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Indication: Somatic
Age group: Adults
Service provider: Helse Stavanger HF

Helse Stavanger treats unstable ankle fractures with plate fixation. After surgery, early mobilization, elevated foot, and light loading from day two are recommended, with full loading after six weeks. Follow-up includes suture removal after two weeks and digital questionnaires via CheckWare at six weeks, twelve weeks, and one year. If necessary, the patient will be called in for further examination.

Application area: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Helse Stavanger HF

Helse Stavanger offers conservative treatment for stable ankle fractures without surgery. Early mobilization and gradual loading are recommended, with full weight-bearing within six weeks, followed by balance training and strengthening exercises. Follow-up is conducted digitally via CheckWare with questionnaires after two weeks, twelve weeks, and one year, and the patient is called in only if necessary.

Area of use: Mental health
Age group: Children and adolescents
Service provider: University Hospital of North Norway HF

Through diary cards in CheckWare, patients can report their mental state daily, where the reported data is used in treatment for youth struggling to manage their emotions. Digitalization provides new opportunities to evaluate important courses through aggregate reports.

Indication: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Helse Møre og Romsdal HF

Helse Møre og Romsdal offers needs-driven follow-up via CheckWare for IBD patients, where patients complete questionnaires every four months as well as an annual quality of life survey through a digital web portal. IBD nurses review the responses and contact the patient if necessary. The service provides increased participation, flexibility, and more efficient use of resources for healthcare personnel.

Area of use: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Helse Møre og Romsdal HF

Helse Møre og Romsdal offers digital home monitoring via CheckWare for patients with stable rheumatic disease. Patients fill out assessment forms at least every six months, and a nurse evaluates the responses and contacts the patient if necessary. Stable patients avoid unnecessary consultations, which streamlines resource use and reduces outpatient visits.

Area of use: Mental health
Age group: Adults
Service owner: LOVePROM collaboration

DelMedMeg is a digital system via CheckWare for patient reporting used for assessment, treatment planning, evaluation, and research. Patients’ self-reporting helps clinicians monitor condition and tailor treatment individually. The system enhances patient involvement and contributes to service improvement through anonymous evaluation.

Scope of Use: Somatics
Age Group: Not set
Service Owner: Helse Møre og Romsdal HF

Helse Møre og Romsdal offers digital, needs-driven follow-up via CheckWare for patients with stable type 1 diabetes. Patients complete questionnaires about health and quality of life every four months, and a diabetes nurse evaluates the responses and contacts the patient if needed. Patients can return to traditional outpatient follow-up at any time.

Scope of use: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Helse Møre og Romsdal HF

Helse Møre og Romsdal offers needs-based follow-up via CheckWare for patients with stable psoriasis, where the patients contact us themselves when needed. This provides flexibility and rapid assistance in case of worsening, without fixed follow-up intervals. The service contributes to more efficient resource use and better patient satisfaction.

Indication: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Sykehuset Innlandet HF

Sykehuset Innlandet offers digital follow-up via CheckWare for patients treated for fracture injuries. Patients receive questionnaires via SMS at regular intervals, and healthcare professionals assess the responses. If there are signs of lack of improvement, the patient is called in for outpatient check-up. Patients without digital equipment can receive follow-up via phone or physical appointment.

Scope of use: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Vestre Viken HF

Vestre Viken offers digital home monitoring via CheckWare for patients with obstructive sleep apnea who use a CPAP machine. Healthcare personnel can remotely monitor the treatment, read data, and adjust settings without the patient needing to visit the hospital in person. The service provides flexible follow-up and more efficient resource utilization.

Indication: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Vestre Viken HF

Vestre Viken offers digital home monitoring via CheckWare for patients undergoing home dialysis. Patients fill out a weekly self-registration form, and healthcare personnel adjust treatment as needed. Two-way messaging is possible, and for PD patients, treatment data is transferred directly to the hospital. The service contributes to increased patient safety and better resource utilization.

Application area: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Vestre Viken HF

Standardized and consistent digital epilepsy follow-up. Digital self-reporting from home with monitoring of responses according to the traffic light model provides safer patients and more focus on patients with a real need for physical attendance.

Field of use: Somatics
Age group: Children and adolescents
Service owner: Helse Møre og Romsdal HF

Helse Møre og Romsdal offers digital home follow-up via CheckWare for premature and sick newborns through NAST. Medically stable infants can go home earlier, while the parents receive close follow-up through video consultations, weight reporting, and nutritional guidance. The model provides families with greater flexibility and necessary medical support at home.

Scope of use: Somatics
Age group: Not set
Service owner: Haraldsplass Deaconess Hospital

The Digital Surgical Clinic provides closer follow-up of the patient in connection with surgery. Digitization of form responses gives the patient increased flexibility without physical attendance, while healthcare personnel gain more time for treatment and less administrative work.

Scope of use: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Vestre Viken HF

Vestre Viken offers digital follow-up via CheckWare for patients with chronic kidney failure stage 5. Patients receive screening forms via SMS every four weeks and quality of life forms every six months, and a nurse contacts the patient as needed. The service supplements physical check-ups and contributes to early identification of deterioration and more efficient use of resources.

Scope of use: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Sykehuset i Vestfold HF

Sykehuset i Vestfold offers digital home monitoring via CheckWare for patients after prostatectomy. Patients record their health status, respond to questionnaires, and submit test results through the patient portal. Healthcare personnel continuously monitor the data and contact the patient when needed. The service is available on PC, tablet, or mobile and can be discontinued at any time.

Application area: Mental health
Age group: Adults
Service owner: University Hospital of North Norway HF

The University Hospital of North Norway offers digital follow-up within mental health via CheckWare, where patients digitally register their health status and avoid unnecessary hospital visits. Login is done via ID-porten or SMS code, and the service is available on smartphone, tablet, or PC.

Use: Somatics
Age group: Children and youth
Service owner: Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF

Helse Nord-Trøndelag offers digital self-registration via CheckWare for children and youth with epilepsy. Patients and guardians register information about seizures, treatment, and quality of life, and epilepsy nurses contact the patient when needed. The service is a flexible alternative to traditional outpatient visits and can be discontinued at any time.

Scope of use: Mental health
Age group: Adults
Service provider: Blue Cross

Blue Cross offers a free, national treatment program via CheckWare for individuals over 18 years old with problematic gambling behavior. The treatment lasts approximately 12 weeks and combines weekly phone calls with a therapist and written online assignments. The service is low-threshold, flexible, and requires no referral.

Scope of use: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Helse Møre og Romsdal HF

The cardiac rehabilitation at Ålesund Hospital is a structured program for patients after myocardial infarction, bypass surgery, or coronary artery angioplasty. The program combines physical training, education, and medical follow-up through a multidisciplinary team, aiming to improve physical capacity and promote coping.

Use case: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service provider: Helse Nord-Trøndelag HF

Helse Nord-Trøndelag offers digital home monitoring via CheckWare for patients with heart failure. Patients record blood pressure, pulse, weight, symptoms, and medication use weekly, and nurses provide feedback via SMS. The service is suitable for patients who want active participation in their own treatment without frequent physical visits.

Scope: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Sykehuset Innlandet HF

Sykehuset Innlandet offers digital follow-up via CheckWare for patients who have undergone hip replacement surgery. Patients receive questionnaires via SMS before and after the operation, and if there are signs of poor recovery, the patient is called in for outpatient check-up. The service provides increased flexibility and more efficient resource use, and requires Norwegian language skills and access to digital devices with BankID.

Area of use: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Helse Møre og Romsdal HF

Helse Møre og Romsdal offers digital self-registration via CheckWare for patients attending surgical consultations or after day surgery. Patients fill out an electronic questionnaire via BankID before the first consultation or the day after the procedure, allowing healthcare professionals early insight into the patient's health status.

Usage: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Sykehuset Innlandet HF

Sykehuset Innlandet offers digital follow-up through CheckWare for patients who have received a knee prosthesis. Patients receive questionnaires via SMS before and after the surgery, and if signs of complications arise, the patient is called in for outpatient check-up. The service provides increased flexibility and requires Norwegian language skills and access to digital devices with BankID.

Area of use: Mental health
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital

LOVeCare ADHD is an online psychoeducational program from Lovisenberg Diakonale Hospital for adults recently diagnosed with ADHD. The program provides flexible access to knowledge about one's condition and can be used alone or together with talk therapy. It contributes to increased coping, reduced waiting times, and less need for physical attendance.

Application area: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Helse Bergen HF

The Gastrointestinal School is an online healthcare service where patients diagnosed with IBS gain access to a modular treatment program based on videos, images, and text.

Area of use: Somatics
Age group: Not set
Service owner: Helse Stavanger HF

The treatment consists of automated assessment plans, a specially developed treatment form for recording measurements, and an accompanying report with evaluation and follow-up. The data foundation provides decision support in case of fractures and enables reporting to the low-energy fracture register for quality assurance.

Indication: Somatics
Age group: Adults
Service owner: Vestre Viken HF

Vestre Viken offers digital follow-up via CheckWare for patients operated on for herniated disc or spinal stenosis. Two weeks after the surgery, the patient receives an informational video, and four weeks later a questionnaire is sent to assess the condition. Healthcare professionals evaluate the answers and follow up as needed. In case of acute deteriorations, the patient must contact the hospital directly.

Area of use: Mental health
Age group: Adults
Service provider: Helse Bergen HF

Helse Bergen conducts the SIP study to examine the effect of a group-based sleep school as treatment for insomnia in patients with moderate to severe mental disorders. The treatment is non-pharmacological and includes sleep diary, sleep hygiene, and cognitive behavioral therapy. Patient-reported data are collected digitally via CheckWare.

Application area: Somatics
Age group: Children and adolescents
Service owner: Sykehuset i Vestfold HF

The virtual home hospital for children offers early discharge for premature and sick newborns. Parents regularly record the child's health status through a treatment plan and assigned equipment, while the hospital ensures continuous follow-up of more children than with traditional home visits.

Scope of use: Somatics
Age group: Not specified
Service owner: Vestre Viken HF

By shifting follow-up from physical attendance to digital follow-up in CheckWare, hip prosthesis patients can report their health status from home. The clinician contacts the patient if needed based on their responses.