Healthcare Innovation | Nordic Institute of Health Economics A/S

Healthcare Innovation

Healthcare innovation is essential to meet the growing demands on healthcare systems and improve outcomes within limited resources.

NIHE supports clients in the development, evaluation, and implementation of healthcare innovations. We apply health economic methods throughout the innovation process to support:

Go/no-go decisions

Evidence generation, study design and data collection

Value-based pricing and assessment of value for money

Other types of health economic analyses

By introducing health economics early in the development process, we can help innovators identify the evidence needed for future adoption, provide economic arguments to support further investments and implementation – and assess whether an innovation has the potential to create sufficient value before substantial resources are committed.

Clients and collaborators

NIHE has provided innovation support to public organisations, healthcare providers, start-ups, and established companies, including Amgros I/S, Cacta, eLi-12, Equilibrium, Danish Regions, InHear, IntraCair, MultiBiopsy.

Case examples

Explore selected examples of how NIHE has supported healthcare innovations from early evaluation to implementation and scientific publication.

Early economic evaluation

In collaboration with researcher at Aarhus University Hospital, NIHE estimated the potential value for money of eLi12 , a new method to estimate 12-hour lithium levels when blood sampling deviates from 12 hours.

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Innovation support

In collaboration with BETA.HEALTH and Kitchen, NIHE has developed multiple value demonstration models and analysis to support funding application and decision making for local and innovative life science companies.

International healthcare innovation

NIHE is a part of a European research group that aims to reduce low value blood transfusions in European healthcare systems.

Expected date of publication January 15, 2027