The introduction of Millennium has cost the Västra Götaland Region almost four billion kronor, even though the system was ultimately scrapped completely. This spring, Region Skåne also put its plans to introduce the medical record system on hold.
Other regions have also had problems switching systems, notes the E-health Agency, which investigated the issue on behalf of the government.
Thomas Pettersson Westerberg, head of department at the agency, points to “very poor competition” in the market. One possible measure could be to procure modular systems instead.
“But then you also have to make it easier for external actors to connect to the systems,” he says at a press conference.
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