The Do's and Don'ts of Digitization

In the spring of 2004, the Stockholm County Council initiated a project called “Gemensam Vårddokumentation,” ¹ abbreviated GVD. The goal was to limit the huge number of various information technology (IT) systems in the Stockholm area and to organize around common solutions regarding IT and health care. Among other things, this was expected to increase communication and collaboration between health care organizations, decrease costs, improve efficiency, and enhance quality and patient satisfaction. The project’s budget was SEK 200 million (approximately $28 million), and it was to be completed in no more than 4 years.