A wish for centralization of purchasing and use of digital health services within mental health and psychometric tests.
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Jönköping Health Region has signed an agreement with CheckWare within digital patient participation.
- The fact that one supplier can handle all digital aspects has been crucial for us, says Region Jönköping's project manager for purchase and implementation, Hans Lafin.
CheckWare has signed a major agreement with the Jönköping region who wanted centralization for purchase and use of digital health services within mental health and psychometric tests. The Swedish health region asked for offers to meet their needs and CheckWare submitted a bid that led to an agreement.
- Our initial requirement was within mental health, where we need a large number of psychometric tests. This area has been quite unstructured, and we needed to switch from manual processes to a comprehensive digital platform. These data fall under the Swedish personal data legislation, so it is important for us to have control and overview, explains Hans Lafin, project manager in the Jönköping Region.
Region Jönköpings Län
Region Jönköpings Län is a Swedish health region with 150,000 inhabitants in Sweden.
The region has about 10,500 employees.
4900 medical treatments, 1800 doctor visits to health stations, 1500 doctor visits to hospitals in the region are registered on a daily basis.
Business developer Sandrah Sollenby in Region Jönköping supplements:
- We have three mental health clinics, a habilitation clinic and a child and adolescent mental health clinic within the framework of the project. Having the possibility to gather everything in one place and integrating the digital information into the patient record system, was not least important for the patient data security.
First CheckWare customer in Sweden
Hans Lafin says that the region did a thorough job when researching digital solutions with proper information security handling.
- In our eyes, CheckWare is a great supplier, and they score high on all these levels. It is a basic premise for us when we consider potential suppliers, says Lafin.
Sollenby and Lafin admits that it has come with an extra effort to be the first Swedish customer. CheckWare’s list of available measures is long. The Swedish health region has ordered some new measures in addition, and in total all these measures will have to be adapted to the Swedish market.
- We feel that we have CheckWare’s full attention on this, and they take care of everything related to the rights of the measures. Our introduction process with CheckWare has raised a lot of attention, and there are many eyes watching us to see if the process is successful or not. The partnership with CheckWare feels genuine, honest, and good, says Sollenby.
CheckWare has a lot of work ahead of them when they are now entering new, unknown markets. The company must now ensure the approval of updated measures, obtain approved versions, as well as keeping control of royalties.
Hans Lafin adds:
- The only risk we see is time. A lot has to be ready already in January 2022. Rights will have to be confirmed with right holders. We want the project plan to be carried out as planned, including the time when we start using the measures, says Lafin.
- The region did a thorough job when researching digital solutions with proper information security handling. In our eyes, CheckWare is a great supplier, and they score high on all these levels. It is a basic premise for us when we consider potential suppliers.
Hans Lafin
Project Manager at Region Jönköping
Simpler everyday life for everyone
By implementing CheckWare, the region will reduce the time spent on collecting patient reported data through measures tools and psychometric tests. Sandrah Sollenby says that they are happy that the region does this now.
- Modern solutions have been in demand for a long time. This is a long-awaited upgrade that will benefit both the clinicians and the patients. In general, I think digitization is positive for all parties, whether it is within mental health or in somatics. It is important that the products and the health services are scalable, she believes.
Before their physical appointment with clinicians, patients now answer measures and psychometric tests at home, on their personal devices. This leads to a higher degree of patient involvement, in addition to the clinicians being more prepared when meeting the patients.
The automatic generation of reports is used for clinical decision support, which clinicians will find available in the patient record system before the consultation. It provides easier access to collected patient-reported data, which can also be used for research purposes.
Genuinely interested in security
- It is important that we use IT as a secure tool in our daily work with patients. We now see the opportunity to offer even more secure and equal care for our residents. With digital documents, we ensure that the right basis is used in our work. We reduce the administrative burden in the system when sending out measures, collecting the answers, and compiling the results. Time can rather be redirected towards the patients and development of the business, says Micael Edblom, Director of Health in Region Jönköping.
- It is important that we use IT as a secure tool in our daily work with patients. We now see the opportunity to offer even more secure and equal care for our residents. With digital documents, we ensure that the right basis is used in our work. We reduce the administrative burden in the system when sending out measures, collecting the answers, and compiling the results. Time can rather be redirected towards the patients and development of the business.
Micael Edblom
Director of Health in Region Jönköping
There are public guidelines that governs the introduction and operation of digital services. This means that the CheckWare solution is distributed through servers in a data hall that Region Jönköping has at its disposal. The data is not added to the cloud.
- In this introductory phase, we have two main focuses: One is IT with focus on security, and the other is the digitization journey among our employees. It is very important to us that those who work with this on a daily basis feel that they benefit from the new, digital routines, Sandrah Sollenby says.
Region Jönköpings Län's use of CheckWare
Integrations:
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Partner API: Cosmic, Swedish population registry
Content distribution:
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Content packages
Assessments:
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Clinical reports
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Assessments
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Treatment roles
Autentisering:
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Authentication levels
System management:
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Access control
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System log
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Respondent management
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Clinician management