The Strategic Business Alliance within the hospital industry as a comprehensive approach to the German and Dutch market.
The Innovative Healthcare Alliance (IHA) is a strategic business alliance within the hospital industry that provides a comprehensive approach to the German and Dutch markets. It continues the work of the Dänisch-Deutsche Krankenhausallianz (DDKA), launched in 2021, and now expands its scope to include the Netherlands through the Trade Council’s new North West Europe structure.
WHAT WE DO
The Innovative Healthcare Alliance (IHA) is a platform for innovation and collaboration across North West Europe. We connect Danish suppliers of advanced hospital solutions with the German and Dutch healthcare ecosystems.
Through events, delegations, and networking activities, the Trade Council creates opportunities for knowledge sharing and expert exchange in areas such as digitalisation, innovation, process optimisation, and new technologies.
IHA provides insight into the transformation of the Danish health sector and shows how our alliance members’ solutions are helping relieve staff shortages, improve patient outcomes, and drive system resilience.
WHY IT MATTERS
Although the Danish, German, and Dutch healthcare systems differ, they face common challenges:
Ageing populations
More patients with chronic diseases
Workforce shortages
Ongoing digital transformation
Denmark has gained international recognition for its healthcare reforms, digital health infrastructure, and integration of technology. This creates unique opportunities to share best practices on relieving staff pressure, improving patient outcomes and building more resilient healthcare systems.
GET INVOLVED
For healthcare professionals in Germany and the Netherlands:
Join one of our delegations to Denmark or take part in upcoming events (see below) to experience Danish healthcare innovations first-hand.
For Danish companies:
The IHA is part of the Trade Council’s Strategic Business Alliance (SBA) programme. If you want to access new markets and collaborate with international healthcare partners, we invite you to join our alliance.
Contact our team to learn more about membership and upcoming activities.
Upcoming events
Members of IHA will be visiting hospitals in Germany and the Netherlands. Arranged in collaboration with the Danish Embassy in the Hague.
The alliance is organizing a delegation trip for German stakeholders to hospitals in Denmark.
Themes: Building and logistics, automation, digitalisation, waste water
For interest in participation, please contact our team
Every year the Danish Embassy in Berlin hosts a Hospital Innovation Summit in the fall. Here you have a chance to get updated on the most important themes within health in Denmark and Germany, and meet our alliance members.
The alliance is organizing a delegation trip for German stakeholders to hospitals in Denmark.
Themes: Building and logistics, automation, digitalisation, waste water
For interest in participation, please contact our team
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