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One of the initial duties for the board of directors was to set up a tender process. Given the size and intricacy of creating the shared infrastructure, they opted to conduct the tender as a competition, starting in spring 2002. The Maersk Data Consortium, made up of LEC, ACURE, PLS/Ramboll, and Bysted, emerged as the victor of the competition. A contract was signed with them by the central office of sundhed.dk in early 2003. However, it was not until 2009 that patients were given access to their data: in April 2009, sundhed.dk was launched on a new technical platform, and a development department started to do most development of services in-house, while external consultants were approached only to develop standalone services (the opposite than it used to happen before). One of the first initiatives at that time was to make medical records from public hospitals available so that patients would be able to see parts of their medical record such as treatments, diagnoses, and notes made by the healthcare personnel.
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Features
In its technical design, sundhed.dk operates on a federated IT architecture, integrating with local systems. This means sundhed.dk can draw data from over 120 different sources without storing or duplicating it.
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Healthcare professionals can also use the platform, to access the health data of their patients. Thanks to sundhed, they also have access to clinical information, guidelines, and patient data that may not be available in their own systems. For instance, GPs can access hospital EHRs, waiting lists, and contact information from other healthcare professionals.
On the platform, patients can:
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