Table 2.
Summary of the level of computerization in the Swedish health care system
| Functions | Performance |
|---|---|
| Electronic Health Record (EHR) | • High degree of computerization with EHRs in 16 of 21 counties. In the 16 regions EHR covered 100% of primary care, 92% in hospital care and 96% in psychiatric care |
| • Over 15 different EHRs | |
| • No exchange accessibility of data between different EHRs | |
| Drug prescribing | • E-prescribing: 80% of all prescriptions (98% in Stockholm) |
| • Swedish Physicians' desk reference integrated in almost all EHRs | |
| • No common drug list at national level | |
| Decision support system (DSS) | • The DSS Janus toolbar integrated in six EHRs with support functions like drug-drug interaction alerts, pregnancy- and breastfeeding alerts, side effects and direct connection to the web site with medical information http://www.janusinfo.se |
| Medical services | • computerized laboratories nationwide |
| • digitalized X-ray pictures nationwide | |
| • common X-ray archives in 14 counties | |
| Access to computer | • on average 1.14 employed per computer |
| Electronic services for patients/citizens | • renewal of prescriptions electronically possible in 20 counties |
| • booking/cancelling visit to the doctor electronically possible in 18 counties | |
| • mail/messenge by mobile phone and reminders utilized by 10% of the whole population |
Data based on a nationwide survey among the 21 counties and regions in 2009. (IT-support systems in the counties in Sweden, 2009).