title: The university hospital as a hub for connected health: Oulu Healthworld, Northern Scandinavia.
abstract: Health care systems need to enhance health care delivery through innovation in order to meet future challenges. To accomplish this, technological expertize and research were combined to form an innovative health care system called "Oulu Healthworld", which allows SMEs, the public and the third sector to cooperatively implement new technology solutions. The use of existing know-how, competencies and synergies can generate high quality and cost-effective health services and products to meet future demands on health care systems.
authors.affiliation: Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District, Oulu University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: Hannu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leskinen
authors.forename: Juha
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Korpelainen
authors.forename: Minna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mäkiniemi
mesh_terms: D020811:Biomedical Technology; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D006785:Hospitals, University / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012106:Research / Q000191:economics; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries