Sweden: Healthcare system and eHealth strategy
Healthcare system
Basic data
449 964 square km9m inhabitants
22 inhabitants per square km
Healthcare system
Mainly public task.Healthcare organisation
Each county council has the overall responsibility for the health of the population in its area.Healthcare insurance system
County council is responsbile for health care; social welfare to disabled and elderly individuals belong to the task of local municipalities.Number of general practitioners, dentists and hospitals Skane:
1,000 general practitioners with 1,500-2,000 patients per p., 50% of families have a family doctor (free choice), 500 dentists, 10 hospitals.Communication between different professionals concerning the single patient
Own national network, telemedicine projects between counties and counties municipalities, Carelink (communication, e-lak, e-mail, e-learning, and more like Görel).Main realised telemedicine activities
Patient administrative System (PASIS), radiology administrative system, medical record, x-ray, surgery planning.ehealth strategy
Main objectives
- To improve patient safety, accessibility, quality of care enable patient mobility nationally and internationally.
- To meet the increasing demands from citizens and healthcare professionals.
- To encourage healthcare politicians and decision makers.
- To use eHealth as the main tool for renewal and improvement of health services.
Main action areas
- Bringing laws and regulations into line with extendeduse of ICT.
- Creating a common information structure.
- Creating a common technical infrastructure.
- Facilitating interoperable, supportive ICT systems.
- Facilitating access to information across organisationalboundaries.
- Making information and services easily accessible tocitizens.
Links
www.carelink.se/dokument/nationellt/doc_200659091625.pdfEuropean Commission report "eHealth priorities and strategies in European countries",
see chapter Sweden on page 73.
Contact
Owe Svensson (member of the Executive Steering Committee),E-Mail: owe.svensson@skane.se