Funding call: proactive healthcare and social welfare

Innovative solutions are needed to make healthcare and social welfare more efficient and effective. Digitalisation, data and artificial intelligence are supporting innovation and paving the way towards proactive healthcare and social welfare services where latent risks to people’s health and well-being can be identified and addressed in time, even before symptoms appear.

We will accelerate the shift in the focus of social and healthcare from corrective to preventive action by opening up targeted funding for the wellbeing services counties.

Proactive methods such as data analysis can be used to make risk assessments and predictive models. In proactive healthcare and social welfare services, screening and treatment are guided by personal risk factors. Technology can be used to monitor a person’s care and identify gaps in care, thus enabling timely access to care and anticipation of service needs. Healthcare and social welfare services are provided proactively in the event of a client’s disability, and the most genetically appropriate medication is reviewed before prescribing.

For more information, see the detailed application instructions (in Finnish).