Sjunet--the national IT infrastructure for healthcare in Sweden
Malmqvist, G.; Nerander, K.G.; Larson, M.
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics 100: 41-49
2004
ISSN/ISBN: 0926-9630 PMID: 15718562 Document Number: 570219
Sjunet is the Swedish Health Care Network comprising an infrastructure for communication between hospitals, primary care centres and home care. It is also hosting a wide range of services from national authorities and health care service providers and vendors of health care systems. Sjunet allows secure transmission of health care data and applications on an IP-network separate from the Internet. The network is used for telemedical videoconferences, teleradiology, remote access to applications, database access, secure e-mail, EDI-messages and IP telephony. It is also useful for e-learning in medical education and further training for health personnel. Carelink is responsible for Sjunet in close co-operation with the county councils and other actors within Sjunet. Hence, Sjunet is as much a co-operative network as it is a technical communication platform for Swedish health care.