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New health technology must take the patient’s needs as the starting point.
We need to harness the potential of new technology even if this means developing new skills, new ways of delivering services and new forms of cooperation.
Sharing knowledge, experience and expertise is an excellent way of finding sustainable solutions to shared challenges.
By joining forces on public procurement, we may also be able to develop valuable innovations. Similarly, cross-border cooperation can give us access to a larger test area for new health technology. This in turn can promote an efficient, sustainable and innovative technology sector, to the benefit of the patient.
The challenges our societies are facing give us an incentive to develop new solutions to our problems and a more patient-centred health care service. This could also increase market potential for our health-tech industries, and create jobs, export potential, and income.
Health technology can also make an important contribution to our common efforts to reach UN Sustainable Development Goal 3 on ensuring good health and well-being for all.
It is a great pleasure for me to declare the Northern Future Forum open. I look forward to hearing your insights on health technology and the many possibilities it offers.