The Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs reviews the State Auditor's investigation into how specialist health services use technology to bring care closer to patients. The State Auditor concludes that many health trusts have fallen short in adopting digital home-based follow-up, that cooperation with municipalities is inadequate, and that management information on the effects of digital health services is insufficient at all levels. The committee endorses the State Auditor's criticism and recommendations.
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The State Auditor recommends that the Ministry of Health and Care Services build knowledge about the effects of digital home-based follow-up and whether goals for moving specialist health services home are being met, so that health services adopt service models with the intended effect on resource use and treatment capacity.
The State Auditor recommends that the Ministry of Health and Care Services ensure that government measures adequately support cooperation between health trusts and municipalities on bringing services closer to patients. This includes making it easier to access management data that enables both parties to see combined effects when health trusts and municipalities work together on services.
The State Auditor recommends that the Ministry of Health and Care Services follow up on whether the structure of funding sufficiently incentivises the adoption of digital home-based follow-up.
The State Auditor recommends that the Ministry of Health and Care Services consider whether fully digital offerings exist that could be assembled and delivered nationally.
The State Auditor recommends that the Ministry of Health and Care Services ensure that regional health trusts implement measures so that all health trusts use the opportunities to bring services closer to patients through technology where this has the intended effect, and particularly follow up on health trusts that offer such services to a limited extent.
The State Auditor recommends that the Ministry of Health and Care Services ensure that regional health trusts enable health trusts to cooperate with municipal health services to deliver specialist health services close to patients through technology.