Titti Mattsson

Quality Registries in Sweden, Healthcare Improvements and Elderly Persons with Cognitive Impairments

Kvalitetsregister i Sverige, kvalitetssäkring av hälso- och sjukvården samt äldre personer med kognitiva funktionshinder

Summary, in English

Policy-makers, the medical industry and researchers are demonstrating a keen interest in the potential of large registries of patient data, both nationally and internationally. The registries offer promising ways to measure and develop operational quality within health and medical care services. As a result of certain favourable patient data regula- tions and government funding, the development of quality registries is advanced in Sweden. The combination of increasing demand for more cost-efficient healthcare that can accommodate the demographic development of a rapidly ageing population, and the emergence of eHealth with an increasing digitalisation of patient data, calls attention to quality registries as a possible way for healthcare improvements. However, even if the use of registries has many advantages, there are some drawbacks from a patient privacy point of view. This article aims to analyse this growing interdepen- dence of quality registries for the healthcare sector. It discusses some lessons from the Swedish case, with particular focus on the collection of data from elderly persons with cognitive impairments.

• Author: Titti Mattsson
• Department/s: Norma Research Programme; Health Law; Public Law; Department of Law
• Publishing year: 2016-11-07
• Language: English
• Pages: 453-453
• Publication/Series: European Journal of Health Law
• Issue: 23
• Full text: - 203 kB; Download statistics
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: Brill
• Topic: Law
• Keywords: elder law; social welfare law; äldrerätt; socialrätt
• Status: Published
• Research group: Norma Research Programme; Health Law; Public Law
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 0929-0273