eHealth 2005Tromsø, Norway 23. – 24. May 2005

Mr. Ansgar Gabrielsen Minister of Health and Care Services

Norway

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Aspects of eHealth

• A unique opportunity

• Medical and financial advantages

• Sharing eHealth experiences enable us to handle major challenges

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Challenges of healthcare provision

• An aging population

• Increasing expectations

• Increasing mobility of patients

• Management of huge amounts of health information

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Challenges for wider implemention of eHealth

• Commitment and leadership of health authorities

• Exchange and use of information from unequal systems

• Confidentiality and security issues

• Flow of information

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Teamwork 2007: Electronic Cooperation in the Health and Social Sector

• Important experience from previous plans

• Basic ideas– Improving flow

of information– Inclusion of

new actors

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Norwegian Health Network

• Electronic interaction and exchange for health and social services

• Ensures data quality and security of information

• Based on 5 regional networks linking the entire health sector together