
Research and Innovation
NHG is at the forefront of health and social care research and innovation. We focus on identifying and solving the biggest system-level challenges in healthcare.
Offerings:
- Research projects
- Real-world evidence
- Scientific publications
- Innovation services

Through our research projects we strive to develop and promote user-centric and innovative solutions within the healthcare ecosystem, and stimulate in-depth debate on how best to enhance efficiency and value in the healthcare sector.
We partner with large, international research consortiums in major EU funded research and innovation projects, and we also participate in research and innovation projects within Europe at the national level. We have a unique understanding of healthcare systems and of the operations, processes, and treatment paths within the system. Our network consists of leading universities, research institutions, clinical professionals, healthcare service providers, and hospitals – and we are actively looking to increase our partnerships.
We have research and innovation expertise across a number of key areas – for example: real world evidence, advanced analytics, health technology assessments, medical devices regulation and certification, as well as expertise in creating decision support systems and reporting tools.
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HERoS – health emergency response in interconnected systems
Challenge: HERoS is a Horizon 2020 project funded by the European Commission that addresses the need to understand the social dynamics of the Covid-19 outbreak and the related…
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BOUNCE – study predicting effective adaption to breast cancer to help women to BOUNCE back
Challenge: Coping with breast cancer increasingly becomes a major socio-economic challenge – not least due to the constantly rising incidence of the disease in the developing world….
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Real world evidence studies for specific diseases
Challenge: Healthcare organizations can often benefit substantially from having a better understanding of current treatment pathways as well as the cost of treatment for a specific disease, plus…
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EU funded RadioVal research project aims to clinically validate radiomics-driven estimation of NAC response in breast cancer
The four-year research project started in September 2022 and is funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101057699. The RadioVal project will develop a comprehensive and standardised…
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The HERoS project launches an ICU capacity data visualisation tool
HERoS partner Nordic Healthcare Group (NHG) has developed an online tool to visualise occupancy rates at intensive care units in different countries and regions of the European Union between February…
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Finland first to release application for tracking annual cancer costs and treatment outcomes
Press release 5.12.2018 Finland first to release an application for tracking annual cancer costs and treatment outcomes Finland has today become the first in the world to release an application…
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