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OYS TestLab
A Specialised Healthcare Testing Environment
OYS TestLab
OYS TestLab is a laboratory located at the heart of the Oulu University hospital, where you can develop and test your solutions together with top professionals in specialised healthcare. We offer companies and research institutions a direct pathway into the clinical everyday reality of specialised care.
You can refine your products and services from early prototypes all the way to fully developed solutions. Our environment is integrated into the development of Oulu’s new smart university hospital, providing an advanced platform for validating future healthcare innovations.
Adaptable Facilities and Cutting-Edge Technology
At your disposal are flexible spaces that closely resemble real hospital environments:
- Immediate feedback from doctors and nurses who understand patient pathways and the critical requirements of care
- Procedure rooms, outpatient clinic spaces, and authentic inpatient wards
- A private 5G test network to ensure the performance and connectivity of your technology
Pohde Wellbeing Lab – A Development Environment for Primary Healthcare and Social Services
Pohde Wellbeing Lab places residents’ everyday lives and real social and healthcare service environments at the centre of development. Testing here ensures that your solution meets the genuine needs of home care, healthcare services, and social services.
In the Wellbeing Lab, companies receive valuable user feedback from social and healthcare professionals as well as end users. Solutions under testing include, for example, digital services, preventive innovations, and new service channels for the wellbeing services county.
A Comprehensive Network Across the Care Continuum
- Testing is carried out in real customer environments such as social and healthcare centres, home care, and housing services
- We help ensure that your product improves service workflows and addresses real challenges in the social and healthcare sector
- We offer a clear pathway for conducting testing, including support for research and testing permits
What we do
Our Services for Companies
Bring your idea for expert evaluation at an early stage of development. In the workshop, clinical professionals and social and healthcare experts assess the feasibility and relevance of your solution.
- Price: from €600 (VAT 0%)
- Delivery time: approx. 4 weeks
Receive in-depth feedback on your prototype or finished product. The assessment focuses on usability, technical compatibility, and impact as part of the care pathway.
- Price: from €1,080 (VAT 0%)
- Delivery time: approx. 4 weeks
A longer pilot process in which the product is used as part of a real care process or social service. You gain valuable evidence of your product’s real-world effectiveness.
- Price: from €2,500 (VAT 0%)
- Duration: 4–8 weeks
Develop wireless solutions in the hospital’s private 5G network together with experts.
- Price: Determined based on the test case
Rent a modelled hospital environment for activities such as product video shoots, training sessions, or product demonstrations.
- Price: from €600 (VAT 0%)
What we do
Customer Stories
Cerenion tested the user interface of its C‑Trend® software at OYS TestLab with intensive care and neurophysiology nurses.
“We gained valuable insights for further development in a real environment. This service offers a significant competitive advantage for companies in the Oulu region,” comments Timo Koskela.
The product was awarded the OuluHealth Labs Tested label as recognition of the testing process.
Ankerias conducted a survey on its analytics tool for chronic pain management. Expert patients helped the company better understand patient needs and improve the application’s design.
“Their perspective was extremely important so that we can design something patients truly want to use,” says CEO Hanna Viisanen-Kuopila.
What we do
Frequently Asked Questions about OYS TestLab
At OYS TestLab, you can test social and healthcare devices, software, and other digital solutions in practice. We are looking to collaborate with companies whose innovations support modern healthcare practices (Pohde) and make everyday life easier for people in Northern Finland.
Our goal is to arrange a testing session within 4–6 weeks of initial contact. As we operate within a live hospital environment, all tests are scheduled to ensure that patient safety is never compromised – this may occasionally affect the exact timeline.
You will work with real professionals. Testers include experts from specialised healthcare, primary healthcare, and social services. If needed, technical specialists – such as experts in information systems, device maintenance, or logistics – can also be involved.
Yes! We also rent out our facilities for photoshoots and product demonstrations. We have participated in several advertising projects conducted in hospital environments.
Our services are clearly priced. You can find our up-to-date price list here:
We make getting started easy: we provide you with a ready-made framework for the testing plan. Your task is to tailor it to your company’s needs, after which we finalise the plan together before testing begins.
Yes – flexibility is one of our key strengths. We can organise, for example, expert panels via remote connections. You can also send the device to be tested to us, allowing our experts to evaluate it on-site in Oulu.
For hospital testing, we typically use simulated facilities to avoid disrupting clinical care. If your solution requires a fully authentic environment, we can utilise settings such as wellbeing centres or residential care units for the elderly.
Integrating patient information systems is a technically complex undertaking. For this reason, such integrations are usually implemented as part of broader development projects rather than single testing sessions. We are happy to help assess whether your solution would be suitable for this type of collaboration.
Our team
Timo Alalääkkölä
Development Manager, Head of Testing and Innovations, Pohde
Antti Ukura
Innovation Coordinator, Pohde
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