2. KUOPIO IS A CENTRE OF HEALTH, WELL-BEING AND
SECURITY COMPETENCE,
providing services that promote the well-being of local residents.
Kuopio is known as the best environment for children to grow up.
Welcome to the capital of happiness!
3. STRONG GROWTH CENTRE AND
AN ACTIVE UNIVERSITY TOWN
l Centre of Eastern Finland
l Approximately 110,000 inhabitants in the city, and 170,000 in the
commuting area
l 8th largest city in Finland
l city of trade and education
l city of sports
l city of culture
l city of tourism
l city of modern trade and industry
l 2nd largest summer cottage municipality
l A university town focusing on well-being, health and security
competence
l City of dance and music
4. THE PROMOTION OF JOINT USE OF
HEALTH AND WELLNESS DATA (HYKE)
l Central to the HYKE is the allowance of incompleteness,
uncertainty and even failures in the fast experimentation
of new services
l The goal is joint model for residents' self-care,
healthcare actors and health and wellness service
providers
5. PUBLIC-PRIVATE-PARTNERSHIP (PPP)
COLLABORATION AND CO-CREATION
Medication
assessment
eService for
anticoagulation
management
Health Account eConsultation
Secure
messaging
Electronic
maternity card
Games for
Health
solutions
eBooking
New
approaches
for nutrition
coaching
6. The young people and their parents have
been pleased that, for example, they no longer
have to remember their vaccination history or
look for their vaccination card from bottom of
drawer,
says nurse Eija Miettinen, City of Kuopio.
HEALTHY KUOPIO –
OWN HEALTH ACCOUNT
l One of the most visible results of the HYKE
experimentations is the Health Account, which every
Kuopio resident can already start using to collect their
own health information
l The Healthy Kuopio Health Account is promoted to
fourth- to ninth-formers at Kuopio Comprehensive
Schools with good results
7. HEALTH GAME JAM KUOPIO
8.-10.5.2015
l Gathers people with all kinds of
backgrounds together for 48 hours
co-creation event
l Combines health and gaming
technologies, fast prototyping and
community participation
l Promotes entrepreneurship and provides
platform for cross-sectoral collaboration
Global
Network
Innovative
Markets
Companies
Education Research
Funding
Collisions
New Innovations
Start-Up
Infrastructure
Networking and Co-operation
of companies
Digital
Technology
48h
www.gamesforhealth.fi