Health Informatics (NSEP)
Medicine and ICT Health informatics aims to strengthen existing research and to establish new research and education within health informatics at NTNU. This will be achieved by coordinating and stimulating activities, taking an interdisciplinary and broad approach, and by employing technology and problem expertise in health informatics research in the many environments of NTNU, SINTEF, Central Norway Regional Health Authority, KITH (Norwegian Centre for Informatics in Health and Social Care), the Norwegian Patient Register, St. Olav's Hospital Trust, HEMIT (Regional Health IT-service), and industry.
Background
The Research Council of Norway established earlier a national R & D centre for electronic patient records at NTNU (NSEP - the EPJ centre). The Research Council considers electronic patient records to be the biggest challenge facing the health sector in the development and use of information and communication technology. The EPJ centre was awarded an annual grant of NOK five millions per year over five years. A continuation of this funding for NOK 3 millions per year for 2010-2011 is being received from the health sector. In addition, a large portfolio of research projects are supported by the Norwegian Research Council and by international sources of financing.
Directorate
- Director Associate Professor Arild Faxvaag, Faculty of Medicine
- Co-director Professor Pieter Jelle Toussaint, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering
Council
- Herlof Nilssen, Helse Vest (chair)
- Berit Brattheim, Høgskolen I Sør-Trøndelag (HIST)
- Finn Drabløs, Faculty of Medicine
- John Krogstie, Faculty of Information Technology, Mathematics and Electrical Engineering
- Aksel Tjora, Faculty of Social Science and Technology Management
