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REDI SOTE accelerated utilisation of innovations in social welfare and health care sector

Artikkelikuva: Project introduction

The ‘Resource-wise digital social and health services’ project (REDI SOTE) made it easier for technology companies and the social welfare and health care sector to meet and implement new services and products.

The COVID-19 pandemic put the efficiency of the social welfare and health care system to the test and required the adoption of new operating methods. At the same time, technology industry exports decreased. The demand of health technology, however, is rose. The health sector needs new solutions, and it is now more prepared than ever to adopt them after the upheaval during the pandemic.

The ‘Resource-wise digital social and health services’ project (REDI SOTE) brought technology companies and social welfare and health care services together. The project worked to help technology companies in targeting their technologies to the needs of the social welfare and health care sector.

Objective

The REDI SOTE project had four primary objectives. If realised, they would allow easier access to the solutions of tech companies for social welfare and health care services. The idea was that new innovations produced for other sectors could be applied in social welfare and health care.

First, we needed to get companies involved in the operation of the social welfare and health care service ecosystem. This was facilitated through identifying and prioritising requirements and objectives.

Second, we needed to create an operating model within the project to promote and support the utilisation of technological innovations developed in different industries in the social welfare and health care sector.

Third, we created an operating model for the utilisation of new innovations, which guaranteed that companies receive support in the different stages of development and are able to co-create their products or services. The model helped companies, financiers and organisations supporting business growth to work together.

The fourth objective was to create a process model for remote co-creation.

The project utilised the results of previously funded projects, such as the Co–created Health and Wellbeing project.

Duration, partners, funding and total budget

Duration: 1 August 2021–31 August 2023

Partners: Forum Virium Helsinki, Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Åbo Akademi, University of Turku, Turku University of Applied Sciences

Funding:  European Regional Development Fund (Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council), matching funds from the City of Helsinki

Budget: 1,016,365 euros, of which Forum Virium Helsinki’s share is 250,650 euros

Our role

The role of Forum Virium Helsinki in the project was to implement pilots.We organised multiple pilots in genuine hospital environments during the project.

4. Benefits for Helsinki

The project provided new, functional tools for hospitals and the health care sector in Helsinki and, first and foremost, identified models that support the discovery of new technologies and the meeting of companies and the social welfare and health care sector.

The project opened up new business opportunities for tech companies, low-tech social welfare and health care companies and those planning on starting business operations. The project opened up new business opportunities for tech companies, low-tech social welfare and health care companies and those planning on starting business operations. The pilots helped, more and more, co-created products and services to find commercial success in the future.

Credit: Keksi Agency / Helsinki Partners