Name of the strategic project
Västra Götalandsregionen (VGR) – Joint Regional Platform for Digital Assistive Devices and Welfare Technology

When was the project initiated?
September 2024 – September 2026

Do you have any academic affiliations or collaborations?
The project does not currently have any formal academic affiliation or research collaboration. However, the work is informed through ongoing dialogue with national initiatives, sector organisations and expert networks within healthcare, social services, digitalisation and information security.

Describe the project
The project “Joint Regional Platform for Digital Assistive Devices and Welfare Technology” is a strategic collaboration between Västra Götalandsregionen and the municipalities in Västra Götaland.

The initiative addresses the growing use of digital assistive devices and welfare technology, as well as the current fragmentation of data and systems. The aim is to establish a shared, vendor-neutral digital platform that functions as a central hub for data, alarms and status information from connected devices.

The long-term vision is to enable safer, more efficient and scalable use of digital assistive technologies, support coordinated workflows across healthcare and social services, and strengthen collaboration between the region and municipalities through a common and legally compliant infrastructure.

Describe your solution
The solution is a shared, vendor-neutral digital platform for connected assistive devices and welfare technology.

The platform functions as a central hub that collects, manages and presents data, alarms and status information from multiple digital solutions, including medication dispensers, sensors, digital supervision systems and mobile safety alarms.

It provides a unified interface for professionals and users, supports secure integration with existing healthcare and social-service systems, and enables scalable and legally compliant use of digital assistive technologies across organisations.

What problem are you addressing?
The project addresses the growing fragmentation within healthcare and social services caused by the rapid expansion of digital assistive devices and welfare technology.

Today, data and alarms are often handled in isolated, vendor-specific systems, resulting in limited overview, inefficient workflows, increased risk of errors and difficulties coordinating care across organisations.

This fragmentation limits scalability, creates digital stress for healthcare professionals and reduces the overall societal value of digital assistive technologies for patients and service users.

What impact does the project create?
The initiative reduces inefficiencies caused by fragmented digital assistive device systems.

By replacing multiple parallel integrations with a single shared platform, organisations can avoid repeated integration work whenever new devices or suppliers are introduced.

A unified interface for alarms and device data reduces administrative burden and context switching for healthcare professionals, improving workflow efficiency in alarm-intensive services.

At a societal level, the platform supports scalability and long-term cost reduction by enabling coordinated use of digital assistive technologies across municipalities and the regional healthcare system, while also reducing dependency on individual vendors.

What stage is the project currently in?
The project is currently in a pre-commercial and early implementation phase.

What are you currently seeking to take the next step?
During the autumn, the project carried out a strategic restart with increased focus on information security, legal compliance, functional requirements and in-depth assessment of product capabilities.

This work strengthened the project foundation and clarified real-world readiness. The team is currently conducting a user-driven Request for Information (RFI) based on both existing and future healthcare and social-service workflows in order to validate potential solutions.

What future potential do you see for the initiative?
The platform is intended to support all municipalities within Västra Götalandsregionen, as well as the regional healthcare system, through a shared infrastructure for connected assistive devices.

Beyond regional implementation, the initiative is designed so that the platform concept, governance model and lessons learned can serve as inspiration and reference for other regions facing similar challenges, without positioning the solution as a commercial product beyond its defined public-sector mandate.

 

 

 

Website:
https://www.vardsamverkan.se/pagaende-uppdrag/valfardsteknik-i-samverkan/

Contact:
Max Birath
Region‑developed digital assistive devices
max.birath@vgregion.se