From left: Olav W. Haugå (Founder and CEO of Deepinsight), Minister of Health and Care Jan Christian Vestre, Minister of Trade and Industry Cecilie Myrseth, Tone Ikdahl (Managing Director LDS), Øystein E. Søreide (Managing Director Abelia), Arn Meland (Head of Surgery, LDS).

Political attention on innovation in the healthcare industry

The same day the Labour Party presented its proposal for a new health reform – one continuous healthcare service – Vestre and Myrseth chose to spend time at LDS to see how Deepinsight Hero creates value in practice. Their visit is a clear sign that the results we have achieved together with our hospitals have not gone unnoticed. We are proud to have received political attention for our innovative AI solution and our contribution to a safe healthcare service with greater predictability and shorter waiting times.

Results that speak for themselves

Since March, Deepinsight Hero has been in operation at LDS, and the results are encouraging:

• 18.5% reduction in waiting times for surgeries

• 26% more operated patients than last year, which was already a record year

• Sustained change that will help reduce waiting lists in the long term

These results are a direct result of our optimized resource planning, which allows hospitals to do more with the same resources. This is crucial to achieving national goals of shorter waiting times and better patient care.

Efficiency and quality in Norwegian healthcare

Deepinsight Hero is a tool that has led to significant improvements in resource utilization at LDS. Health and Care Minister Vestre and Trade and Industry Minister Myrseth were given a thorough introduction to how our technology not only reduces waiting times, but also frees up time for planning staff by automating manual, time-consuming processes that previously took several days. Now these tasks can be completed in just a few hours, and the freed-up time is used for patient care rather than administration. Innovation is not necessarily straightforward, but the effect achieved through focused effort and collaboration delivers user-friendly systems that also make the workplace a place where employees thrive.

Ministry of Health and Care Services. Here nurse Benedikte Drage demonstrates how they use Deepinsight Hero to Health and Care Minister Vestre and Trade and Industry Minister Myrseth.

Public-private collaboration that works

During the visit, they also discussed how the public and private sectors can work together to create value in the healthcare sector. Our collaboration with LDS is a prime example of how this can be done. We are proud to show how innovation between the private and public sectors can help solve major societal challenges. At the same time, we also see great potential to export our technology to international markets, and we hope the government will facilitate Norwegian digital health services getting a boost out into the wider world.

A good collaboration between the public and private sectors is the key to creating solutions that add value to the healthcare sector.

The way forward for Norwegian healthcare

With the right support and measures from the authorities, AI-based resource planning systems like Deepinsight Hero can contribute to value creation at all hospitals in Norway within the next 6-9 months. As Health and Care Minister Vestre himself said, together we can create extreme results for the healthcare sector.

We at Deepinsight are ready to continue our work to improve resource utilization and the patient experience at Norwegian hospitals. The future looks bright, and we look forward to contributing even greater innovation and value creation in the healthcare sector – both in Norway and internationally.

Read more about the results from Lovisenberg