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2008
Competitive Health Services in Sparsely Populated Areas - eHealth Applications across the Urban-Rural Dimension
Background
The Northern Periphery territory is vast and comprises almost half of the land area of the European Union. The area is sparsely populated, with an average population density of less than 5 inhabitants per km2 in Northern Finland, Sweden and Norway. This is in stark contrast to the average population density of 117 inhabitants per km2 (EU27) and draws a clear dividing line between northern and central European regions. As the sparsely populated regions are also remote and peripheral, challenges overcoming and coping with long regional, national and international distances are intensified.
Project description
We will map and identify best practices and innovative eHealth solutions from the participating parts of northern periphery areas which can be transferred, further developed and integrated into a health care system elsewhere in the regions. There will be special focus on new eHealth service concepts and solutions for primary health care, chronic conditions and remote specialist services.
We will pilot up to four new eHealth services in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Scotland using an implementation model which can replicated elsewhere in the Northern Periphery and other peripheral areas of Europe.
Financing
The project is financed by the project partners and The European Union through the Northern Periphery Programme.
Project partners
- The Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine and the University Hospital of North Norway
- Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District and Oulu University Hospital, Finland
- Lapland Hospital District, Finland
- Centre for Rural Health and University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- County council of Västerbotten and Umeå University, Sweden
- Department of General Practice, National University of Ireland
- NHS Highland, Inverness, United Kingdom
- SMEs, Finland, Sweden, Norway and United Kingdom
Project period
January 2008 to December 2010
Contact person at NST
Bente Christensen, direct telephone +47 948 52 050 and email bente.christensen@telemed.no
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