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How data and AI can create value in Swedish healthcare: new edition of popular handbook
Today sees the launch of a new, updated edition of the highly regarded book Handbok för informationsdriven vård och AI (Handbook for Information-Driven Healthcare and AI). At a time when healthcare is facing major challenges with increasing needs and limited resources, the book offers experiences, insights and practical guidance on how the use of data and AI can contribute to benefits and bring about change in Swedish healthcare.
The book, which was first published in 2021, has undergone a comprehensive update as both technology and knowledge have changed. The new edition contains more perspectives than before and several completely new chapters. Markus Lingman, adjunct professor at Halmstad University, researcher at Sahlgrenska Academy and management strategist at Region Halland, has edited the book together with Lorna Bartram, who leads and coordinates healthcare initiatives at AI Sweden, and Nina Lahti, innovation strategist at Karolinska University Hospital.
”Healthcare faces well-known challenges going forward, but the opportunities are greater. In the book, we share how to find the right approach by utilising and acting on the enormous amount of information created in a digital healthcare context. Acting based on facts. The ambition is to help Swedish healthcare succeed in embracing the opportunities for integrated precision healthcare that developments offer. More of the same is not a viable way forward, so we must have the courage to question established patterns,” says Markus Lingman.
A holistic view of data and AI
The book brings together leading experts from various fields within Swedish healthcare to provide a holistic view of how data and AI can be used to promote more efficient, equitable, personalised and sustainable care. Some of the chapter headings are ‘What is information-driven care?’, ‘Organising for AI and information-driven care’, ‘Implementing AI in healthcare’ and ‘Networks and collaboration as enablers’. Lorna Bartram, editor and co-author of the book, emphasises that collaboration is key to success.
”Successful AI implementation is not an IT issue, but requires broad collaboration across professional boundaries and between different organisations. No single person or organisation can possess all the knowledge themselves. A prerequisite for effective collaboration is that everyone speaks the same language and understands each other's roles. The book plays an important role here by bringing together the different perspectives that are necessary to create change with data and AI in healthcare,” says Lorna Bartram.
A handbook for decision-makers, healthcare providers and academia
For regional and national decision-makers, the handbook provides important insights and a solid basis for making strategic decisions that can lead to improved conditions for equal and modern healthcare development, thereby also supporting the necessary transition to more proactive and cohesive precision healthcare.
For healthcare professionals and operations managers, the book offers practical tools and inspiration for transforming the untapped value of data into concrete solutions in everyday healthcare. Among other things, the book has inspired developments in pre-hospital care in the Stockholm Region.
”The handbook has provided valuable tools and perspectives in the work of analysing complex data and implementing information-driven working methods. The handbook has also inspired us to explore new methods for improving resource allocation and decision-making using data created through machine learning from the large amount of data available within our organisation,” says Peter Hill, Head of Pre-hospital Care in Region Stockholm.
The handbook also serves as a fundamental resource for students and researchers to understand and actively engage in the development of future healthcare.
Tools for turning vision into action
One of the major challenges in creating sustainable change in healthcare is successfully implementing new working methods and approaches. Petra Svedberg, Professor of Nursing at Halmstad University, is co-author of a chapter that highlights strategies for the successful implementation of AI in healthcare.
”With this book, we want to inspire and share knowledge about how the great potential of data can be translated into practical solutions in everyday healthcare. By showing concretely how information-driven care and AI can be implemented, we want to give students, professionals and decision-makers the tools to turn vision into action. My hope is that the book will increase knowledge and drive action in the use of AI to support improved healthcare processes – and thereby accelerate the development towards more proactive, person-centred and close care,” says Petra Svedberg, Professor of Nursing at Halmstad University.
Handbook for Information-Driven Care and AI is published by Studentlitteratur. You can read more about the book and order a copy from Studentlitteratur.
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