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Swedish healthcare and the EHDS Act: Exploring blocking mechanisms

Eidmann, Erik LU and Taherikashani, Paria LU (2024) INFM10 20241
Department of Informatics
Abstract
The EU approved the EHDS in April of 2024, a piece of legislation that regulates how member states store, handle and give access to health data. It presents both opportunities and challenges for member states. Therefore, the focus of this study is to explore and identify any current possible blocking mechanisms in Sweden in relation to the implementation of the EHDS. The study adopts an interpretivist qualitative approach and conducted a series of six interviews with experts on the subject to gather their perceptions of Sweden’s current state. The TIS framework was used to gather and divide data into its seven functions and subsequently assess each functions’ strength. Based on the analyzed results, the functions knowledge development and... (More)
The EU approved the EHDS in April of 2024, a piece of legislation that regulates how member states store, handle and give access to health data. It presents both opportunities and challenges for member states. Therefore, the focus of this study is to explore and identify any current possible blocking mechanisms in Sweden in relation to the implementation of the EHDS. The study adopts an interpretivist qualitative approach and conducted a series of six interviews with experts on the subject to gather their perceptions of Sweden’s current state. The TIS framework was used to gather and divide data into its seven functions and subsequently assess each functions’ strength. Based on the analyzed results, the functions knowledge development and diffusion, resource mobilization, guidance of search and entrepreneurial experimentation were identified as blocking mechanisms, with knowledge development and diffusion being the main one, as a perceived lack of released information and guidance by authorities was identified from the data. While this does not imply that Sweden will fail to implement the EHDS on time, our study identifies the obstacles that must be overcome to achieve this goal. (Less)
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author
Eidmann, Erik LU and Taherikashani, Paria LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
A qualitative study exploring current blocking mechanisms in the implementation of the EHDS Act in Swedish healthcare
course
INFM10 20241
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
EHDS, Healthcare, Sweden, Health Data, Technological Innovation Systems Framework
language
English
id
9166080
date added to LUP
2024-06-20 10:27:07
date last changed
2024-06-20 10:27:07
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  abstract     = {{The EU approved the EHDS in April of 2024, a piece of legislation that regulates how member states store, handle and give access to health data. It presents both opportunities and challenges for member states. Therefore, the focus of this study is to explore and identify any current possible blocking mechanisms in Sweden in relation to the implementation of the EHDS. The study adopts an interpretivist qualitative approach and conducted a series of six interviews with experts on the subject to gather their perceptions of Sweden’s current state. The TIS framework was used to gather and divide data into its seven functions and subsequently assess each functions’ strength. Based on the analyzed results, the functions knowledge development and diffusion, resource mobilization, guidance of search and entrepreneurial experimentation were identified as blocking mechanisms, with knowledge development and diffusion being the main one, as a perceived lack of released information and guidance by authorities was identified from the data. While this does not imply that Sweden will fail to implement the EHDS on time, our study identifies the obstacles that must be overcome to achieve this goal.}},
  author       = {{Eidmann, Erik and Taherikashani, Paria}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Swedish healthcare and the EHDS Act: Exploring blocking mechanisms}},
  year         = {{2024}},
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