Norway invests in welfare technology and the Continua ...

Norway invests in welfare technology
and the Continua framework

Lasse Frantzen
Norwegian Directorate of Health

• Idea: NORWEGIAN FOCUS 2014-2020:
We need to have ONE
common approach within Enable people to live home and
Personal Connected master their own health and life
Health & Care (Welfare better – with reduced need of care
Technology) services

m-Health Master chronic disease and reduce
Telecare the need of health services
Telehealth
m-Health – the bases for
Plug & play – Rock it !!! everything … almost
Supplier and operator
independent
Nordic home market

The Norwegian approach

• Thing big, start small, scale fast
• National architecture for Personal Connected Health & Care based on the

Continua framework

– National infrastructure ready in 2018

• Nordic interaction and collaboration
• Norwegian Continua Service Center

– Under establishment
– Interaction between Norwegian Directorate of Health, The Norwegian

Association of Local and Regional Authorities, The Confederation of Norwegian
Enterprise and Hospitals

Continua
framework

Active Norwegian role

Thor Steffensen

What is good for Norway is good for the world