complex cases, helping clinicians navigate challenging treatment decisions —such as determining whether to recommend medications with anticholinergic properties for older adults. These decisions are especially demanding when managing patients with multiple chronic conditions and complex care needs.   The decision support system helps clinicians make informed choices by illustrating how specific treatments might affect key outcomes, including hospitalization risk, physical functioning, cognitive decline, and fall risk. Initial feedback from the first pilot confirms that the tool is compact and user-friendly, essential qualities for ensuring adoption in everyday clinical practice.   Running through the end of this year, this seven-country pilot, e.g. in the US, will shed light on the benefits, potential risks, and clinical impacts of decision-support tools like this one. Stakeholder feedback has underscored a strong need for such systems, and as the pilot progresses, we’ll be exploring the best ways to integrate them into clinical workflows, who should be using them, and under what guidelines.   Stay tuned for more updates as we continue to drive innovation in healthcare! 🌍👩⚕️🧑⚕️ #ICARE4OLD #healthtech #clinicaldecisionsupport

ICHOM 2024 Conference in Amsterdam: Working Together Towards More Effective Healthcare In October 2024, the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) conference brought nearly 700 value-based healthcare experts from around the world to Amsterdam. 🏥 “I had the pleasure to attend the event with my colleagues Outi Isomeri, Anniina Cansel, and Vesa Komssi. This was not only my first ICHOM conference, but it was particularly rewarding as I had just returned to work from parental leave and was immediately able to hear about the latest developments in the field”, writes NHG’s Director Helena Henno. 💡Read more in Helena’s blog post, which summarize our observations and reflections from the conference: https://lnkd.in/d4XuKsb4   #ICHOM #conference #valuebased #healthcare #VBHC

Kanta-Häme Pioneers a new model for remote solutions for home care services through the iHAC Project 👵🧑💻Driven by a commitment to improve remote care options for the elderly, Kanta-Häme’s wellbeing services county Oma Häme - Kanta-Hämeen hyvinvointialue seized the opportunity to transform its home care digital services by joining the iHAC project, with the support of Nordic Healthcare Group (NHG) Finland Healthcare Group (NHG). The goal? To create an integrated, cohesive model that ensures equitable access to remote care across the region. 👩⚕️💡The workshops not only gathered insights from staff but also involved relatives of home care users and representatives from senior organizations. This provided a well-rounded perspective on care needs and areas for improvement. Additionally, home care professionals, even those outside the remote and digital team, were able to contribute practical suggestions, giving the project a strong connection to on-the-ground realities. ➡️Read more on the project: https://lnkd.in/dxNRdA-w #iHAC #remotecare #digitalization #elderlycare #homecare 📸Picture: Kanta-Häme

💡 Guidance for the Economic Evaluation of Prognostic and Predictive Companion Diagnostics 🔍 We conducted a systematic scoping review to identify the complexities in the economic evaluation of prognostic and predictive companion diagnostics (pCDx). 🎯 Our study reveals key challenges and proposes six considerations to improve pCDx assessments, such as incorporating sensitivity and specificity, addressing cut-off thresholds, and considering the pre-test probability. These insights aim to improve the economic evaluations of pCDx. 💎Come discuss the findings of the study with our expert Tuukka Hakkarainen at #ISPOREurope2024 poster session 4. ISPOR Poster Code: EE671. Our study is part of an EU-funded project called RadioVal, where the aim is to develop validated AI-tools to guide the neoadjuvant chemotherapy decision-making in breast cancer. Nordic Healthcare Group is responsible for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of the developed AI-tools. #RadioVal #ISPOR #poster #predictive #AItools #economicevaluation

Meet Nordic Healthcare Group at ISPOR Europe 2024 conference 17-20 November in Barcelona and learn more about how NHG can support life sciences companies: 🌍Nordic Expertise with Global Insights: We help you explore the Nordics’ exceptional research opportunities driven by high-quality data. We offer insights and expertise at both Nordic and local level. 👩💻250 specialists are focused on health and social care with deep know-how about the Nordic healthcare landscape. By partnering with providers and payers we help you deliver impactful solutions and drive meaningful change. 💡Our innovative service offering combines service design, real-world evidence, value-based healthcare, and market access to create unique opportunities for the life sciences industry. Visit our booth number 714 and meet our experts – see you at ISPOR! #ISPOR #event #lifesciences #pharma

Meet us at Nordental! 🦷 NHG will be present at Nordental in Lillestrøm, Norway. Meet our team Petteri Bjurström, Hans Kestilä, Tomi Malmström, and Lari Koukkula. Come and talk to our team about integrating clinical quality indicators in your practice and see our solution in action. See you there! #nordental #norway #dentalcare #event #qualityindicators

NHG supports JST Healthcare Solutions Oy's Nordic growth The Smart Symptom Check software by JST Healthcare Solutions Oy (JST) supports patients and professionals in assessing the need and urgency of treatment. The software is based on a large database built by doctors and an intelligent algorithm that reacts to user responses. Currently, JST’s clients in Finland include several wellbeing services counties and private healthcare providers. JST received Tempo funding from Business Finland for international growth, which it has utilized in a project carried out in collaboration with Nordic Healthcare Group (NHG). 🧑💻🩺🌍 "The internationalization study conducted in cooperation with NHG has already helped us improve our operations and bring the best ideas and lessons from other Nordic countries to Finland. The collaboration with NHG has been very fruitful, and NHG has systematically and efficiently advanced the project, utilizing experts in this particular field within its project team," says Johannes Kallio, CEO of JST. "At NHG, we believe that innovations in the healthcare sector know no boundaries. We are proud to support JST in bringing its Smart Symptom Check software to international markets. We provide support in market analysis, environment analysis, and identifying different opportunities and obstacles. Additionally, we help companies find potential clients in the vast healthcare market and to position themselves according to the market situation. This helps companies focus more precisely on targeted actions and enhance their operations. Together, we create more impactful and efficient healthcare both within and outside the Nordics," says Petteri Järkkä, senior partner at NHG with over 10 years of experience in health technology. ❔Would you like to hear more about this topic? Feel free to reach out to us: Petteri Järkkä is happy to provide more information on internationalization support for health technology companies, and Johannes Kallio on the Smart Symptom Check software. #healthtech #medtech #internationalization #Nordics #software #healthcare

💜As the mental health awareness month is coming to an end, we wanted to highlight a study published today in Finland on the benefits and effects nature can have on many diseases, including mental health.🌲🌲🌲 A recent report suggests that Finland could achieve annual benefits of hundreds of millions of euros in the treatment of depression, type 2 diabetes, and asthma through the use of nature. This conclusion comes from a study conducted by the Natural Resources Institute Finland / Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke) and the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), funded by the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra. For the study, researchers reviewed key Nordic research data on the health effects of nature from the past 20 years. There is research evidence from the Nordic countries on the impact of natural environments on the incidence or treatment of these significant public health diseases. The calculations were performed by the social and healthcare expert company Nordic Healthcare Group (NHG) Finland. For the first time, the report assessed the economic significance of nature's health effects in Finland using health economics methods. According to the calculations, the annual total costs of depression and type 2 diabetes could rise significantly if the number of green spaces in urban environments decreased. In the case of asthma, it was found that increasing weekly visits to nature could reduce the annual medication costs for asthma. 💊💵🍃👨👩👧👦 The health benefits of nature bring substantial economic advantages, and their broader utilization could curb the costs to society caused by national diseases. Researchers propose a national nature health program that would embed the health benefits of nature into people's daily lives and healthcare. ➡️Read more in Sitra’s news article: https://lnkd.in/dsVVkP2A #mentalhealth #depression #nature #awarenessmonth #research #health

ICHOM-driven steering model and outcomes dashboards: enhancing decision making, managerial insights, and health system efficiency for diabetes and mental health 💚 Wellbeing service county of Keusote | Keski-Uudenmaan hyvinvointialue is an integrated organizer responsible for social and healthcare services for 200 000 inhabitants in Helsinki University Hospital catchment area in Finland. Keusote has chosen to embark on two distinct diagnostic-focused value-based initiatives:  A pilot for severe mental and health disorders (SMHD). Are you attending the International Consortium for Health Outcomes Measurement (ICHOM) 2024 conference? Please check out Keusote’s and NHG’s poster. #ICHOM2024 #poster #pilot #mentalhealth #healthdisorders #VBHC #valuebasedhealthcare