DigitalWell Arena
| Reference number | |
| Coordinator | Stiftelsen Compare Karlstad Competence Area |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 28 000 000 |
| Project duration | July 2022 - December 2025 |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Venture | 2016-05305-en |
Purpose and goal
In order for more people to live a healthy life, cope with complex societal challenges linked to health and find solutions that contribute to a sustainable society, we need to co-lead digital health innovation together. Through interaction, we can increase public sector innovation capacity, become a leader for support, incubation and acceleration to companies in Europe, increase knowledge in digital health innovation, drive national and international transformation and scaling, demonstrate new societal models, behavioral changes and health data for security and a healthy life.
Expected effects and result
Established ecosystem for digital health innovation that provides conditions for a functioning market with sustainable business models for health and society and facilitates the development and scaling of digital health services. Business, public sector, academia and civil society work together for change and innovation. The research has a long-term cross-disciplinary infrastructure for impact nationally and internationally. The ecosystem constitutes a test and development environment that actors turn to in order to get quality-assured solutions designed or implemented.
Planned approach and implementation
An experimental innovation environment with focus on testing hypotheses, learning by doing, building trust and developing value-creating services that can be used by many. Based on actor collaboration and needs, new methods and solutions are developed for public sector and innovative companies that stimulate the actors´ individual development, as well as interaction between them. Research contributes to development and dissemination of new knowledge. Actors in the environment participate with their expertise and together build the ecosystem for digital health innovation.