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As far as I know, in Sweden data about a patient is shared between every hospital... you need to sign up on a web portal, of course, but from then on, you can a
by brabel 3y ago
As far as I know, in Sweden data about a patient is shared between every hospital... you need to sign up on a web portal, of course, but from then on, you can authorize a doctor or nurse anywhere to get your data with a click... you can go to any clinic and they have access to your full history. It's impossible to do anything properly if you don't have that. I just don't understand why in the US, it's acceptable for hospitals to be silo-ed like that to the detriment of everyone's health.
Here's a news report from 2017, when the system was being set up: https://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j2069 https://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j2069
Today, this has been working for years.
- hattmall 3y agoThe US has multiple individual medical systems larger than Sweden with essentially the same abilities. Sweden has roughly the same number of hospitals as South Carolina.
- brabel 3y agoWhat makes you think the Swedish system wouldn't scale to countries with 100's of millions of people??
- agrippanux 3y agoSerious question - could it? How would that be accomplished?