Prime Highlights
- Business Finland has awarded €4.6 million to a joint project developing AI-powered solutions for health data management under the EU’s EHDS regulation.
- The initiative brings together hospitals, universities and technology companies to improve the secure and interoperable use of health data across healthcare and research.
Key Facts
- Participants include Helsinki University Hospital, the University of Helsinki, Digia’s Productivity Leap, Orion, GE Healthcare Finland and Biocomputing Platforms.
- The project aims to develop AI-based analytics and health data integration tools with potential for international deployment beyond Finland.
Background
Business Finland has granted EUR 4.6 million to a joint project bringing together Finnish hospitals, universities and technology companies to develop AI-powered solutions for managing health data under new European Union regulations.
The project, titled Roadmap to the Finnish Health Data Space, aims to make health data safer, more uniform and easier to use across healthcare, research, and development activities. It is the first initiative of its kind to unite Finland’s wellbeing services counties under a shared technology development goal.
The push comes as the EU’s European Health Data Space regulation, known as EHDS, begins reshaping how member states handle patient data. The rules establish a unified framework for health data sharing across institutions and countries, and Finland is taking steps to develop technologies that align with those standards.
The initiative brings together a broad group of participants, including Helsinki University Hospital, the University of Helsinki, the Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa, Productivity Leap, Orion, GE Healthcare Finland and Biocomputing Platforms.
Kari Natunen, Chief Executive of Productivity Leap, said the EHDS creates clear commercial demand. “This increases the demand for solutions that support the interoperability and secure use of health data across organizational and country borders,” he said, adding that working alongside hospitals and researchers strengthens the development process.
Kati Kristiansson, Director of Research and Development at the Wellbeing Services County of Pirkanmaa, said the project addresses a practical gap. Health data produced by the counties needs better structure, licensing, and quality assurance before it can meet EHDS standards, she said.
Productivity Leap is developing health data integration tools and AI-based analytics within the project. Natunen said the solutions being built carry export potential beyond Finland.
Eeva Salminen, Director at Business Finland, said the project will strengthen Finland’s standing as a test platform for data-driven healthcare solutions, a market the country is positioning itself to lead internationally.
