The Inova Foundation is preparing a purchase of DigitalWell Arena's accelerator for health services. Yesterday, the first step was taken when Region Värmland's regional development committee was positive about the deal. DigitalWell Ventures is an accelerator for startups in digital health and welfare that was started by Stiftelsen Compare in 2020. The accelerator has quickly developed into one of the … Continued
What exactly is demand acceleration? In this video, you get a good summary of how the methodology can give public procurement the opportunity to drive innovation. Participants include Lina Svensberg, Innovation Manager at Compare and business manager for the DigitalWell GovTech Incubator, who led the work. We also meet several other key people from Karlstad Municipality - who in collaboration... Continued
The very first edition of the YH training course "Digitalization leader in the welfare sector" will soon end. Already in November, the course starts for the next group of students and you can register until October 16. In October, the first students finish the newly started education. The aim is to give professionals in healthcare and social care specialized knowledge about how digitization and welfare technology... Continued
DigitalWell GovTech Incubator has passed Vinnova's review and received the excellent incubator quality stamp. This means, among other things, that the business becomes part of the national incubator programme. At the same time, a path is chosen where the incubator is completely niched towards business with the public sector. The restructuring means the start of Sweden's first dedicated incubator program for GovTech. The business is spun off from the DigitalWell Ventures accelerator, … Continued
The DigitalWell Arena becomes part of the EU's digital innovation hubs - and gets a key role for testing digital health services. The decision means that Värmland will become a European hub for the development of new services, which creates opportunities for both growth and an influx of competence. The investment in digital innovation hubs is part of the EU program "Digital". The program's goals... Continued
Health Data Sweden (HDS) becomes one of Europe's Digital Innovation Hubs. The decision has been made by the EU Commission and Health Data Sweden will become Sweden's sole representative in digital health. DigitalWell Arena is one of the association's 16 partners. Health Data Sweden is a national association made up of universities, regions, innovation environments and research institutes. The strength of the digital innovation hub lies in... Continued
The very first procurement in DigitalWell Arena's demand accelerator is in port. For the municipality of Karlstad, this means that you get access to a new, virtual training tool that can increase the staff's understanding of challenging situations in care. In the end, it was Virotea's concept that best met the needs of the care unit. The purpose of the procurement is to create a... Continued
Together with Kjell-Håkan Närfelt, Chief Strategy Advisor at Vinnova, Lina Svensberg, Innovation Manager at DigitalWell Arena and Compare Foundation, today spoke at a conference arranged by The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The policy dialogue targeted possibilities for innovation-enhancing procurement, and how this can help UNECE members in Eastern Europe and South Caucasus (EESC). … Continued
SMS coaching can contribute to healthier lifestyle habits. This is shown by a study in which researchers at Karlstad University studied how digital services can complement physical meetings and strengthen a behavior change process together with the Health Service in Värmland. Changing behaviors to healthier lifestyles is not easy. New research at the Center for Service Research, CTF, shows that personal digital coaching via... Continued
For the second year, the DigitalWell Awards highlighted digital health innovations that can contribute to a better and healthier world. From that perspective, there were only winners among the 16 nominated initiatives. The DigitalWell Award has been created by Compare and DigitalWell Arena with the aim of highlighting the people and initiatives that contribute to the health innovations of the future. In total, this year had… Continued
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The regional project DigitalWell is financed by the European Union - European Regional Development Fund. The purpose of DigitalWell is that we will together develop digital solutions for needs in welfare with the user's own abilities in focus.
