Örebro County Council earmarks about SEK 100 million a year for research; part of this is financed through various funds.

The Council works alongside Örebro University to build up the field of medical sciences, concentrating on establishing scientific expertise with the main focus on clinical research. The clinical research centre at Örebro University Hospital (USÖ) concentrates on education, research and health care evaluation. A number of research groups are studying different types of ill-health, spanning the field from stress and burn-out to modern genetics, and common diseases such as diabetes and cancer.

USÖ is also a centre of medical training for doctors from the Department of Medicine at Linköping University. Each year, 60-70 medical students do part of their training at USÖ. The County Council work together with Örebro University in the field of medical sciences and has recently established a comprehensive medical degree course in Örebro.

USÖ’s medical device projects attract widespread attention throughout Sweden. One such project is the development of digital imaging technology, which is also linked to a system between the different hospitals.