Welfare technology

What do we mean by technology for a better society?

Health

Technology to help us meet tomorrow’s health care challenges and give more people the option to live in their own home.

Education

Technology that enables employees in the school and kindergarten system to spend more time with children and less time on administration.

Welfare and integration

Innovative solutions for better processes within the social welfare system and integration of refugees into society.

Finance management

The right technology to ensure good corporate governance that reduces risk, simplifies reporting, and benefits all of society.

Innovation in care

Health and care services will face challenges in the years to come, especially with the many elderly that need to be cared for as a result of increasing life expectancy, among other factors.

Welfare technology is one tool that will help us meet these challenges. Established as a concept in 2011, welfare technology ultimately means "innovation in care" and can be seen as an ecosystem of technical solutions that improve people's well-being.

In the case of the elderly, welfare technology makes it easier and safer for them to live longer in their own home. How? By connecting their medical records to the technology and placing sensors in their homes to make sure they receive the right help at the right time.

With today's technological solutions, we are able to increase individuals' quality of life, make everyday activities safer and more secure for everyone, and give people the opportunity to be self-sufficient. This goes beyond helping the elderly: it is about making sure that society as a whole functions in a better way—making every day a little easier and safer for all of us.

Different types of welfare technology:

Technology for safety and health

There are people of all ages who are dependent on care. The elderly can benefit from technology such as security alarms and motion sensors in case they fall or get injured. Others can use welfare technology to measure, for example, their blood sugar and blood pressure at home. The results are automatically saved in the patient's medical record.

Technology for integrating refugees

In connection with the significant increase of refugees to Europe, important tasks concerning settlement and integration are becoming a challenge for many authorities. To make sure that we can assist refugee services to work, we must use technology that contributes to the structure and efficiency of the municipality's integration work—putting people first.

Technology for social contact

Preventing loneliness and keeping in touch with friends and family is an important part of life quality, especially in the digital age. Technology such as custom video communication solutions can help maintain the normal structure of everyday life, uphold social connection, and reduce loneliness.

Public sector

Ensuring collaboration, streamlined ways of working, and satisfied end users

Creating good systems for the public sector is not only about helping employees do their jobs efficiently. It is also about meeting end users' needs, which builds a better functioning society.

Governments face both difficult challenges and immense opportunities when transitioning to a more technology-driven way of delivering services. Both government-to-citizen and government-to-business services, as well as back-office processes, will become far more efficient once supported by state of the art welfare tech solutions.

Visma is one of the Nordic region's largest providers of standard and customised software solutions supporting governments' top service areas.