– Rollout of the Health Platform for Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF should be postponed until the autumn of 2024. This is suggested by managing director Stig A. Slørdahl of Helse Midt-Norge RHF, according to the proposal for the board meeting on 16 May. It is the board that decides whether the introduction plan is changed for the hospitals in the region. A number of serious errors and deficiencies in the records system have caused major problems at St. Olav. More of this must be resolved before new hospitals in the region adopt the system. Photo: Morten Waagø / news Need more time – We must recognize that there is a need for additional time and resources to complete optimization, error correction and the training activities at St. Olav’s hospital. I therefore propose that the board adopt an amended introduction plan. Stig Slørdahl does not want to comment on the matter to news, before it is dealt with in the board meeting on 16 May. If the board accepts the director’s recommendation, it means that the solution will be put into use as planned in Helse Møre and Romsdal in April 2024, but will be postponed by one year in Helse Nord-Trøndelag. Annamaria Forsmark is director of Helse Nord-Trøndelag. Photo: Espen Sandmo / news That means until October/November 2024. This is well received by the management of Helse Nord-Trøndelag. – There is a risk that we will not get access to the necessary resources as they are busy with error correction at St. Olav. A postponement would therefore be appropriate, writes hospital director Annamaria Forsmark in an email to news. Necessary to ensure quality In the recommendation to the board, Slørdahl writes that a postponement is necessary to ensure the quality of the solution, and that patient safety is safeguarded. – The health platform is the right solution to ensure a coherent health service in Central Norway, where each resident has one record for their meetings with the health service. – At the same time, there is no doubt that we have encountered greater challenges than expected during the introduction at St. Olav’s hospital. It is important that the solution is developed so that it contributes to unlocking the potential for an outstanding health service, says Slørdahl. The shop stewards have previously proposed to the board of Helse Midt-Norge to postpone the introduction at several hospitals in the region, due to the problems at St. Olav. Group trustee Lindy Jarosch-von Schweder supports the proposal from management to postpone the introduction of the Health Platform at several hospitals in the region. Photo: Jøte Toftaker / news A lot of frustration – It is absolutely necessary to postpone further introduction of the Health Platform. There is a need for extensive error corrections and improvements in several areas, which is also confirmed in the inspection report from the Norwegian Health Authority. That’s what Lindy Jarosch-von Schweder, group representative for the academics on the board of Helse Midt-Norge and head of Sør-Trøndelag medical association, says. She is happy that director Stig Slørdahl has come to the same conclusion. – The staff at St. Olav have had a very difficult time. There has been much frustration and despair because of the problems that have arisen. – Do you think they will be able to follow the timetable that is now proposed? – I would rather say that it is a preliminary plan. We have postponed it several times, and we do not know now whether all errors and improvements will be made within the deadline. Increases costs by half a billion This will increase costs significantly. Slørdahl is asking the board for authorization to dispose of a further NOK 522 million. The problems with the Health Platform have meant that the board of Helse Midt-Norge previously allocated an extra NOK 380 million to cover increased costs. Now they use almost the entire risk provision – a pot of NOK 600 million in total. This means that the total frame of NOK 3.5 billion, which has been set aside for the introduction of the Health Platform, will be used up. The postponement is also estimated to give the healthcare institutions increased costs of NOK 180 million. 70 million of this is due to extended operation of the current systems. The funds allocated must be based on real consumption and separate from the municipalities’ introduction costs, it is stated in the board documents. An amended introduction plan for the hospitals shall not affect the planned roll-out of the records system in the municipalities. Board chairman Odd Inge Mjøen of Helse Midt-Norge tells news that he is awaiting the board’s consideration on 16 May, and that he therefore does not wish to comment on the matter on Thursday.
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In favor of a new postponement of the Health platform
