Developing electronic cooperation tools: a case from norwegian health care.

Background: Many countries aim to create electronic cooperational tools in health care, but the progress is rather slow.

Objective: The study aimed to uncover how the authoritys' financing policies influence the development of electronic cooperational tools within public health care.

Methods: An interpretative approach was used in this study.

[Insufficient communication and information regarding patient medication in the primary healthcare].

Background: Medicine management in primary health care involves several participants: the prescribing physicians, various health care personnel involved in drug administration and patients with varying degrees of will and competence to be compliant. Many things can go wrong in this process, resulting in medication errors. This qualitative survey focuses on how information is transferred within primary healthcare and how prescription and administration of medicines are documented.

A Norwegian study of seafarers' and rescuers' recommendations for maritime telemedicine services.

We studied maritime telemedicine and its potential for improvement. Twenty-four people representing 13 different shipping companies and maritime public authorities were interviewed. They covered all areas of the Norwegian maritime sector except for offshore installations.