Column: Why Is Digitalization in Healthcare Taking such a Long Time?
New digital solutions often promise easier workdays, better patient care, and more efficient services. Still, it takes time for the technology to work well in practice.
In an op-ed in Dagens Medisin, senior researcher Gro-Hilde Severinsen and department head Kari Dyb explain why: Digitalization isn’t just about adopting new technology. It’s also about people, routines, responsibility, trust, and patient safety.
Through follow-up research, researchers can examine what happens as new solutions are introduced. This allows the healthcare system to gain knowledge along the way—and adjust course before the challenges become too great.
Good digitalization does not happen on its own. It must be understood, monitored, and improved along the way.