Sundhed.dk and MyHealth during the corona storm
ABSTRACT
Background:
The Danish eHealth portal sundhed.dk pioneers open access to medical records since 2003 and is in this regard unique worldwide. As part of the Danish Health care sector, sundhed.dk support transparency and patient empowerment and provide health professionals with the possibility to access patient health data residing outside of local systems and across sectors and boundaries. Sundhed.dk and the app MyHealth has played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark, not least due to development of the corona passport.
Objective:
The overall purpose during COVID-19 has been to contribute to the health authorities handling of the pandemic and support patient empowerment. Sundhed.dk provided new digital services to support monitoring the spread of the virus and telemedicine solutions to support the Danish citizens when isolated and when gradually reopen society.
Methods:
By exploiting sundhed.dk’s known and widespread position in society and already existing digital building blocks sundhed and MyHealth managed to provide fast and easy access to covid-19 laboratory responses and ‘on top’ of this develop the corona pass port. A result of accelerated it-development and fast scaling of required server with the user in the centre.
Results:
The many digital services accessible through sundhed.dk or MyHealth made it possible for Danish citizens to still see their doctor or physiotherapist while isolated. And the corona pass port made a safe and efficient reopening of Denmark possible.
Conclusions:
Sundhed.dk during COVID-19 is a story of success and a result of a close interdisciplinary and cross-sectorally cooperation between Danish Health Authorities, sundhed.dk and private it-vendors. It illustrates what can be achieved when having a good starting point, the same overall purpose and when barriers are set to site to ensure development and progress for the cause of the individual and society. Internationally this has also drawn attention and latest in a publication from WHO.
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