The Act on Accessibility to Digital Public Services (Act 2018: 1937), also known as the DOS Act, means that digital public services must be accessible to all users, including people with disabilities. It requires tools designed for healthcare to maintain a high standard when it comes to accessibility. The law implements the accessibility directive that … Continued
Working at a fast-growing technology company means that we deal with rapidly emerging and completely new challenges daily, which has become part of our everyday life during Doctrin’s first three years. Still, none of us could have guessed the extent of what awaited us when we met on New Year’s Day 2020 by news coverage … Continued
Per and Marlene Midtvedt run a health center in a small town called Strömstad, located southwest of Sweden. The number of patients increases several times during the summer months, requiring an ability to meet both the population’s care needs and those of summer visitors. Per and Marlene had already started digitalising their business but accelerated … Continued
Early diagnostics, minimized spread of infection before and after diagnosis, rapid and safe progression from suspicion to testing and subsequent quarantine, and the possibility of follow-up are important factors to hinder the progress of the Corona virus, and to maintain a high medical quality and safety. Today’s digital aids could increase the capacity of the … Continued
We sometimes encounter a concern that digiphysical healthcare excludes those groups most in need of care, including residents in resource limited areas, who often have poorer health than the average population. We therefore asked Alex Jaranka, physician and Head of Innovation at Capio Proximity Care, about how digiphysical care, rather than being an obstacle, can … Continued
Capio Ringen’s care unit is one of Stockholm’s largest care units, with approximately 27 000 registered patients. At the end of 2018, they had long lines of patients waiting to get into their drop-in physical care unit, low phone accessibility, 4-6 weeks waiting time for a planned doctors consultation, which meant a stressful working environment … Continued
Today, Dagens Medicin published a debate article written by our chief physician Anna-Karin Edstedt Bonamy together with a number of experienced people from the health care system. We emphasise the importance of functional evidence when introducing new technology in healthcare to avoid patient risks or negative system effects. A current example is autotriage, where well-trained … Continued
