Nordic Private Hospital Contacts

Research Context

For systematic verification of assumptions before contacting hospitals:

• EHDS Readiness Verification Protocol – 6 methods to validate without direct contact

Before contacting these hospitals, read the background research on EHDS readiness and clinical trials data sharing:

• Nordic Private Hospitals EHDS Readiness — known facts, unknowns, EU projects, industry reports

To find: people who own EHDS compliance decisions and curation team budgets at Nordic private hospitals.

Norway

Aleris Norge (largest private hospital, 633 employees, org 943545634)

• Medisinsk ansvarlig: Karl Bryn (confirmed on aleris.no)
• CEO position: search LinkedIn for "Aleris Norge administrerende direktør"
• CIO/IT director: search LinkedIn for "Aleris Norge CIO" or "Aleris IT direktør"
• CFO: search LinkedIn for "Aleris Norge CFO" or "Aleris finansdirektør"
• Website: https://www.aleris.no
• Press contacts: https://www.aleris.no/mer-om-oss/presse/

Volvat Medisinske Senter (Helsehuset Volvat AS, org 929456246)

• Search LinkedIn: "Volvat CIO" or "Volvat digitalisering"
• CEO: search "Helsehuset Volvat administrerende direktør"
• Website: https://www.volvat.no

Dr. Dropin (private GP chain, growing fast)

• Search LinkedIn: "Dr Dropin CTO" or "Dr Dropin Norge teknologi"
• Founder-led, likely the founder/CTO owns digital decisions
• Website: https://www.drdropin.no

Martina Hansens Hospital (org 985962170)

• Search LinkedIn: "Martina Hansens Hospital CIO" or "Martina Hansens digitalisering"

LHL-klinikken

• Search LinkedIn: "LHL-klinikken CIO" or "LHL sykehus digital"

Sweden

Aleris Sjukvård (largest private in Sweden, same group as Norway)

• Search LinkedIn: "Aleris Sjukvård CIO" or "Aleris Sweden chief digital officer"
• Swedish Aleris website: https://www.aleris.se

Capio (major private hospital chain, now part of Ramsay Santé)

• Capio was acquired by Ramsay Santé (French) in 2019
• Search LinkedIn: "Capio Sverige CIO" or "Ramsay Santé CIO"
• Runs St Göran, Danderyds (as outsourced management)
• Website: https://www.capio.se

Sophiahemmet (Stockholm, prestigious private hospital)

• Search LinkedIn: "Sophiahemmet CIO" or "Sophiahemmet digitalisering"
• Website: https://www.sophiahemmet.se

Ersta Sjukhus (Stockholm, non-profit private)

• Search LinkedIn: "Ersta Sjukhus CIO" or "Ersta diakoni IT"

Denmark

Aleris Danmark

• Same group, search LinkedIn: "Aleris Danmark CIO"

Capio Danmark / Ramsay Santé

• Search LinkedIn: "Ramsay Santé Denmark" or "Capio Danmark IT"

Finland

Terveystalo (largest, publicly traded, ~13,000 employees)

• Public company — leadership on investor relations pages
• Search LinkedIn: "Terveystalo CDO" or "Terveystalo chief digital officer"
• Investor page: https://www.terveystalo.com/en/investors
• Helsinki HQ

Mehiläinen (second largest, owned by EQT)

• Private, owned by EQT private equity
• Search LinkedIn: "Mehiläinen CIO" or "Mehiläinen chief digital officer"
• Website: https://www.mehilainen.fi

Pihlajalinna (third largest, publicly traded)

• Search LinkedIn: "Pihlajalinna CDO" or "Pihlajalinna digital"
• Website: https://www.pihlajalinna.fi

Search Strings for LinkedIn

Use these to find the specific people:

"Aleris" AND ("CIO" OR "chief information officer" OR "digitalisering") AND ("Norge" OR "Sjukvård")
"Volvat" AND ("CIO" OR "IT direktør" OR "digital")
"Terveystalo" AND ("CIO" OR "CDO" OR "chief digital")
"Mehiläinen" AND ("CIO" OR "CDO" OR "digital")
"Capio" AND ("CIO" OR "CDO" OR "digitalisering")
"Sophiahemmet" AND ("CIO" OR "IT chef" OR "digitalisering")
"Dr Dropin" AND ("CTO" OR "teknologi" OR "digital")
"Pihlajalinna" AND ("CDO" OR "digital" OR "CIO")

Conferences Where These People Speak

• EHiN (E-helse i Norge) — Norway's main e-health conference, Oslo annually. CMIOs from private and public hospitals speak. https://ehin.no
• HIMSS Europe — pan-European health IT, private hospital CIOs attend
• Vitalis — Gothenburg, Nordic e-health event
• DMEA — Berlin, European health IT, Danish/German private hospitals attend
• NLS Days (Nordic Life Science Days) — Stockholm, life science/health innovation

What to Ask Them

1. Does your hospital have a dedicated data curation/integration team? How many FTEs?
2. What is your EHDS compliance timeline and budget?
3. How do you currently handle cross-institutional data sharing?
4. Would you consider a third-party data curation platform?
5. What would make you switch from manual curation to automated?
6. Who makes procurement decisions for health data infrastructure?