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Author Archives: Henrik Danielsen
Telemedicine benefits us all. Why have we waited so long for it to take off?
A new Danish national strategy for telemedicine is about to be decided upon – but will it deliver more than words? My daughter is a diabetic type 1 and has been so for 11 of her 20 years. She regularly takes time off from University to go to the University Hospital in Aarhus, where she meets some excellent diabetes doctors, helping her and giving her the ability to manage her diabetes and control her long-term …
And the Oscar goes to ……..the Danish Shared Medication Record
Recently the Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier won the best foreign-language film Oscar for “In a Better World”. On Thursday night April 7, I took part in the Danish Digital “Oscar” Awards, where approx. 1000 enthusiastic people celebrated and shared their vision for the Digitization of Denmark. The Danish Digital Award – The Welfare Award – goes to an IT solution that provides a better service for the citizen and enables efficiency in the public sector, …
Danes stress hospital doctors with email consultation!
In a recent article in a Danish Medicine Magazine “Dagens Medicin” a hospital doctor was quoted for getting stress in replying to emails sent by patients. The hospital doctors are bombarded with emails from patients, relatives and students. The hospital doctor thought that emails took up a lot of his time – and that he was obligated to answer the emails within few hours. He was so stressful about this that he had to …




