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About us
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services was established 1 January 2004. The Centre is organised under the Norwegian Directorate of Health but is scientifically and professionally independent. The Centre has no authority to develop health policy or responsibility to implement policies. (02.01.2009)
See the list of employee telephones and e-mail addresses.
Mission
The Centre gathers and disseminates evidence about the effect and quality of methods and interventions within all parts of the health services. The uptake of this evidence by the health services is also an important goal for the activities.
Central tasks
- HTA reports, systematic reviews, overviews of overviews and early warnings
- projects that aim to improve the quality of patient information.
- surveys of patient and employee experiences with health services.
- support to the health services of poor countries through the provision of evidence about the effect of relevant health interventions.
- support to the government, the regional health authorities, and the health services in general to incorporate evidence into their practice.
Organisation
The Centre is based upon a merger of the following organisations:
Norwegian Centre for Health Technology Assessment (SMM), parts of the Division for Knowledge Management in The Directorate for Health and Social Affairs, and the Foundation for Health Services Research (HELTEF).
The Centre is organised into management, four specialist departments, each divided in sections, and three staff sections.
The tasks of the entities are:
Department of Evidence-Based Practice:
- primary health care, rehabilitation, nursing
- mental health, dependence
- pharmaceutical topics, cost-benefit analysis
- cancer, new health technology, diagnosis/screening, specialist health care
Department of Evidence-Based Health Services:
- quality improvement, organisation/financing, consequence evaluation
- prevention, screening, global health, Cochrane
- quality improvement
- Campbell Collaboration
Department of Quality Measurement and Patient Safety:
- patient experiences, user surveys, instrument bank
- quality indicators, quality registers
- patient safety
Department of Communication:
- communication
- Norwegian Electronic Health Library
Staff sections:
- finance, human resources, administration
- ICT, archives
- secretariat for Norwegian Council for Quality Improvement and Priority Setting in Health Care
Management
- John-Arne Røttingen, Magne Nylenna, Director
- Berit Mørland, Deputy Director
- Gro Jamtvedt, Department Director, Department of Evidence-Based Practice
- Anne Karin Lindahl, Department Director, Department of Evidence-Based Health Services
- Geir Bukholm, Department Director, Department of Quality Measurement and Patient Safety
- Magne Nylenna, Department Director, Department of Communication
- Pål Jacobsen, Department Director, Department of Administration
- Jan Erik Augestad, Head of Unit
- Øyvind Andresen Bjertnæs, Head of Unit
- Øystein Eiring, Acting Head of Unit
- Øystein Flesland, Head of Unit
- Gunn Vist, Head of Unit
- Atle Fretheim, Head of Unit
- Marianne Klemp, Head of Unit
- Jon Helgeland, Acting Head of Unit
- Ingrid M. Høie, Head of Unit
- Lene K. Juvet, Acting Head of Unit
- Gisle Lindseth, Head of Unit
- Inger Natvig Norderhaug, Head of Unit
- Liv Merete Reinar, Head of Unit
- Geir Smedslund, Acting Head of Unit
- Anders Vege, Head of Unit
Scientific council
The Centre receives advice from its scientific council:
- Reidun Førde, University of Oslo
- Steinar Hunskår, University of Bergen
- Tor Ingebrigtsen, Northern Norway Regional Health Authority;
UNN/University of Tromsø
- Britt Ingjerd Nesheim, University of Oslo
- Rune Wiseth, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Ole Nome, the Radium Hospital
- Irene Hetlevik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Bjarte Stubhaug, Helse Bergen HF
- Gerd Kvale, University of Bergen
- Inger Holm, Rikshospitalet, University of Oslo
- Hans Ketil Normann, University of Tromsø
- Ragnar Hotvedt, University of Tromsø
Location
Pilestredet Park 7 (entrance from Stensberggaten)
Postal address
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services
Box 7004 St. Olavs plass
N-0130 Oslo, Norway.
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Contact information
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services
Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter for helsetjenesten
PO Box 7004 St. Olavs plass
N-0130 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 23 25 50 00
Fax: +47 23 25 50 10
post@kunnskapssenteret.no
Media contact
Ingrid Margaretha Høie, telephone +47 97 02 16 58
ingrid.margaretha.hoie@nokc.no
