Telemedicine in Norway : status and the road ahead / Terje Blomberg [and others].

  • Norway. Sosial- og Helsedepartementet.
Date:
1999
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    Telemedicine in Norway: status and the road ahead Translation from Norwegian To the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs The working party on Telemedicine was appointed by the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in a letter dated 17 September 1998. The working party hereby presents its report. The working party is unanimous in its recommendations. Oslo, 13 January 1999 Terje Blomberg Einar Myklebust Bjorn Engum Kristin Nakken Ivar Gammelmo Peder Olsen Finn Henry Hansen Bard Paulsen Rune Ingebrethsen Steinar Pedersen Ernst Isaksen Asbjorn Rasch jr. Bjorg K. Veisten Gerd Vandeskog Chair Thomas Neby Baardseng Torleiv Berglan SE TEC Al RESTS CUT iorteaiatinn OR PITA, i ain sa, WR g i pT ai Hi cia Be Fas La a ne FOR Perrcrcennes % § Pa ie > +* es die 45 ON ted ious bY FY y iat Ve 10 JUN 2003 1 Summary A group comprising a broad range of representatives of the ministries, the health care regions and the scientific communities has had the mandate of assessing the medical utility of telemedicine. The working party has also done some introductory work on the commercial and regional aspects of telemedicine. At present there is some level of telemedical activity in all Norwegian health care regions. The working party has concluded that the Telemedical Depart-ment inTromsg@ should continue to function as Norway's leading tele-medical community and competence centre. Research and development should be con-ducted in line with the recommendations and advice given by the Tele-medical Department. Methods such as teleradiology, teledermatology, telecardiology, telepsychiatry and distance education are now well developed and allow resources to be saved. These measures should therefore become part of regular operation and should be funded in the normal way by means of rates, framework subsidies and county funding. Further research should be conducted within all fields of telemedicine. The regional level is considered to be a suitable level for operating and testing telemedical solutions. Telemedicine should therefore be defined explicitly in the regional health plans. The region is an ideal level for both establishing an identity and for constructive cooperation. M 14905