eHealth collaboration with Bosnia Hercegovina

The Interventional Centre and the IT Department at Rikshospitalet have started a collaboration with the authorities in Bosnia Hercegovina to establish a health portal in Bosnia Hercegovina. The project is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to support peacemaking activities in the region. The Bosnian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sven Alkalaj, the Bosnian Ambassador Elma Kovacevic and the Norwegian Ambassador in Bosnia Jan Braathu participated in a reception at Rikshospitalet on March 6th. The hospital's CEO Morten Reymert and Jacob Bergsland from the Interventional Centre also participated together with the staff at the centre. The collaboration between Bosnia and Rikshospitalet dates back to the mid 90'ties when Norwegian physicians went to Bosnia after the war. Several surgeons, cardiologists, radiologists and nurses from the Cardiovascular Clinic in Tuzla have visited Rikshospitalet over the years, and videoconferencing has been used to facilitate collaboration and education. Bosnia and Hercegovina has a lot of skilled manpower resources, and the project contributes to fund an advanced electronic platform for use within the Bosnian health sector.