A young company, built on decades of experience
Evidence is an innovative AI and SaaS company. But our solution rests on long experience in change management, software development, operating and supporting scheduling systems, demand and capacity planning, and in leading both publicly and privately run healthcare.
The right staffing and good schedules start with a plan right-sized to demand.
We are Evidence
Leadership

David Påhlman
CEO and co-founder

Björn af Ugglas
COO and co-founder, PhD

Rebecca Palmgren
Head of Product & Customer Success

Niclas Haner
Head of Development & IT Security
Board

Hans Wirfelt
Chairman of the Board

Tomas Movin
Board member · MD, Assoc. Prof. at Karolinska Institutet. Former Chief Medical Officer at Karolinska University Hospital and CEO of Södersjukhuset.

Gunnar Németh
Board member · MD, Professor at Karolinska Institutet. Former CEO of Capio Global and S:t Göran Hospital.

Karin Svensson
Board member · former HR Director at Tele2, and Partner and HR Director at Accenture.
David Påhlman and Björn af Ugglas also sit on the board.
Research-led, from doctoral thesis to product
Björn af Ugglas, co-founder and COO, earned his PhD at Karolinska Institutet with a thesis on demand and capacity imbalance in the emergency department and what it means for patients. That research is the foundation of Evidence.
Ongoing research areas
Predicting patient demand
Models that forecast patient volumes and case mix at strategic, tactical and operational level.
Acute flows
Models and ways of working for emergency departments, inpatient care, surgery and maternity.
Planned flows
Data and process mining to map care pathways and find low-value care.
Fair and sustainable scheduling
Optimisation that balances patient demand, cost and staff working conditions.
Leadership and governance
How leadership, organisation and decision structures affect outcomes in healthcare.
Implementation and value
How new systems and ways of working are introduced, and the value they actually create.
Publications
Thesis, reports and scientific papers.