Kompetansemiljø for utvikling av elektronisk pasientjournal

This report describes in a Norwegian context the electronic patient records as a source of information as well as a tool in simplifying patient treatment and control by health personell. Today, patient records tend to be non-electronic with no possibility to serve as suitable tools in everyday health work. After detailing the current state of affairs, the report outlines conditions for improved health services entailing new routines and principles of work in primary health care as well as in health institutions such as hospitals. A major concern is the introduction of experience from the social sciences and from health informatics as a theortical background in order to succeed when converting to the full-scale electronic handling of patient information. The report ends by recommending the establishment of a Norwegian centre for the co-ordinated development of electronic patient records systems.