Citizens Access to Health Information in National Portals in the Nordic Countries

Christian Nøhr; Heidi Gilstad; Tuulikki Vehko; Jarmo Reponen; Sidsel Villumsen; Gudrun A Hardardottir; Rune Pedersen; Vivian Vimarlund; Sabine Koch

doi:10.3233/SHTI231014

Citizens Access to Health Information in National Portals in the Nordic Countries

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2024 Jan 25:310:494-498. doi: 10.3233/SHTI231014.

Authors

Christian Nøhr¹, Heidi Gilstad², Tuulikki Vehko³, Jarmo Reponen^{4

5}, Sidsel Villumsen⁶, Gudrun A Hardardottir⁷, Rune Pedersen⁸, Vivian Vimarlund⁹, Sabine Koch¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Danish Center for Health Informatics, Dept. of Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark.
² SEKOM, Dept. of Language and Literature, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway.
³ Health and Social Service System Research, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland.
⁴ Research Unit of Medical Imaging, Physics and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland.
⁵ Oulu University Hospital (MRC Oulu), Finland.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Aarhus University, Denmark.
⁷ Directorate of Health, National Centre for eHealth, Iceland.
⁸ Norwegian Center for E-health Research, Tromsø, Norway.
⁹ Dept. of Information and Computer Science, Linköping University, Sweden.
¹⁰ Dept. of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.

PMID: 38269858
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI231014

Abstract

National eHealth portals for citizens are available in the five Nordic countries. This study describes and compares the Nordic citizen portals and identifies variations in content access and functionality. The findings suggest that availability of information and services depend on the organisation of the health system, the connection to national health information exchange platforms and incentives for providing data and services.

Keywords: Consumer health informatics; eHealth monitoring; eHealth portals.

MeSH terms

Health Information Exchange*
Scandinavian and Nordic Countries
Telemedicine*