the Finnish health technology exports growth is loaded with wild expectations. The export is already approximately the same level as the Finnish pulp exports, but the industry’s lobby in opportunities are seen up to ten times exports.
Yes, it is pretty realistic. Health technology exports have been hard largely big enterprises. If medium and small companies can be involved, there’s a lot more export time, on health technology industry association’s ceo Saara Hassinen said.
Saara Hassinen believes the Finnish health technology exports to grow stronger momentum in the coming years.Katriina Laine / Yle
the Great dream of a backrest found in recent history. Last year’s health technology exports grew by 3.4 per cent. The average annual growth has been in a couple of decades a bit greater, less than six percent.
Some twist to this
– realistic as I predicted would exports ten-fold from where, but I’d rather 10 – 20 percent of the increase. Health technology is hardly the promise of a new Nokia at least as soon as, Aalto university accounting professor Teemu Malmi said.
Steady growth from year to year
health products export has grown tasisesti more than twenty years. Even the 2008 financial crisis did not notkauttanut exports significantly. It is clearly visible in figure below.
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health technology export value is definitely already in the forest industry, the existing stone base, i.e. pulp exports at the heels. Were exported from finland to 2018 health technology products to 2.3 billion euros. Pulp were exported 2.6 billion.
the Pulp represents low degree of processing of the product, which is manufactured in Finland, a few left the factory. Health technology products are highly processed and those being developed still very small businesses. Both increase Finland’s trade balance roughly the same amount.
artificial intelligence for big savings
health technology product development when talking about the ear grabs before the other one word: Artificial intelligence. The application of butter of health care use, there is now fierce competition.
Mirka January, said international donors are very interested in the Finnish health tech companies.Jouni immonen / Yle
in Finland we’re a very long in different artificial intelligence solutions. Related to is going to several promising development projects, project director Mirka January the Helsinki and uusimaa hospital district report.
the Oak is accompanied by a Business in finland, namely the former Tekes-funded company in the network (switch to another service), which supports Finnish companies break into the global market.
in Development is new technology, and other applications, aiming to improve the traditional ways to treat diseases. They aim also substantial savings in ever-rising healthcare expenditure. Saving the bees you need, though a lot of other ways.
the Finnish health care do a lot of unnecessary measures. They decreased by can be achieved billions of dollars in savings, Aalto university professor of accounting, Teemu Malmi said.
the Professor ore’s opinion, kuopio Finnish medical opinion of the script (switch to another service) Helsingin sanomat is quite realistic description of the current doctors run one-on-one recipe rally, which should get a change.
– the recipe of renewal modification current to the current more flexible would bring hundreds of man-years of savings, Ore said.
the Finnish health care expenditures are 20 billion eur per year. Billions of dollars in savings would thus be a very significant thing.
the health technology industry association’s ceo Sarah Hassisen view year duration sote-discussion on the development of technology related savings potential is left with too little attention.
– digitalisation of the importance of health mentioned yes sote the soapbox. I would hope that digital solutions would take a lot more according to the sote process, Hassinen says.
Financing is still the bottleneck
health technology yrityket are currently under intense international competition. In enterprises there is a shortage of, inter alia, encoding of, like many other it industry company. A significant increase of the brake is also a sufficient funding.
Professor Teemu malmi, according to the health care billion in savings are possible, but they require big changes to current business practices.My Saikko / Yle
– the financing of Small businesses has improved in Finland, but internationally, we are lagging behind. For example, in Denmark and Sweden for novice businesses to find the funding us better, professor Teemu Malmi from Aalto university said.
on the other Hand, investors have always been interested in companies whose business idea is and the function butter are the prerequisites to growth and even to conquer the world.
Finland really a lot of foreign financiers check out a health technology companies and the ongoing processes. They will keep Finland on the destination country of their investments, health technology companies, network project leader Mirka January tell.
health technology products are exported to most of North America and Europe. These two continents share in total exports is around three quarters. Asian countries the share is over ten percent.
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