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Fundamental services as enabler for e- health services NSRC 2005-02-08 Business Development and ICT usage in Healthcare Slide 2 The speaker Ola Gran Program Director Telemedicine Dept. Innovation and Medical Informatics, IMI Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset Ola.gran@karolinska.se Slide 3 The National Goal for Healthcare in Sweden Guarantee all inhabitants medical care on equal terms Slide 4 Six medical care regions in Sweden Northern Uppsala - rebro Stockholm Gotland South East Western Gtaland Southern Slide 5 Stockholm Gotland 1.8 million inhabitants 6 hospitals for acute care 1 University hospital Primary care, Psychiatry, geriatric 57 500 inhabitants 1 hospital for acute care Primary care, Psychiatry, geriatric Yrj Palmquist 1998-06-22 Slide 6 Alliance Frame Agreement Visby Lasarett & Huddinge University Hospital Partnership Mutuality Hans Forsslund mars 2000 Visby Lasarett Huddinge University Hospital Same health care process Slide 7 Benefits Increased competence level for the staff Cost-efficiency Fewer physical referrals More effective care cycle Increased level of service to the patients Slide 8 Establish fundamental services as enabler for e-health services How to do it Slide 9 Stockholm Gotland Basic Infrastructure IP-network Videoconferencing Redundancy Scalable Extra benefits Infrastructure for long- term sustainable development Yrj Palmquist 1998-06-22 Slide 10 Slide 11 Critical success factors Make sure the management will take the lead Use a combination of a top-down and bottom up approach Get a small team to lead the work Take an iterative approach No big bang approach Start networking with key staff Synchronize the routines of local IT-supports Slide 12 Thank You !