Netherlands: Investments in health tech to lower care cost and reduce waiting lists
Advisor, Trade & Economic Affairs
Aino Suvanto
aino.suvanto@gov.fi
The Dutch government has provided funding of over 100 M€ to stimulate care efficiencies through health technology. This funding is intended to lover the overall cost of care, decrease the workload of care workers and improve the care quality across the board. The funding is available for care institutions to enable them to pick the most impactful health tech solutions for their need.
The Netherlands is struggling with one of the highest care cost per capita, and a 6,8% year-over -year increase in cost in 2023. Aging population, increased care need, especially in non plannable care, and overall increase of care cost have contributed to the situation at hand today. Efficiencies can be achieved in all aspects of care, and by all service providers in scope: hospitals, mental health, rehabilitation, elderly and disabled care, private medical practitioners, public and private sectors.
Apart from efficiencies in existing care patterns, the Dutch are looking at tools to work across existing healthcare silos and modernize healthcare processes influenced by current trends including shift from in-patient to out-patient care, rapid progress of digitalization in both operations and patient care as well as rise of sustainability, including energy-efficiency and recycling. The funding, named STOZ (Stimulation Plan Digitalization in Care) allows health providers to apply for funding for the initial pilot and well as the rollout (max 750K€). Dutch healthcare specialists regularly visit Finland as Finland has great use cases on technology to tackle key themes faced in the Netherland.
To whom is this opportunity for?
Finnish companies offering health tech services and solutions for care providers in hospital care, remote care, long term care, elderly care, preventive care and mental care.
Solutions or products needed
Wide range of solutions and service for all sorts of care services are in scope, including:
- Process improvement solutions
- Hardware and software to enable remote care
- Technologies, solutions and equipment for hospitals interiors, logistics, operations, operating rooms, laboratories, imaging and diagnostics, etc.
Note! Solutions specifically focused on data exchange are excluded from the funding.
Services available for Finnish companies
- Netherlands market scoping document for health tech, including size/opportunities and route to market
- Webinar on the Dutch health tech market, Wed 30th of October, 2024, 1400 EET
- Team Finland internationalization advice services and networks in Dutch healthcare sector.
Please contact Aino Suvanto for further information.