Denmark - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about egovernment activities in Denmark.
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eGovernment - Denmark - Archive
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Archived articles and resources about egovernment activities in Denmark.
- National Action Plan presented at Open Government Partnership High Level Meeting
- ePractice.eu, 14 May 2012. Country Denmark, Norway, United Kingdom, Asia, Central and South America, North America; Domain eGovernment; Topic Efficiency & Effectiveness, Benchmarking, Inclusive eGovernment, eParticipation, eDemocracy and eVoting, Services for Businesses, Services for Citizens, Infrastructure, Legal Aspects, Policy, Regional and Local. "In April 2012, Denmark joined the Open Government Partnership (OGP), an international initiative whose purpose is to promote good governance and strengthen democracy in the participating countries. On this occasion, the country's Action Plan 2012 was presented..."
- Internet medical handbook launched for patients
- ePractice.eu, 22 September 2011. Country Denmark; Domain eHealth; Topic Health portals, ICT for disease prevention and health promotion, Policy, Regional/national Health Information Networks. "Since 6 September 2011, Danes have had free access to a new online Patient's Handbook on health and diseases. Since the new handbook gives citizens direct access to the same information that doctors use, it is hoped that this will lead to a more open and transparent healthcare..."
- New digitisation strategy aims to make the public sector paperless by 2015
- ePractice.eu, 26 August 2011. Country Denmark; Domain eGovernment; Topic Efficiency & Effectiveness, Benchmarking, Inclusive eGovernment, Services for Businesses, Services for Citizens, Infrastructure, Policy, Regional and Local. "The Danish Government published its new digitisation strategy for 2011-2015 in August 2011. The central aim of the strategy is that by 2015 digital self-service solutions will be established as the normal way for citizens to interact with the public sector..."
- Five new online networks established to support patients
- ePractice.eu, 2 August 2011. Country Denmark; Domain eHealth; Topic Continuity of care, Health portals, ICT and lifestyle management, ICT for disease prevention and health promotion, Regional/national Health Information Networks. "Five new online Danish patient networks have been set up, it was announced on 8 July 2011. These new networks enable patients and their relatives to interact directly with health professionals and especially with other patients with the same medical condition..."
- Students to develop open source software for the Danish public sector
- by OSOR Editorial Team. Open Source Observatory and Repository Europe, published on July 1, 2011. "Students have the opportunity to be paid during their summer vacations to enhance open source software for the Danish public sector, it was announced on 8 June 2011..."
- Record of consultations with GPs now available on sundhed.dk
- ePractice.eu, 22 June 2011. Country Denmark; Domain eHealth; Topic Electronic health records, Health portals, Patient summary, Personal Health Systems, Regional/national Health Information Networks. "A new service has been launched on sundhed.dk, the official Danish eHealth portal, which provides a summary of a citizen's visits to such healthcare practitioners as general practitioners (GPs), specialists, dentists and physiotherapists, it was announced on 7 June 2011.
The new service is called 'My consultations' (Mine konsultationer, in Danish) and it was launched by Danish Regions. It covers those visits since 2003 for which the Danish Government has granted full or partial reimbursement. The information comes from the Health Insurance Register, which contains the information that care providers report to Danish Regions..."
- Denmark smart grid playbook: The road to happiness?
- By Liz Enbysk. Smart Grid News, June 23, 2011. Denmark has the following smart grid related projects and pilots under way: The Cell Project; The Edison Project; and The unlimited range EV.
- Denmark releases e-govt strategy 2011-2015
- By Xinghui Guo. FutureGov, 20 June 2011. "Denmark's e-government strategy for the next five years was unveiled today at the eGov Global Exchange in Singapore, even before reaching the Danish public, according to Lars Frelle-Petersen, Deputy Director General and Head of the Digital Task Force Agency for Governmental Mangement, Danish Finance Ministry..."
- Danish eHealth portal allows users of health services to become better informed about their rights
- ePractice.eu, 1 June 2011. Country Denmark: Domain eHealth; Topic Electronic health records, Health portals, ICT and lifestyle management, ICT for disease prevention and health promotion, Regional/national Health Information Networks, Other. "Health services users require a broad overview of their rights as patients. In an effort to meet this need, and with the assistance of this target group, Danish eHealth portal 'Sundhed.dk' has compiled key information under a theme called 'Patient Rights'..."
- Health summary and eHealth self-services now also available to citizens at Borger.dk
- ePractice.eu, 12 April 2011. Country Denmark; Domain eHealth; Topic Electronic health records, ePrescribing, Health portals, Medical Imaging, Patient summary, Personal Health Systems. "Citizens logged with their digital signature into their personal page on the Danish portal for citizens Borger.dk can now access their patient records and make use of a full range of health-related eServices while visiting the citizens' portal..."
- Joint digital government strategy 2011-2015 on the way
- ePractice.eu, 29 November 2010. Country Denmark; Domain eGovernment; Topic Efficiency & Effectiveness, Benchmarking, eIdentity and eSecurity, Services for Businesses, Services for Citizens, Infrastructure, Interoperability, Policy, Regional and Local. "On 4 November 2010, Denmark's Central Government along with the Danish Regions and Local Government unveiled the terms of their future joint digital government strategy for 2011-2015. The strategy is planned to be completed in the first half of 2011..."
- Denmark: Efficient e-Government for Smarter Public Service Delivery
- OECD e-Government Studies, 22 November 2010. "This review is the first to analyse e-government at the country level using a revised framework designed to capture the new challenges faced by countries today. It highlights the richness of initiatives and actions taken by Denmark in relation to a number of areas, including the impact of e-government on public sector modernisation and efficiency efforts, the impact of e-government organisational structure and arrangements on e-government development and administration, the need to address issues related to user take-up and the assessment of benefits realisation of e-government projects. As these are not unique to Denmark, but are commonly shared by a number of OECD countries, the study provides useful tools to support e-government policy making in all OECD countries..."
- National health IT strategy focuses on consolidation of legacy systems
- ePractice.eu, 1 November 2010. Country Denmark; Domain eHealth; Topic Decision support systems, e-referral, Electronic health records, Patient summary, Policy, Regional/national Health Information Networks. "Chief information officers (CIOs) should first look at their country's national healthcare strategy before trying to shape the future of health information technology (IT). This policy message was communicated by Morgens Engsig-Karup, CIO of Denmark's Central Health Region at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2010 Health IT Leadership Summit that took place in Rome, from 29 September to 1 October 2010..."
- Web-based system developed to report adverse incidents in the Danish health system
- ePractice.eu, 3 September 2010. Country Denmark; Domain
eHealth; Topic Electronic health records, Health risk management, Hospital information systems, ICT for patient safety, Policy. "On 13 August 2010, a technology-enabled solutions and services provider announced that this summer Denmark's National Board of Health will launch a web-based system which enables patients, citizens and healthcare professionals to report adverse incidents in any part of the Danish health system..."
- NemID paves the way for increased digitisation
- ePractice.eu, 3 August 2010. Country Denmark; Domain eGovernment; Topic eIdentity and eSecurity, Services for Businesses, Services for Citizens, Infrastructure, Regional and Local. "On 1 July 2010, Charlotte Sahl-Madsen, the Danish Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation launched 'NemID', the new digital signature which gives Danes a single access to public and private digital self-service solutions..."
This category last updated: 21 May 2012