New Report: From AI strategy to clinical benefit
For just over a year, AI Sweden has coordinated a collaboration between three Swedish regions and Canada's Unity Health Toronto. In a new report, some of the participants share their insights on AI in healthcare.
The key is letting clinical needs drive the development, and ensuring all competencies, from legal to healthcare personnel, are involved right from the start.
Lorna Bartram
AI Transformation Strategist - Healthcare at AI Sweden
A preview of the report From AI Strategy to Clinical Benefit – Lessons Learned from a Swedish-Canadian Knowledge Exchange. (Only in Swedish for now, English translation forthcoming.)
Define what value creation in healthcare truly means. Be concrete about risk, distinguishing between risks that can affect people and legal and economic challenges, and make it clear to everyone what the path from an AI idea to an implemented solution looks like. These are some of the recommendations shared by those interviewed in the report, From AI Strategy to Clinical Benefit – Lessons Learned from a Swedish-Canadian Knowledge Exchange. (Only in Swedish for now, English translation forthcoming.)
Michael Page, Director of AI Commercialization at Unity Health Toronto, points to a key challenge ahead: ensuring that the value AI can contribute to healthcare benefits all patients:
Many organizations encounter a significant financial hurdle when trying to secure the initial capital to integrate AI. Yet, conversely, we are seeing a stark difference in the quality of care and patient outcomes when these tools are used effectively.
Michael Page
Director of AI Commercialization at Unity Health Toronto
A delegation from the Swedish organizations visited St. Michael's Hospital, a hospital affiliated with Unity Health Toronto.
Global partnership for scalable AI development
The knowledge exchange titled “AI Transformation in Swedish Healthcare: Global Partnership for Scalable AI Development” took place from fall 2024 to spring 2026.
From Canada, Unity Health Toronto, one of the most internationally advanced healthcare actors in applied AI, participated.
From Sweden, the participants were Region Skåne (via Skåne University Hospital), Region Stockholm (Karolinska University Hospital), and Region Västra Götaland (Sahlgrenska University Hospital). The project was financed by Vinnova and the three regions, and coordinated by AI Sweden.
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