Research and innovation is a strategic line for the Department of Health and Osakidetza. The Health Research and Innovation Strategy 2020 strengthens the foundations and aligns the centres for research and innovation in the system.

Within the strategic framework of action of the IIS in the Basque Healthcare System, and under the priority lines established and promoted by the Basque Government’s Department of Health, the fundamental aim of the Kronikgune Institute is to promote and carry out research into management and organisation in health and social healthcare services, aligned with the policies of the competent department of health that seek to continuously adapt and transform the healthcare system, keeping people at the centre of the system and including the challenges derived from old age, chronicity and dependency.