News from REMEDY

This year's Green Congress brought together researchers, clinicians and professionals to summarize the research presented at EULAR 2026. The goal was to highlight knowledge with significance for patients, practitioners and research communities alike. This is a communications consultant's attempt to summarize some of the main points from the event.

You are ❤- very welcome to hear about highlights from this year's EULAR conference on Friday 19 June | 0900-1530.

Participation is free.

A new national report shows how research in hospitals leads to better treatment, more accurate patient outcomes and better use of resources. Diakonhjemmet Hospital is highlighted for its research on hand osteoarthritis.

Former unit head at Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Kåre Birger Hagen, has received a prestigious international award for his efforts in rheumatology and musculoskeletal diseases.

Erlend Tuseth Aasheim will give an environmental lecture during the Green Congress 2026. He will show how the health and care services can cut emissions, use resources smarter – and at the same time be better equipped to face climate change.

The Norwegian health service is in a paradox. Never before has the desire for digitalization been clearer in the authorities' plans and strategies. At the same time, the incentives for effective digital health tools to be used are almost non-existent. The result is that we are developing digital solutions that can help patients and relieve healthcare personnel - without a system for putting the solutions into use. Chronicle in Dagens Medisin by Anne Therese Tveter, Nina Østerås, Lise Solberg Nes.

EULAR is Europe's largest rheumatology congress and currently brings together researchers, clinicians, other healthcare professionals and patient representatives from all over the world. You can get the international highlights from the congress by registering for the Green Congress.  

The report was submitted to the Minister of Health and Social Care, Jan Christian Vestre, today. Read our contribution about hand osteoarthritis, new patient course and the Happy Hands app!

You are ❤- very welcome to hear about highlights from this year's EULAR conference on Friday 19 June | 0900-1530.

Participation is free.