The last week of January was intensive and rewarding for Clinipower, as we participated in the ManagiDiTH Winter School & Innovation Bootcamp 2026 at Laurea’s Otaniemi campus. The five-day event brought together approximately 100 international students, experts, and innovative companies to develop solutions for the challenges of digitalization in healthcare.
ManagiDiTH (Master of Managing Digital Transformation in the Health Sector) is an EU co-funded international master’s degree program that develops skills in healthcare, societal issues, and digital technologies. The degree is jointly awarded by three respected European universities: ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, Laurea University of Applied Sciences, and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
A distinctive feature of the program is that the students are already working professionals employed in healthcare organizations, the software industry, or public authorities. Their academic background is impressive: of the 194 students, 106 hold a bachelor’s degree or equivalent, 79 a master’s degree, and 9 a doctoral degree.
Clinipower Finland Oy is a member of the consortium and actively participates in both the delivery of the education and company collaboration projects.
Winter School 2026 – Five days of intensive innovation
The ManagiDiTH Winter School and Innovation Bootcamp 2026 took place from 26 to 30 January 2026 at Laurea’s Otaniemi campus. The goal of the event was to bring together around 100 students to develop innovative solutions in multidisciplinary teams addressing real challenges presented by companies in the field of healthcare digitalization.
During the week, several esteemed experts spoke on topical issues such as digitalization and data management in the health technology sector, health technology innovations and their commercialization, the digital transformation of the pharmaceutical industry, intelligent physiotherapy, the application of digital solutions in rehabilitation, and business perspectives in the health technology market.
In addition to keynote sessions, several companies presented real business challenges related to healthcare digitalization to the students. The students were divided into multidisciplinary teams, and each team was assigned one company-presented challenge to work on throughout the week. The teams immersed themselves in ideation, discussed with company representatives to better understand the business context, tested different approaches, developed prototypes, and refined their concepts day by day. The week culminated on Friday with final presentations, where each team showcased their developed solution and received constructive feedback from both the challenge-presenting company and the event facilitators.
Clinipower also participated by presenting a challenge and working with the students. Clinipower’s challenge focused on one of the most critical questions in the health technology sector: How can an innovative digital healthcare product be effectively launched into the European markets?
Background of the challenge
The European digital healthcare market is growing rapidly, particularly in the areas of telemedicine, AI-based solutions, and personalized care. Despite the growth, companies face significant challenges: slow decision-making in healthcare organizations, strict EU regulations (such as MDR/IVDR and GDPR), and market fragmentation. Countries vary in regulations, reimbursement systems, languages, cultures, and purchasing practices, making a unified launch across Europe difficult.
The students’ task was to develop a comprehensive launch strategy for an innovative digital healthcare solution. They were to consider the most effective channels for increasing awareness among healthcare organizations. In addition, they had to plan how the launch process would be implemented step by step, taking into account Europe’s diverse markets, and how launch success would be measured and the strategy adapted in real time.
The students’ solution – An innovative platform for guiding the launch process
The team working on the solution created an impressive and well-executed concept. They designed a digital platform that would serve as a centralized tool to guide and facilitate the launch process across different European countries. The idea of the platform was to simplify internationalization by compiling all essential information in one place, instead of companies having to search for fragmented information from multiple sources themselves.
The execution was of high quality. The team had created a functional mock-up that excellently illustrated how the system would work in practice. The presentation was clear and visually appealing. The proposed solution was exactly the kind that, once implemented, would guide the launch process very efficiently and significantly lower the threshold for internationalization.
Clinipower’s contribution – Tools and new perspectives
Participation in the Winter School was extremely valuable for Clinipower. The solution developed by the student team provided us with additional keys to better assist our clients in their internationalization efforts.
The international team’s approach highlighted cultural differences in decision-making, communication, and business practices, critical considerations for international launches. The event also offered an excellent opportunity to network with international partners and experts.
We were able to see how the future professionals of healthcare digitalization approach complex business challenges by combining academic rigor, technological understanding, and practical business expertise.
Collaboration call for companies – Master’s thesis topics
These skilled and diverse students are currently preparing for their master’s theses, and this is an excellent opportunity to offer them concrete, timely topics relevant to your company. No compensation is paid to the students for the master’s thesis. You will gain access to high-level expertise as the student works on your topic for several months under the supervision of a professor.
The students bring international perspectives and experiences from various healthcare systems. The master’s thesis is planned collaboratively between your company, the supervising university, and the student.
We are looking for topics related to digital product or service development in healthcare that are significant for your company.
We hope to receive topic proposals as soon as possible. If your company has a current topic, please contact us—we are happy to help refine the topic and find a suitable student.
