Norway has been building a universal and state-run system the last couple of years, which gathers all the patient information in one centralized system. Existin

Norway has been building a universal and state-run system the last couple of years, which gathers all the patient information in one centralized system. Existing commercial companies that already deliver solutions to doctors and hospitals have integrated this new system into their existing products. It is practically interoperable by now. I believe this is the way to go. The system was beta-testet last year, and is being rolled out to doctors offices this year. This will benefit both doctors and patients, as they no longer need to manually juggle between countless different systems (and plain old paperfiles). Overmedication (and dangerous drug interactions) has been a real problem for decades, because one doctor does not know what the other has been doing. When a patient has to visit different hospitals, they have to take new blood samples, tests etc. Patients can now log in to one service (helsenorge.no), with the same security as other state-run services (taxes etc), they get access to their complete health journal, they can order an appointment at their local doctors office, order an online consultation, reorder prescriptions etc. Maybe something for other countries to learn from?