showcase wellness technology oulu finland 2012
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Oulu l Finland
SHOWCASEWELLNESSTECHNOLOGY
Wellness Trends
Prevention
Smart environment
Tele-health care
Independent living
Consumerism Self-tracking, self-care, managing
health at home
Gamification, usability
Mobile solutions, social media, cloud services
Communities, user-generated
health care
Main market drivers are aging population (600 million people over 60), chronic diseases
(diabetes, cardiovascular disease, stroke, hypertension and certain cancers) and overweight (1,6 billion people).
(Source: World Health Organisation)
Escalating costs and lack of resources drive new innovations and result in a rapidly growing field of business and one of the most
promising global markets.
For many health care and wellness companies, Oulu is one of the leading environments for research, product development and pilot
projects. As a result several new products and services related to health care field are being created and tested for the first time in Oulu.
In Oulu region, 14.000 people work for 1.400 companies and communities within the health and social services sector.
Health and Wellness is a Megatrend
Leading Company Showcases
Caritas Foundation
Business brief: Caritas Foundation provides a wide range of high quality services for the elderly and disabled people in Northern Finland.
Product category: Care centers, care homes and 24/7 home care for elderly and disabled people, health care, rehabilitation, respite care, social activities
Main milestones achieved so far: 5 care centers opened 2003–2010 4 international TEKES-funded development projects in 2009–2013 Outstanding service provider in Oulu region 3. generation care center will be opened in 2013
Looking for international co-operation partners to develop new solutions in the field of social care.
Contact person: Matias Itkonen, CFOContact info: [email protected]. +358 45 672 1414
www.caritas-saatio.fi
Corame Oy
Business brief: Our mission is to provide health and wellbeing monitoring solutions both for pro-fessionals and individual consumers.
Product category: Solutions for quality-of-life health monitoring
Main milestones achieved so far: We are number one solution provider in Finland in perceived quality-of-life monitoring Currently over 35 units in 11 hospitals or nursing homes using our solutions Coronaria Oy, one of the leading service operators in the health sector, is one of our main customers with over 10 of their units using our solutions.
Contact person: Mikko Katajamäki, CEO Contact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 40 415 4253
www.corame.fi
Innokas Medical Oy
Business brief: Contract design and manufacturing of Medical Devices behind global world-class medical brands as well as specialized niche players.
Product Category: Engineering, design, manu-facturing and life-cycle management services for Medical Devices
Main milestones achieved so far: ISO9001:2000 and ISO13485:2003 certificates for design and manufacture of Medical Devices FDA registration for all sites (Oulu, Kempele; Helsinki; Rakvere, Estonia).
Contact Person: Jouni Ihme, Managing DirectorContact Info: [email protected]. +358 400 689 824
www.innokasmedical.fi
Contact person: Mikko Katajamäki, CEO Contact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 40 415 4253
www.corame.fi
Logica
Business brief: Logica is a Pan-European IT service provider having innovative solutions for multiple industries such as healthcare and pharma. We understand healthcare processes and focus on our customers’ customers – in healthcare on patients – to help our clients to provide efficient, high quality services.
Product category: IT software, solutions and service for healthcare and other industries; both industry specific systems such as EPR, PHR, and generic sys-tems such as invoicing, payroll, etc.
Main milestones achieved so far: We are #1 healthcare IT provider in Finland. 60 % of Finnish population is taken care by Logica’s EHR and/or HIS/PAS products in specialized care and 42 % in primary care.
Contact person: Janne Aaltonen, Medical Director Contact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 50 410 8237
www.logica.fi
Mawell Oy
Business brief: Mawell solutions provide in-creased efficiency to healthcare and welfare professionals – more time to care.
Product category: Healthcare and welfare services and solutions
Main milestones achieved so far: We have brought to Finnish healthcare organizations the next generation diagnostic and medical imaging tools, provided citizens an online access to health and social care services and created centralized call centers for health care organizations. Contact person: Anssi Ylimaula,
Chief Operating OfficerContact info: [email protected]. +358 20 768 0706
www.mawell.com
Polar Electro Oy
Business brief: Designing, engineering and manufacturing Training Computers, Fitness management and Coaching solutions for exercisers, sports enthusiasts, professional athletes, fitness clubs, professional sport teams, education sector and fitness equipment manufacturers.
Product category: Sports electronics
Main milestones achieved so far: Inventor of the first wireless heart rate monitor Pioneer and Global market leader in Training computers Worldwide distribution.
Contact person: Kirsti Laasio, Group Brand Director Contact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 8 5202 100
www.polar.fi
Oy ProWellness Ltd
Business brief: ProWellness has developed and marketed regional solutions for the prevention, care and management of long-term conditions for public and private healthcare organisations since 1996.
Product category: Software product solutions for healthcare and wellness
Main milestones achieved so far: ProWellness has a large customer base in Finland: in more than 50 % of all the Health Districts ProWellness solutions are used in primary and/or secondary care. In the UK and Ireland ProWellness has 15 customer sites and made a market entry to India in 2011.
Contact person: Markku Savusalo, Vice PresidentContact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 424 5555 503
www.prowellness.com
Respecta Oy
Business brief: Respecta Oy offers Finland’s broadest and most comprehensive selection of well-researched and individualized assistive devices and related services.
Product category: Prostheses, orthoses, foot-wear, insoles, assistive devices for movement, daily routines and vehicles. Assistive device rental and maintenance service
Main milestones achieved so far: Well-known and trusted supplier and partner for health care districts, municipalities, insurance companies and individual consumer customers Quality management fulfills ISO 9001 standards for quality and ISO 14001 standards for environment.
Contact person: Sasu Leskelä, Director, Customers and ServicesContact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 40 348 8567
www.respecta.fi
Tieto
Contact person: Minna Rautakorpi, Marketing and Communications Manager Contact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 45 261 6888
www.tieto.com/healthcare
Business brief: Tieto helps healthcare and welfare organizations to improve the quality and efficiency of their services. We enable our customers to optimize processes, reduce waiting times, secure the flow of information, make high-quality decisions and empower citizens.
Product category: Healthcare and welfare services and solutions
Main milestones achieved so far: The leading healthcare & welfare ICT solution provider in the Nordic countries with a strong position in Germany and the Netherlands Over 2.000 customers and their 300.000 professionals in 10 countries.
Videra Oy
Business brief: Videra Virtual Care is a versatile service concept that makes use of the latest available video conferencing technology. A real-time video link provides the social services to health care sector and health care professionals with revolutionary cost-effective solutions.
Product category: Virtual Care solutions that are using the latest videoconferencing technology
Main milestones achieved so far: Videra Virtual Care service has more than 250 customers from elderly people to rehabilitation patients.
Contact person: Erja Kantola, Account Manager Contact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 10 3226 254
www.videravirtualcare.fi www.videra.com
New StartUp Showcases
Eneris Solutions
Business brief: IT-solutions to optimize laborious processes in company operations.
Product category: a) Tailored solutions to optimize laborious processes b) HIFRA-tool to analyze risk of hip fracture
Main milestones achieved so far: Well-known and trusted software co-operation partner for health care companies HIFRA-product is waiting for comprehensive clinical tests
We are looking for enterprise customers or potential co-operation partners in the field of health care.
Contact person: Tuomas Fabritius, Managing DirectorContact info: [email protected]. +358 50 534 5311
www.eneris.com
FAM Sports
Business brief: FAM Sports is a non-invasive device to assess neuromuscular loading of an athlete, to optimize training effect and recovery, and avoid overtraining.
Product category: Athletic training, sport performance improvement
Main milestones achieved so far: Clinically validated, first-ever neuromuscular loading assessment tool for personal use Professional version of the product on the market and used by professional sports organizations in Europe Consumer version to be released in H1/2012.
Contact person: Katriina Otsamo, COO Contact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 44 551 3005
www.famsports.com
Contact person: Tuomas Fabritius, Managing DirectorContact info: [email protected]. +358 50 534 5311
www.eneris.com
NewWell Ltd.
Business brief: All automated remote stress monitoring for physical load management and performance improvement.
Product category: Activity monitoring devices, Tracking, Wellness Technology
Main milestones achieved so far: Interdisciplinary scientific R&D ■ 2006−2010 for military sector ■ 2010− for wellness sector 2010 MILitUP concept release, pilot customers (military sector) 2011 Cooperation with American Defense International (ADI) 2011 Home Coach concept release (mobile SW, Android OS; Android Market).
Seeking distributors in Finland, Europe and North America.
Contact person: Jukka Huovinen, CEO Contact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 50 442 1267
www.newwell.fi
Otometri Oy
Business brief: With help of Otometri’s Ear Control -internet service parents can monitor the status of children’s ears relating to ear infections at home. The service makes it possible to prevent unneces-sary medical visits and useless usage of antibiotics.
Product category: Non-invasive medical devices and equipment for home use
Main milestones achieved do far: Product Launch Q4/2010 10 000+ measurements done until Q2/2011
Seeking distributors in Finland, Europe and North America. Contact person: Manne Hannula, CEO
Contact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 45 321 9440
www.otometri.fi
Business brief: Develops and produces Bright Light Headsets for people struggling with mood disorders, especially seasonal affective disorder.
Product category: Medical devices with CE Class II(a) certification
Main milestones achieved so far: Invention of a new and more effective way to deliver light into brain via auditory canals Excellent clinical results in intervention involving patients with severe seasonal affective disorder in 2008–2011 Product launch in March 2010 The Brain imaging results suggesting that the brain tissue is inherently light-sensitive in May 2011 Showing that the human brain is light- sensitive by localizing the photoreceptor protein OPN3 in the brain in August 2011.
Contact person: Juuso Nissilä, CSO, Co-Founder Contact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 40 701 9897
www.valkee.com
Valkee Oy
Contact person: Juuso Nissilä, CSO, Co-Founder Contact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 40 701 9897
www.valkee.com
Wisecom Oy
Business brief: Developing and producing empow-ering well-being applications for families and com-munities based on positive psychology and solution-focused approach.
Product category: Mobile and internet applications for enhancing well-being and motivation in different age groups
Main milestones achieved so far: Patent Application 2/2011 Launch of WiseSteps® Student 3/2011 Launch of WiseSteps® Kids 8/2011 Pilot and research projects in co-operation with OULLabs, CIE and Ritaharju School
Looking for business partners in the European and US Markets.
Contact person: Ari Rautiainen, CEOContact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 50 534 3140
www.wisecom.fi
Expert Organizations
Oulu Wellness Institute - OWI
Business brief: We support companies and other actors in the commercialization of the world-class competence and services of the wellness sector.
Product category: Wellness industry knowledge cluster/Non-profit
Main milestones achieved so far: We have created networks, arranged partner- ships, evaluated business ideas, coached entrepreneurs, created wellness industry community and helped entrepreneurs on their path toward global marketplace. We have also created two event concepts: StartUp Week and Wellness Business Club.
Contact person: Eeva Kiuru, Executive DirectorContact info: [email protected] Tel. +358 40 588 6237
www.owi.fiwww.startupweek.fi
The brochure is sponsored by Oulu Wellness Institute and OSKE Health and Well-being Cluster Programme
The brochure is sponsored by Oulu Wellness Institute and OSKE Health and Well-being Cluster Programme
OSKE Health and Well-being Cluster Programme
Business brief: OSKE Health and Well-being Cluster Programme is a development platform for health and wellness services and associated technologies. The objective of the cluster is to support successful businesses and link research to commercialization.
Product category: Wellness industry development/Non-profit
Main milestones achieved so far: More than 600 companies have participated in the cluster’s activities in seminars, fairs etc. The cluster has initiated new international networks such as EuMHA and NIMAC which have an impact on innovation within the sector. More than 200 companies have got substantial assistance to their business development in forms of coaching, training and networking.
Contact person: Ilpo Kuronen, Programme DirectorContact info: [email protected]. +358 45 139 3757
www.hyvinvointiklusteri.fi
