The Nordic countries can learn from each other when developing initia-tives for IT in the health care and social sectors. The social sector can learn both from the experiences in other Nordic countries and from the health sector. There is a need to exchange lessons, experiences, ideas, and applications within the social sector. Co-ordinating actors such as NOPUS (Nordiska Utbildningsprogrammet för Utveckling av Social Ser-vice) could play an important role in the development of IT in the social sector. In the health sector, the Collaborative Network of Nordic eHealth Competence Centres is a group which has taken on the task of exchang-ing information about applications, barriers, and solutions from a multi-dimensional perspective.
Nordic co-operation in developing the use of IT can be expected to in-crease. The Nordic countries have reached a stage where the national level of development in this field is being extended to a Nordic level. The Nordic health care network opens new opportunities for a Nordic market for health services, which will further enhance the need for Nordic col-laboration. A Nordic market will be beneficial for citizens and will enable a more efficient market structure for these services. To reap the benefits of this development, a suitable organisational structure with the appropri-ate resources, legal foundation, skills, and capacity is needed.
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Morten Hein, Head of section, Ministry of Social Affairs
Susann Duedal Pedersen, Health Informatics, National Board of Health Claus Flemming Nielsen, Project leader, Local Government Denmark Birgit Jǽger, Associate Professor, Roskilde University
Christina E. Wanscher, Project leader, Danish Centre for Health Telematics
Claus Duedal Pedersen, Project leader, Danish Centre for Health Telematics
Iceland
Sigridur Jonsdottir, Social services, Reykjavik
Sweden
Maria Häll, Strategic Group for IT, Ministry of Industry, Employment and Communication
Daniel Forslund, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs Ann Hedberg Balkå, Federation of County Councils Kim Judson, Director, NOPUS
Göran Petersson, Netuniversity
Åsa Schwieler, Project leader, Carelink KG Nerander, Project leader, Carelink
Finland
Martti Lähteinen, Head of Section, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Heli Sahala, Association of Finish Local and Regional Authorities Anna-Liisa Salminen, Development Manager, STAKES
Kauko Hartikainen, Senior Advisor, STAKES
Erja Saarinen, Editor, e-consultation project, STAKES Mika Gissler, Development Manager, STAKES
Norway
Ellen Strålberg, Senior Advicer, Directorate for Health and Social Affairs, Department for IT-strategy and statistics
Kristian Skauli, Directorate for Health and Social Affairs, Department for IT-strategy and statistics
Kai Ove Nauen, senior Advicer, Ministry of Labour and Government Administration
Erik Aakre, Ministry of Labour and Government Administration Mads Hansen-Møller, Statistics Norway
Per Christian Lindeberg, Project leader, Norwegian Centre for Telemedicine
Per Malmberg, consultant, Ramböll Management
Sweden, study coordinator: Lotta Holm Sjögren, Project Manager, Carelink
Denmark: Henning Voss, Project Manager, Danish Centre for Health Telematics
Iceland: Benedikt Benediktsson, Ministry of Health
Finland: Pekka Ruotsalainen, Research Professor, STAKES
Norway: Vigdis Heimly, Development Manager, KITH