Health innovation

Photo: Central Denmark Region

In Central Denmark Region we are proud to be one of the frontrunners in the digital transformation of health care. We have a strong tradition for establishing successful partnerships including both private and public partners. We have a solid eco system with many attractive and competent partners and an impressive track record of gathering the right team of partners to solve the task at hand. 

The very core of our success is our ability to establish partnerships across sectors and between healthcare, research, education, local authorities and the business community. 

We make the best of our unique and strong partnership with the region’s internationally high-ranking university, Aarhus University, with solid academic strength positions and successful talent programmes. We are proud of the strong ties between academia and clinical practice at the hospitals in our region. The internationally renowned university hospital and the other general hospitals in our region have an entrepreneurial and innovative mindset and approach to solving the challenges of our health care system in the future. 

Central Denmark Region was a first mover in Denmark to develop an electronic medical record solution in a partnership with the innovative Danish and Aarhus-based IT company Systematic. Since 2012, standardised comprehensive data have been collected systematically in the electronic medical record. Data are used for research and innovation purposes and data-driven clinical decision-making. 

Bar coded equipment at Aarhus University Hospital. Photo: Agata Lenczewska-Madsen, Central Denmark Region 

Through a dedicated strategic focus, Central Denmark Region has come a long way in our digital transformation of health care, and we have established world-class digital healthcare logistics and our own business intelligence systems.

From arrival to discharge the patient's flow is based on IT. In daily clinical practice, clinicians can use the data to make the best and most efficient health care decisions to the benefit of patient. 

During COVID-19 digitization was a solid fundation for our efficient vaccine programme filtering out the citizens/patients in different target groups based on their vulnerabilty in case of contracting the virus.

We generate lots of data and AI and are more than interested in it being used in the clinical practice. We invite partners - innovators, researchers, educational institutions, clinicians and businesses - to collaborate with us. We have professional facilities and framework for testing and developing new ideas in a flexible test environment and subsequently a smooth and efficient set up for testing these in a clinical setting or a clinical trial. 

Digitalisation of hospital equipment at Aarhus University Hospital optimizes logistics and utilization. It is part of the digital transformation of hospital services. Photo: Agata Lenczewska-Madsen, Central Denmark Region 

Current partnership projects are further underlining Central Denmark Region’s position as a powerhouse in the field of digital health. 

A project initiated in 2017 aims at strengthening data-based cross-sector collaboration. The data bank is used to establish individualised care pathways, improve disease prevention efforts as well as develop and implement decision-making models in health care. 

Data from the project are currently used to test and validate a prototype of a clinical support system which can predict the pathway of emergency patients. 

This unique intersectoral healthcare data bank for research, analysis and innovation will benefit both citizens and clinicians in future health care. 

Central Denmark Region has been appointed by the Danish Ministry of Health to participate in the Joint Action "Towards European Health Data Space" TEHDAS, on behalf of Denmark together with 24 European countries.

TEHDAS supports the European Commission in building a European Health Data Space by developing principles for cross-border secondary use of health data i.e., for health research and health policy making purposes. We contribute with legal expertise, experiences in how to ensure data quality and IT expertise on technological interoperability.