category 3
Distance meetings Solutions described in the distance meetings section are linked to various types of distance meetings between healthcare and social care. The target groups are care recipients and occasionally also their relatives. The solutions are examples of local care concepts that move the point where healthcare is provided closer to or into citizens’ own homes. Some of these solutions create opportunities to involve relatives in care meetings, even though they may be in a different geographical location. All solutions are available and constitute an open service for citizens within the geographical area in which they are implemented. We consider that solutions are transferable between regions and between municipalities, as well as between Nordic countries. The described solutions linked to the distance meetings category are a selection taken from a larger study of Nordic solutions for healthcare and social care at distance. Some of the solutions have similar features, but have been described here on the basis of their more distinctive characteristics.
category 4
New digital services for healthcare and social care The solutions described in the section on new digital services for healthcare and social care cover innovative new solutions, a new national infrastructure for digital services, as well as service models where citizens can also assume greater responsibility. The solutions are examples of concepts that move the point where healthcare and social care are provided closer to citizens. The solutions are available and constitute an open service for citizens within the geographical area in which they are implemented. We consider that solutions are transferable between regions and between municipalities, as well as between Nordic countries. The described solutions linked to the category for new digital services for healthcare and social care are a selection taken from a larger study of Nordic solutions for healthcare and social care at distance.
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