Table 4

Objects in the healthcare innovation network

ObjectsDimensionsData examples
New healthcare solutions to marketProduct launchesOur feedback is to know that sometimes it [the product launch] works and a small portion of those times we hear about it. (innovation manager)
Public sector salesCompanies want in the end to sell the products, and they think sometimes “if I get it tested and the test is going good, and it creates value, then the municipalities or the hospitals will buy”. but that’s not the case. (CEO and partner)
Elevated Nordic healthcareNordic harmonizationContract wise, legal wise, harmonizing strategy with these huge institutions is almost impossible. We need to do it very practically focused, having just an entry for cases coming in and see what happens. (project owner and coordinator)
Nordic health tech brandWe need to put the Nordics on the market. It’s not to put Norway on the market. It’s not to put Sweden on the market. It’s that we need to build a strong collaboration between us. (business advisor)
Sustainable welfare societiesPublicly funded healthcareIf we want to continue to have good welfare systems [that are] publicly funded, then we need to figure out how we can … implement the technology faster. (head of innovation, technology and e-health)
Digitalized and technology supported healthcareSociety and the environment are moving more in this direction [bringing technological innovations in]. there is this shift happening, and just in the past two years I’ve seen progress in this direction and it’s still going. (CTO and head of innovation)
Data sharing infrastructureInfrastructure would be the third concern, it would be data sharing to have a neutral ground for healthcare and industry to share data … to have this kind of open-source healthcare industry development as well, but more sharing mentality. (special advisor)
Source(s): Authors’ own work

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