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iHAC FINAL CONFERENCE

An end for a
new beginning

The final conference of the project was arranged on the 5-6th of November 2024 in Storuman, Sweden.

Presentations

Session 1

The journey of VOPD to iHAC, the end for a new beginning

Session 2

Model area – Introduction to model area Päijät Häme
Call 1 project – Bornholm
Call 2 project – Åland
Call 2 project – South Karelia Wellbeing service county  

Session 3

Welcome to day 2 and summary of day 1
Medicine robot services in health care and care: Contribution to the green transition
Digital health care and sustainability synergies

Session 4

Policy brief on iHAC, HWT Nordic Research Network
The rural health research perspective

Publications

Distance spanning solutions 
in health care and care – Climate impacts and sustainability synergies
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Programme

Pre-conference schedule

08:50

Departure Arlanda Airport
10:20  Arrival Lycksele Airport

10:50

Bus from Lycksele Airport
12:20 Arrival at conference venue Folkets Hus, Storuman

12:30-13:15

Lunch at the conference venue

Day 1: 5th of November

13:30-15:00

Session 1: Welcome to the final conference – a journey to
a new beginning

  • Henrik Moberg, iHAC chairman
  • Ulrik Dahlgren, Mayor in Storuman
  • Helene Hellmark Knutsson, Governor of Västerbotten County
  • Acko Ankarberg Johansson, Minister of Health Care, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Sweden
  • Vision 2030, Karen Ellemann GS, Nordic Council of Ministers (recorded)   
  • The journey of  VOPD to iHAC, the end for a new beginning,
    Niclas Forsling, iHAC project manager 
  • What makes iHAC and Healthcare and Care through distance spanning solutions to a pathfinder – 7 years of Nordic collaboration.

15:00

Swedish Fika

15:30 – 16:30

Session 2: Demonstrating model areas for integrated Healthcare and Care with support of distance spanning solutions

  •  Model area – Introduction to model area Päijät Häme  
  • Call 1 project – Bornholm 
  • Call 2 project – Åland
  • Call 2 project – South Karelia Wellbeing service county  

Panel discussion – with stakeholders and actors who has transformed their service provision toward integrated Healthcare and Care supported by distance spanning technology. 

Purpose of session 2

We will delve into the core elements essential for establishing integrated healthcare and care services, with a special emphasis on catering to the needs of citizens residing in remote and rural areas. During this session, we will provide a platform for healthcare and care providers who have successfully implemented such integrated systems to share their insights and experiences.

By giving the floor to healthcare and care providers who have firsthand experience in implementing integrated services, we hope to inspire and inform others in remote and rural areas to go on a journey to a new beginning.

16:30

End of day 1

Evening schedule

16:40

Bus to Hotell Toppen

17:00-18:30

Mingle at Centre for Rural Medicine

19:00

Dinner at Hotell Toppen

Pre-conference schedule

08:30

Bus from Hotell Toppen to Folkets Hus, conference venue

Day 2 – 6th of November

09:00-09:10

Welcome to day 2 and summary of day 1 – Reflections by iHAC project manager Bengt Andersson, Nordic Welfare Center

09:10-10:00

Session 3: Distance spanning solutions in health care and care: Climate impacts and sustainability synergies

  • Introduction and launch of new NWC-publication, Bengt Andersson
  • Medicine robot services in health care and care: Contribution to the green transition, Helinä Melkas, Professor, LUT University
  • Digital health care and sustainability synergies, Nelson Ekane, Researcher, Stockholm Environment Institute

Rolf Elmér, Director, Nordregio will join the following panel discussion and there will be possibilities for the audience to ask questions.

Purpose of session 3

Environmental impact is today a key factor in all development work, we hope to highlight if and how contribution towards sustainability can be achieved with integrated Healthcare and Care supported by distance spanning technologies. 

The ambition is to stress the impact on different sustainable development goals, and how to plan service provision to contribute to sustainability. 

10:00

Swedish Fika

10:30-11.30

Session 4: Knowledge gained and needed to facilitate safe, secure and high quality integrated Healthcare and Care

  • Policy brief on iHAC, HWT Nordic Research Network:
    – Overveiw policy brief
    Helinä Melkas, Professor, LUT university

    – Governance perspective
    Gunn Hilde Rotvold, Researcher, Norwegian Centre for E-health Research

    – Professional perspective, introduction articles
    Christine Gustafsson, Professor, Sofiahemmet University

    – User perspective
    Viktoria Zander, Senior Lecturer, Mälardalen university

    – The rural health research perspective
    Anette Edin-Liljegren, Research Strategist / Senior Researcher, Centre for Rural Medicine – Region Västerbotten

Discussion: What new knowledge is necessary to develop to obtain and maintain healthcare and care in rural regions? What is the next step? Where do we start? Who will start?

Purpose of session 4

New knowledge and sharing new knowledge drives change. The ambition is to demonstrate what knowledge and how new knowledge is best obtained in fragile healthcare and care service provision environments, such as in remote and rural areas. 

Further the session aims to establish why rural research and development in healthcare and care, from and in the rural areas, contribute to the future for the Nordics.

11:45-11:55

Final Remarks – Closing the conference, Swedish Presidency Programme of NCM and Henrik Moberg, iHAC chairman

11:55

End of conference

After conference schedule

12:10

Bus to Hotell Toppen

12:30-13:45

Lunch at Hotell Toppen

14:00

Bus leaves for Lycksele Airport from Hotell Toppen

15:30

Bus arrives at Lycksele Airport

16:50

Departure Lycksele Airport – Arlanda