Doctors in Norway routinely use IT and digital solutions for their daily activities such as entering patient notes, sending e-referrals to other providers, sending e-orders to labs, and so on (source: Accenture, 2015).

However, according to the Head of Accenture’s Norway health business, “Despite the rapid uptake of electronic medical records, the industry is facing the reality that digital records alone are not sufficient to driving better, more-efficient care in the long-term” (source: Accenture, 2015).

As such, there’s clear understanding within Norway’s medical circles that adoption of new technology as well as innovative patient care processes is critical for healthcare market to make a remarkable progress when it comes to adoption of electronic medical records (EMR), patient decision aid tools and telemedicine solutions, and benefit both patients and physicians.