Diakonhjemmet Foundation becomes a gold partner in Health2B
Diakonhjemmet Foundation now becomes a partner in Health2B and a player in the arena of health innovation. This marks an important milestone in the development of sustainable solutions for health services.
Caption: From left, Elen Høgh, head of Health2B, Per Ivar Lund, head of Development and Innovation at Diakonhjemmet Foundation and Ingunn Moser, CEO at Diakonhjemmet Foundation. Photo: Anne-Marie Korseberg Stokke
Health2B is a public-private partnership and a physical collaboration arena in the Research Park, which facilitates open innovation across businesses, functions, technology and expertise. In Health2B, need owners and the health industry meet on an equal footing and with the same vision: To create the health service of the future together.
Diakonhjemmet brings breadth and experience
CEO Ingunn Moser of the Diakonhjemmet Foundation sees Health2B as a good arena for developing needs-based solutions that strengthen the quality and efficiency of health services.
“Our breadth, with primary and specialist healthcare, university education and extensive research programs, makes us a valuable partner for other businesses within health and care,” says Moser. She believes that an arena like Health2B provides good meeting places for collaboration.
Focus on patient needs and practical solutions
As a partner, Diakonhjemmet wants to contribute to the development of technology that improves healthcare services. The development will be based on the needs of patients and the practical experiences of employees.
– The partnership is also part of our commitment to connecting innovation work across our businesses in the foundation, says Moser.
Cross-sectoral collaboration
Christian Skattum, who heads the Innovation Department at Oslo University Hospital and one of the founders of Health2B, warmly welcomes Diakonhjemmet:
– Diakonhjemmet is a very exciting partner that knows both specialist and primary health care and at the same time has solid research environments. Through the Health2B partnership, we can learn from each other and lift joint initiatives.
Innovation with public-private partnerships
CEO of Health2B, Elen Høeg, believes Diakonhjemmet will be an important partner:
– Diakonhjemmet brings a unique breadth to the arena and strengthens Health2B's position as a driver for innovation and public-private collaboration – we are looking forward to this!
Gold partner
As a gold partner, Diakonhjemmet has a permanent place on the H2B advisory board. Read more about the partner levels here!
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Facts: Diakonhjemmet foundation
The Diakonhjemmet Foundation operates and develops comprehensive services within health, care, education and research.
The Diakonhjemmet's activities include:
- Diakonhjemmet Omsorg AS operates and develops services within elderly care and child/family care.
- Diakonhjemmet Hospital AS is a local hospital in Oslo. The hospital receives patients from the entire health region within rheumatic diseases and psychopharmacology and has national expertise within rheumatological rehabilitation. The hospital has extensive research activities. The hospital is the host institution for the REMEDY research center.
- VID University of Applied Sciences AS offers study programs and research within health and social sciences, diaconia, theology and management, and cultural and religious studies at all levels from bachelor to PhD. VID has campuses in Oslo, Bergen, Stavanger and Tromsø.
- Diakonova AS Vocational School is a non-profit vocational school offering study programs within health and care in Oslo and Bergen.
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Facts: Health2B
Health2B is a public-private partnership and an arena for health innovation, established in the fall of 2022.
As of 22.01.2024, the partnership consists of 16 actors who contribute to taking public-private collaboration from words to action: Norway Health Tech, Oslo University Hospital, Research Park, Oslo Municipality, South-Eastern Health, Novartis, Telenor, DNV, Sopra Steria, Kernel, Bouvet, Roche, Tietoevry Care, IQVIA, Visiba and Diakonhjemmet Foundation.
Health2B is an innovation arena that brings together actors across sectors with the goal of establishing a culture and methodology for public-private collaboration, increasing mutual understanding of needs, infrastructure and expertise, creating a common understanding of goals for selected focus areas and contributing to faster and more targeted development and use of technology and services.
