In this guest editorial we will discuss how Buskerud University College and the Health and Technology Science Centre aim to improve practice in the healthcare services through dialogue with practice, research, development work and innovation. The need for new methods to take care of the growing population of older people and those with long term and complex health needs is a challenge for the academic world and the field of practice. One of BUC’s strategic targets is to develop knowledge to meet future healthcare needs.

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This article by Kristin Ørmen Johnsen and Heidi Kapstad is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 3.0 License.