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9 February 2026

AI in home healthcare needs to adapt to reality

Can artificial intelligence improve wound care at home? In a new study from Halmstad University, researchers explore how nurses view AI technology, highlighting both opportunities and challenges.

12 December 2025

AI model identifies heart failure patients at risk

The period after discharge is critical for many heart failure patients, but it is often difficult to predict who is at risk of needing hospital care again. In the project Heart Failure Readmission Pre...

5 December 2025

Healthcare improves when children get to have their say

Children have the right to participate in their own healthcare. Yet, it is often adults – healthcare professionals and parents – who control the conversations, decisions and tools. In her doctoral the...

7 May 2025

Healthcare journeys for young adults with mental health challenges – four different paths through the system

What does the path to the right support look like for young adults seeking help for mental health issues? That’s the question researchers at Halmstad University have explored in the research project...

10 October 2024

AI for early intervention in mental health among young adults

Hello Lena Petersson, Senior Lecturer in Pedagogy at Halmstad University! Today, on 10 October, World Mental Health Day is highlighted globally, focusing on mental health and striving for change throu...

3 July 2024

The healthcare of the future is centre stage at Vitalis

The Swedish eHealth sector is bursting with innovation. At this year’s Vitalis conference, Halmstad University will be putting AI triage, data-enhanced healthcare processes and digital ecosystems thro...

19 March 2024

Research on commercialisation and implementation promotes “good and close care”

Did you know that it often takes between 10 and 20 years for new innovations to be used in healthcare? Why is that? Through faster and more coordinated commercialisation and implementation processes, ...

1 December 2023

Life Science Academy supports new companies in the health technology area

Health technology, an important part of life science, is an industry that can be difficult for start-ups and small companies to establish themselves in. Extensive regulations, a complex market with pa...

22 November 2023

New research may prevent hospital readmission after heart failure

Heart failure is serious and causes many deaths. It is also a disease that affects many and for which much of the resources in healthcare are used. New studies at Halmstad University show that one in ...

25 April 2023

AI and social media against healthcare associated infections

Can artificial intelligence (AI) help in the fight against healthcare associated infections? Patients being infected with diseases while staying at hospitals is a global issue. A group of researchers ...

26 January 2023

Turning data into better healthcare

Healthcare is facing major challenges and the use of data and information can play an important part in solving several of them. With the use of machine learning or other types of artificial intellige...

27 October 2022

Professor’s portrait: Halmstad University’s Bennet Professor does research on research

Per Nilsen, Visiting Professor in Implementation Science and Bennet Professor at Halmstad University, focuses his research on the research-to-practice gap. On why it takes an average of 17 years for r...

1 July 2022

National project within information-driven care is coordinated by Halmstad University

Vinnova grants funding for the new national project within information-driven care that the Health Data Center at Halmstad University will coordinate. The project brings together several regions, univ...

28 June 2022

Halmstad University establishes research programme in information-driven care

In the next few years, Halmstad University will establish a number of multidisciplinary research programmes to strengthen the University’s profile. The second programme to start is Information-Driven ...