Healthcare DENMARK is a public-private partnership focused on putting patients first and improving healthcare efficiency and quality in Denmark. It promotes Danish healthcare solutions globally through visitor programs, conferences, and delegations. Denmark has a highly developed electronic health record system and collects comprehensive lifetime health data on its entire population, enabling powerful research using big data. Initiatives are underway to improve researcher access and use of this health data while protecting privacy.

1. Healthcare DENMARK session at HIMSS 15
Hans Erik Henriksen, CEO Healthcare DENMARK
heh@healthcaredenmark.dk
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2. Healthcare DENMARK is a public-private
partnership

3. “In Denmark, our focus on putting the patient
first – combined with constant efforts to
improve efficiency and quality – has resulted
in a wide array of innovative healthcare
solutions.
I sincerely believe Danish technologies,
products and expertise can have a positive
impact on global health.”
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Her Royal Highness Crown Princess
Mary is patron for Healthcare
Denmark

4. Healthcare DENMARK
• Danish healthcare visitor programs
• Conferences
• Danish delegation visit to other countries
• Communication and press activities
• The Healthcare DENMARK homepage

5. World class Danish health data
• Citizens can be traced from the cradle to the grave
• Diseases can be traced through generations
• We have data on millions of individuals (whole population)
• Research results with great certainty
Personal identification
number given at birth
Diseases
Microbiological diagnoses
Medicine usage
Vaccinations
Laboratory results
Biological samples
Education
Family, residence, profession
Big Data: Increase use of healthcare data for research

6. Initiatives on data for research
• Growth plan for Denmark – health and welfare (June 2013)
• Improve the conditions for the use of data in national health
registries and biobanks – for public and private research activity
• One effective entrance for researchers to access data
• A national strategy for access to health care data
• September 2013: ”STARS* - Strategic Alliance for Register- og
Health Care data” including health care sector, academia, patient
organizations, National Commitee on Research ethics and the
industry

7. Big Data in Healthcare enable realtime overview of
Population Health Status

8. National drug data provide insight to help reduce
medicine costs

9. The Shared Medication Record is also a perfect example
of Big Data – in use today

10. Personalised Medicine will increase treatment efficiency
and reduce adverse effects:
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11. A long term focus on health data networks and on e-
health provide efficient access to healthcare information
MedCom
Health Data Network
1994 -
Sundhed.dk
E-health Portal
2003 -
Who is behind?
Ministry of Health, Danish Regions, Ministry of Interior, National Association of Local Authorities, National Board of Health, Copenhagen Hospital Corporation, Danish
Pharmaceutical Association

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In 2013 Denmark launched the strategy for the next 4
years
• National EHR and E-health architecture
• International standards
• HL7
• Continua Health Allicance
• First fully regional telehealth implementations
• Coordinated strategy:
• Ministry of Health
• Danish Regions
• Danish Municipalities

13. Denmark is moving from EDI/XML towards HL7
and Continua Health Alliance standards
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14. A National Service Platform with standardized access to EHR and Telehealth
data
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2014: National Image Index
• Radiology
• Ultrasound
• Telehealth
2015- : National Telehealth
• Device data
• General (e.g. weight)
• Diagnostic (e.g. ECG)

15. 16 new hospitals will be the backbone of patient centric
healthcare
• Public-private partnerships
• New innovations
• Danish design
• Green tech

16. Agenda
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17. Hans Erik Henriksen, CEO Healthcare DENMARK
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