Towards Accountable E-Health Policies in the Nordic Countries
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2024-08-22
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en
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5
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Studies in Health Technology and Informatics ; Volume 316
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The Nordic Countries are seen as forerunners in the field of digital health technologies and national implementation has been guided by sector specific strategies for many years. In the context of new European legislation such as the European Health Data Space (EHDS), a review of the existing strategies is indicated. The objective of this policy analysis is to assess and compare the scope, ambitions and extent of accountability in national-level digital health policies in the Nordic countries. The scope of the policies from the five countries were largely centred around a) empowering and activating citizens; b) a shift towards prevention and digital first; c) supporting health operations; d) doing the groundwork; e) making health data more available in research and innovation workflows and f) supporting health personnel. Finland comes out as the most ambitious country with the aim to transform their health system by means of digitalisation. Both Finland and Iceland work towards prevention and the digital first ambition due to large populations in rural areas. These two countries also present the most accountable policies, meaning that their policy documents are the most transparent as to how they arrived at the conclusions and how they are to evaluate the achievements.Description
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digital healthcare, health policy, Nordic countries
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Faxvaag, A, Reponen, J, Hardardottir, G A, Vehko, T, Viitanen, J, Eriksen, J, Koch, S & Nøhr, C 2024, Towards Accountable E-Health Policies in the Nordic Countries . in Digital Health and Informatics Innovations for Sustainable Health Care Systems . Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 316, IOS Press, pp. 339-343 . https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI240413
