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16.01.2025

Winners of Nordic Health Lab Impact Awards 2024/25

It is our pleasure to announce the winners of Nordic Health Lab Impact Awards, that we are hosting for the third year in a row.

At this event, we have given awards to startups, hospitals, municipalities, and other partners to recognize those who go the extra mile to optimize the healthcare system. We also use the opportunity to recognize the collective effort of the ecosystem in advancing health innovation.

An external jury have found the winners in the company categories, while we at Nordic Health Lab find the winners in the partner categories.

Company categories

There are 4 categories for the companies:

The winner of the Work Environment Impact Award: Careturner

Winner justification:
Careturner has the potential of making a significant difference in multiple aspects of healthcare professionals’ workflows and patient care, while ensuring their long-term wellbeing and safety.

Careturner is a turning system to prevent pressure ulcers.

“Vi har været utrolig glade for Nordic Health Labs super strukturerede projektledelse. Særligt deres facilitering af et tværregionalt samarbejde med Regionshospitalet Gødstrup og Nordsjællands Hospital i Frederikssund, hvor Careturner sammen med able nordic A/S afdækkede de mange fordele, som kan opnås ved offentlig-privat samarbejde.”

— Michael Kock, CEO Careturner

The winner of the Patient Impact Award is: Injurymap

Winner justification:
Injurymap has the potential of supporting and empowering patients in their individual recovery while contributing to a coherent transition between sectors creating a better real time treatment flow.

Injurymap has a solution for physical training and rehabilitation, which also helps with a seamless transition between sectors.

The winner of the Social Impact is: Khora Exposure

Winner Justification:
Khora Exposure has the potential of creating a safe and secure framework for citizens coping with anxiety and phobia in an efficient way while adding new tools to support psychiatric medical care.

Khora Exposure is a VR solution for mental rehabilitation, employment and coping with one's own life.

“We deeply value Nordic Health Lab’s role in connecting the private and public health sectors and look forward to collaborating further to drive impactful innovation. ”

— Mads Lopes, Partner & Chief Product Officer, Khora

The winner of the Global Impact Awards is: Detalo Health

Winner Justification
Detalo Health has the potential of enhancing the essential diagnostic work of doctors globally by focusing on a safe, evidence-based, and cost-effective method which supports multiple workflows worldwide.

Detalo Health is a device that measures blood volume in 15 minutes.

“True innovation comes from strong partnership, and here Nordic Health Lab fulfils an important role in healthcare by allowing skillful clinicians to drive real innovation using groundbreaking technologies from startups.”

— Jonas Bechlund, Managing Director

These 25 companies’s solutions were considered for the Impact Awards 2024/

These 25 companies's solutions were considered for the Impact Awards 2024/25

Winner Categories for Partners

There are the 4 categories for the partners.

The winner of the Fast Tracker Partner Award: Allerød Kommune

Winner Justification:

Allerød Kommune has shown great commitment to testing in a fast track without compromising on value or quality for any of the collaborating partners.

Allerød Kommune wins the Fast Tracker Partner Award.

“We are a test municipality and have tested products for several companies. Thanks to Nordic Health Lab for this opportunity. But we are also being tested ourselves in these courses - evaluating on how good we are at these new processes and how innovative we are in 'Elderly and Health'.”

— Jutta Haahr, souschef Ældre og Sundhed, Allerød Kommune

The winner of the Problem Solver Test Partner Of The Year is:
Rigshospitalet

Winner justification
Rigshospitalet excels through its specialized departments, showcasing openness and fostering proactive collaboration with companies and Nordic Health Lab to address challenges and build impactful partnerships.

Rigshospitalet won the The winner of the Problem Solver Test Partner Of The Year Award

“Partnering with NHL has streamlined how we assess innovations from small companies, making it easier for us to bring new solutions into our clinics to the benefit of our patients. We look forward to continuing and strengthing our collaboration with NHL around Impact Innovation”

— Rune Holdt, Head of Research & Innovation at Rigshospitalet and Programme Director for BETA.HEALTH East

The winner of the Innovator Test Partner Of The Year is: Sjællands Universitetshospital

Winner Justification:

Sjællands Universitetshospital has shown great commitment and interest in building cross- sector collaborations in healthcare innovation while opening doors to psychiatry and other institutions in the region.

Sjællands Universitetshospital won The winner of the Innovator Test Partner Of The Year Award

“We know that we cannot solve the challenges alone – that is why we invite startups and other interested parties to reach out and become part of the community. Together with our partners and the Nordic Health Lab, we will ensure better health, welfare and create lasting results for the citizens and the healthcare staff.”

— Ricco Dyhr, Hospital Director, Sjællands Universitetshospital

The winner of the Life Science Partner of the Year award is: MedTech Growth

Winner justification

MedTech Growth has shown great collaboration through a well-structured program, which plays a crucial role in supporting MedTech companies during the critical early stages of their journey.

The winner of the Life Science Partner of the Year award is MedTech Growth

“Nordic Health Lab's strong network within the life science community provides an effective testing process and more successful implementation of innovations from MedTech startups. Nordic Health Lab also creates a fast track from testing to implementation which is a process that otherwise can be very difficult. So, we are proud to receive the prize for Life Science Partner Of The Year and we hope to continue our great partnership, leveraging the Danish ecosystem together”

— Christian Bygballe Haahr, Senior Program Manager, MedTech Growth

Learn about the jury and the voting policy below:

See Impact Awards Jury 2024/25 below

Our jury in 2025 consists of members from the life science ecosystem

An external jury consisting of members from the life science ecosystem has found the Nordic Health Lab Impact Awards’ winners in four company categories.

The winner companies are found among the companies that have either pitched for Nordic Health Lab’s test partners or have been in a test run with the test partners during 2024.

Transparency In The Selection Process

For transparency reasons and to ensure fairness all the members of the jury have clearly disclosed any commercialized relations to a company and therefore refrained from voting in the categories where commercial interest exist.

Therefore – or for other reasons – these jury members have not voted in below categories:

Social Impact: Stine Kruse has not voted in this category

Patient Impact: Anne-Marie Hall has not voted in this category

Global Impact: Alexander Bjerregaard-Nielsen has not voted in this category

How are the winners of the partner categories chosen?

Nordic Health Lab has chosen the winners in the partner categories without the involvement of the jury as the winners are found among Nordic Health Lab’s test partners and life science partners.

Watch the video from the event below