Norway Health Tech
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Norway Health Tech has a vision of making Norway the world's best arena for health innovation. We are a not-for-profit member organization with close to 270 members in our base - representing the full value chain of healthcare. We address all areas of human health - with an eye for technology. Stay up to date with the latest news and updates, insights in medical technology.
Norway Health Tech
1w ago
Ten percent of the health budget is spent on patients with hypertension – high blood pressure, and 1.2 billion people live with this today. Based on research, Myworkout has developed a scientifically accurate measurement of physical capacity and risk of developing lifestyle disease.
This spring, Myworkout has accompanied Norway Health Tech to Berlin and Europe’s largest conference for eHealth – DMEA to showcase its pioneering technology:
– High blood pressure is very important to treat, as it is a gateway to chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Today, patients are treate ..read more
Norway Health Tech
3w ago
En ny rapport peker på fire løsninger for å sikre økt skalering av digitale løsninger innen psykisk helse: Psykisk helse som eget satsingsområde i helseteknologiordningen, nasjonal godkjenningsordning og plattform for validerte løsninger, økt finansiering i skaleringsfasen og økt samhandling på tvers av tjenestenivåer og offentlig-privat sektor.
Rapporten “Digitale løsninger innen psykisk helse: Utfordringer, behov og forutsetninger for å lykkes med skalering” er utarbeidet av Norway Health Tech i samarbeid med Sopra Steria. Arbeidet med rapporten er muliggjort gjennom finansiering fra Innovas ..read more
Norway Health Tech
1M ago
In a consultation input to the Parliament, the four health clusters join forces to create a super cluster within health.
The hearing took place on 16 April, and was about Nasjonal helse- og samhandlingsplan 2024–2027 (Meld. St. 9, 2023-2024).
In the input, the four cluster leaders write: “The clusters are well positioned to contribute with 530 members throughout Norway; companies, municipalities, healthcare organisations, user organisations, research and educational institutions and investors.”
The four national health clusters Norway Health Tech, Norwegian Smart Care Cluster, The Life Science ..read more
Norway Health Tech
1M ago
Sweden is one of our most important export markets. Norway Health Tech has just created a resource group to bring together members working towards this market. The leader of the group will be Caroline Kverne from Eys.
Kverne is currently the acting general manager of Eys – which is developing a telemedicine platform for rapid assessment by an ophthalmologist. Today there are long waiting lists at eye specialists. With Eys’ tool, the waiting time for the patient is reduced, and for opticians the tool provides direct access to ophthalmology expertise. Eys today offers a solution with integration ..read more
Norway Health Tech
2M ago
Norway Health Tech rank highest among 19 clusters on international relations and export opportunities. This according to a new report written by Menon Economics on behalf of Innovation Norway.
The report shows that 68 per cent of the members of Norway Health Tech state that they gain great value through the cluster’s international activities. It is the highest of all the clusters examined. For the 19 clusters taken as a whole, on average only 37 per cent of the members fully or partially agree that the cluster project provides international relations that the members would otherwise not have h ..read more
Norway Health Tech
3M ago
Norwegian Smart Care Cluster and Norway Health Tech will work together more closely to strengthen internationalization within health technology, and will in future offer a more robust platform for its members.
The collaboration has a clear aim: to connect the cluster’s resources in order to realize more international opportunities for the cluster’s members. This includes joint projects and funding initiatives for the benefit of members in both clusters. Through this coordination, the clusters facilitate the members to achieve better results and a strengthened offer, which can make a dif ..read more
Norway Health Tech
3M ago
What better way to take the pulse of the U.S. market, than an in-depth analysis from A-students at the prominent St. Olaf College in Minnesota?
At the beginning of January, four hand picked and dedicated A-students embarked on a 4000-mile journey from The North Star State Minnesota, to ice cold Oslo. Their mission was to spend the first month of 2024 helping a Norwegian health tech company with a U.S market analysis.
A Warm Welcome to -20°C
From his office at Oslo Science Park, Gaute Næspe, CEO of Norwegian tech company Inform Life and Norway Health Tech member, is reading ..read more
Norway Health Tech
3M ago
The health technology company Dossier Solutions has struck a nerve in a healthcare system that is under increasingly strong competence and capacity pressure. Norwegian hospitals, 300 American hospitals, as well as Singapore’s largest healthcare institution are on the customer list. This week, two German hospitals are coming to Oslo to learn.
The healthcare system across large parts of the western world will be under enormous pressure in the coming years. In Norway and internationally, we will have a major shortage of skilled labour. Germany is no exception. There, a shortage of more than ..read more
Norway Health Tech
3M ago
Trondheim Tech Port and the health cluster Norway Health Tech have received funding from Innovation Norway to establish a hub-node for health technology in Trondheim.
The funds have been allocated through Innovation Norway’s cluster programme. Trondheim Tech Port (TTP) and Norway Health Tech (NHT) won the award in competition with 18 other applicants.
In practice, the hub-node status means that TTP must utilize synergies in the regional health ecosystem.
Read the press release from Innovation Norway and the Ministry of Education and Science here
– This is very good news for Trondheim and ..read more
Norway Health Tech
5M ago
Four Norwegian health clusters – Norway Health Tech, Norwegian Smart Care Cluster, Oslo Cancer Cluster, and The Life Science Cluster – join forces in the USA Next project. Together, we are now launching a road map to help Norwegian companies succeed in the American market.
– USA is the world’s largest market for healthcare services. This roadmap is not only a resource, but also a powerful tool for Norwegian companies who want to enter the American market, says Trine Radmann, who is Head of Export and Internationalization at Norway Health Tech.
Register to access the roadmap here.
Roadmap to ..read more