PROFIT: PRocedure Optimization and data-driven eFficiency Improvement in healthcare environmenTs
The initiative is part of the international ITEA 4 programme, with the Finnish consortium supported by Business Finland.
PROFIT: PRocedure Optimization and data-driven eFficiency Improvement in healthcare environmenTs.
Transforming Nursing Workflows with Human-Centred responsible Al
- Our project harnesses advanced Al to ease the daily workload of nurses, strengthen care operations and ultimately improve patient outcomes. Rather than building technology in a vacuum, we design, co-create and rigorously test every solution in real clinical environments, measuring its effect on nurses’ experience, organisational efficiency and the quality and safety of care.
Three high-impact use-cases
– Ambient listening, documentation support & information summarisation – privacy-preserving speech recognition captures key points of nurse-patient interactions and auto-fills electronic records, cutting documentation time and giving nurses more face-to-face moments with patients.
– Personalised care pathways – machine-learning models combine clinical guidelines with each patient’s unique history to recommend next-best actions and surface early-warning signals, supporting truly individualised care.
– Digital home services – a virtual-care platform extends hospital-grade monitoring and counselling into the home, keeping patients connected to professionals while freeing up inpatient capacity.
What makes us different
– User-centred by design – nurses, patients and managers sit at the design table from day one, ensuring the tools fit real-world workflows.
– Evidence first – we run controlled pilots and multi-site clinical studies to generate hard data on effectiveness, safety and economic Impact.
– Scalable & interoperable – all components follow open standards so they can slot into existing health-IT ecosystems.
A strong Nordic core with European reach
- The Finnish consortium unites VTT, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Solita, Oiva Health, Mediconsult and the University of Eastern Finland (UEF). Together we blend human-factors research, Al engineering and health-tech productisation. We also collaborate with the consortium’s Belgian and Portuguese partners by extending the work to diverse care settings, accelerating adoption across Europe.
Shaping tomorrows nursing – where technology listens, learns and lightens the load, so caregivers can focus on what matters most: caring.