The Ministry of Health and Healthcare proposes changes to the act on patient documentation. The proposal authorizes the Ministry to issue regulations that require companies providing health and care services to make available and use an electronic prescription solution (e-prescriptions), Nasjonal kjernejournal *, helsenorge.no and health networks.
The changes will also facilitate better national coordination and cooperation between administrative levels
The proposal also authorizes the Ministry to issue binding regulations companies to pay for management and service these solutions.
The purpose of change is to strengthen and facilitate digitization of the health sector and care. This is intended to contribute to good and effective health and care services. The changes will also facilitate better national coordination and cooperation between administrative levels.
Information follows the individual patient and is available to healthcare professionals
Four national e-health solutions are essential to ensure good health services for residents and caring. It is also important to protect the interests of patient safety, privacy and the efficient use of public resources.
The purpose of the changes is to strengthen and facilitate the digitization of the health and care sector
The fact that relevant and necessary information follows the individual patient and is available to healthcare professionals can be critical to ensuring proper healthcare. In some cases, access to relevant health information may be necessary to prevent significant damage to health.
* Core journal is an electronic solution that collects information on the health of patients in Norway. The solution provides healthcare professionals with broad access to information. Previously, the registry of patients was limited to an individual doctor's office, now they are introduced in batches for the entire population
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Source: Government website
