Health Data Sweden (HDS) is a European digital innovation hub (EDIH) and the aim is to accelerate the digital maturity in our society and improve the use of health data.

The free services delivered through HDS are aimed at small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) as well as the public sector in Sweden and Europe.

A one-stop-shop

HDS offers a one-stop-shop to increase the digital transformation of SMEs and the public sector within health data, using AI, cyber security and high-performance computing. HDS establishes a coordinated access to knowledge for Swedish and European stakeholders as well as test beds. The strength lies in cutting-edge research in health data, combined with an ecosystem consisting of 18 parties in a national network.

“HDS unites a Sweden-wide constellation of competence. Being able to spread knowledge and experiences from the best initiatives is a basic prerequisite for us to succeed in creating something valuable from health data. Promoting innovation using health data also requires that we develop the gaps that we identify in Sweden’s competence. This will create value for our citizens,” says Sebastiaan Meijer, professor of healthcare logistics at KTH and project coordinator Health Data Sweden.

KTH is the coordinator

The partners are universities, regions, innovation environments and research institutes from all over Sweden. KTH is the coordinator of the project.

The services provided are divided into five core areas: Competence and training, Access to funding, Access to innovation ecosystems and networks, Testing before investment and Development of health data.

About the project

Health Data Sweden is a three-year project with main funding from EU digital, as well as co-financing from Vinnova and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

HDS is a collaboration between the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Blekinge University of Technology, Blue Science Park, Bron Innovation, DigitalWell Arena, eHealth Arena, EIT Digital, EIT Health Scandinavia, Halmstad University, Karlstad University, Karolinska Institutet, Linné University, Region Stockholm, Region Västerbotten, Stockholm University, Stockholm Science City, STUNS Life Science and Uppsala University.

Read more about Health Data Sweden here!

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