HiQ is one of the winners in the Public Health Agency’s procurement of IT consulting services and has signed a framework agreement for a one-year collaboration with the possibility of extension. “Winning this contract is really great and it’s extra gratifying that our expertise in digitalisation will be of use to such a central authority as the Public Health Agency. We have all become aware of the crucial work they do and we look forward to helping them continue to progress and improve things for the population,” says Sven Ivar Mørch, CEO and President of HiQ.

HiQ has many years of experience in all the relevant areas and is used to working with extensive and challenging IT projects. In the public sector, HiQ has helped many agencies streamline and modernise their operations. The framework agreement covers IT consulting services in two areas. The first is systems development and administration, which includes development in Java, .NET, web development, mobile development, user experience design (UX), requirements engineering and test analysis. The other area is delivery management, which includes administrative management, project management and task management.

“This is at the core of HiQ’s expertise and the framework agreement with the Public Health Agency means that we will need to hire more developers, both junior and senior. Our motivation is to simplify and improve people’s lives and we are always looking for others who would like to help us do that. We’ve worked with digitalisation of the public sector for many years and look forward to continuing to contribute to this exciting segment going forward,” says Helena Forsmark, Managing Director of HiQ in Stockholm.

HiQ is one of the winners in the Public Health Agency’s procurement of IT consulting services and has signed a framework agreement for a one-year collaboration with the possibility of extension. “Winning this contract is really great and it’s extra gratifying that our expertise in digitalisation will be of use to such a central authority as the Public Health Agency. We have all become aware of the crucial work they do and we look forward to helping them continue to progress and improve things for the population,” says Sven Ivar Mørch, CEO and President of HiQ.

HiQ has many years of experience in all the relevant areas and is used to working with extensive and challenging IT projects. In the public sector, HiQ has helped many agencies streamline and modernise their operations. The framework agreement covers IT consulting services in two areas. The first is systems development and administration, which includes development in Java, .NET, web development, mobile development, user experience design (UX), requirements engineering and test analysis. The other area is delivery management, which includes administrative management, project management and task management. 

“This is at the core of HiQ’s expertise and the framework agreement with the Public Health Agency means that we will need to hire more developers, both junior and senior. Our motivation is to simplify and improve people’s lives and we are always looking for others who would like to help us do that. We’ve worked with digitalisation of the public sector for many years and look forward to continuing to contribute to this exciting segment going forward,” says Helena Forsmark, Managing Director of HiQ in Stockholm.

HiQ International today announces that Sven Ivar Mørch will be the new Chief Executive Officer and President of HiQ. Sven Ivar Mørch will from 1 December replace Lars Stugemo who leaves the position after 25 successful years in the company, the last 20 of them as its CEO and President. “It’s really exciting to be a part of HiQ and I have since long been deeply impressed by the company’s competence and culture. In short – we are the rock stars of the Nordic consultancy market, and I’m honored having been given the opportunity to take over as CEO and to lead HiQ in the next stage of the company”, says Sven Ivar Mørch.

Sven Ivar Mørch is an IT entrepreneur and has an extensive background of leading and developing consultancy businesses. He is the former head of operations in Norway and the deputy CEO of the consultancy company Acando and comes from along background within the tech and IT segment in Norway. Sven Ivar is a Norwegian citizen and lives outside of Oslo, is born in 1967 and has a master’s degree in Business.

“With Sven Ivar Mørch as the new CEO and President HiQ will gain a leader with great knowledge of the market and passion for tech. I am very impressed by the work that the entire team under the leadership of Lars Stugemo has accomplished. Lars’ commitment to the company and its clients has contributed to bestow HiQ with a market-leading position, and I have strong confidence in Sven Ivar’s ability to further develop the successful position that HiQ has established over the past 25 years”, says Thomas Hofvenstam, Director of the Board of HiQ.

Sven Ivar takes over as CEO and President on 1 December this year. Lars Stugemo which has held the position since 2001, leaves his operational role to take on an advisory role to the company’s management and board.

“I am extremely proud, on the verge of boastful, of having had the privilege of developing HiQ from a handful of people in 1995 into today’s 1,500 employees in the Nordic countries, in Poland and Russia. And that we, as a listed company, delivered 85 quarters out of 86 with very good profitability. Now as HiQ enters the next exciting stage, with Triton as a new owner, it feels as a natural step to hand over the helm. Now I look forward to support Sven Ivar and HiQ, but as an advisor instead of CEO. Full speed forward HiQ!”, says Lars Stugemo.

HiQ is assisting InfoSolutions with their assignment from the Public Health Agency of Sweden (Folkhälsomyndigheten) to increase national accessibility of testing for Covid-19. It involves PCR testing, which diagnoses active coronavirus infection. “This is the second project we’ve participated in that aims to reduce the impact of Covid-19 on the world. It’s nice to see that our broad knowledge in digitalising the healthcare sector and e-health will help control the pandemic,” says Helena Forsmark, Managing Director of HiQ Stockholm.

HiQ’s assignment is to be the principal project manager with the task of leading the testing project “Self-testing – Covid-19” and to coordinate contact between Inera, 1177.se, 15 of the country’s 21 regions, the various laboratories that analyse the tests, pharmacies, personnel at the mobile testing stations and the transport companies. 

HiQ is also working continuously with starting up the self-testing project in new regions and is helping with the new referral and reply flows and their accompanying integrations. The job also includes project management when a region switches labs, ensuring that regular checks are performed and documented, and that deviations are identified and followed up. 

“Our consultants are working hands-on to increase the efficiency of testing in Sweden and to get these services out to new regions. We have substantial and broad experience with labs and testing as well as project management in healthcare and specific knowledge of the underlying systems used by the health services. That’s why we can help the regions to gear up their testing quickly. I’m very happy and proud that we can help in this way,” says Peter Lager at HiQ Stockholm’s healthcare digitalisation initiative.

HiQ works on assignment from InfoSolutions, which offers services and products for management of information between systems in healthcare. InfoSolutions’ LabPortalen system and Comachi booking system are two very necessary systems for managing the entire flow from need to test result.