Drive
Digital Rehabilitation Support and Innovative Businesses
Project managers
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Coordination of services is important in rehabilitation because patients often need interventions from multiple professional groups, sectors and service levels. Approximately 60% of Norwegian municipalities believe that it is difficult to provide good rehabilitation services, partly because coordination and information sharing are difficult to achieve in practice.
In this project, we will investigate how coordination work and information sharing can be simplified! We will also assess the usability of a mobile application designed for good flow in rehabilitation processes. The app gives healthcare personnel a comprehensive overview of interventions to be coordinated, and the patient gets the rehabilitation plan, measures, and communication with involved therapists all in one place.
WHO CAN JOIN?
Clinicians, managers and patients in two municipalities and at two private rehabilitation institutions can participate in the project. Recruitment has not yet started. The project starts on April 1, 2025 and lasts for one year. In the long term, more municipalities and rehabilitation institutions may be included.
The project group consists of 12 people who are researchers, service managers, clinicians, user advocates and representatives from a health technology company. Together, they will develop innovative solutions for a new and simplified coordination and collaboration practice.
WHAT DOES THE STUDY INVOLVE?
The goal of DRIV is to simplify coordination tasks and test the applicability of a new collaboration practice with digital support. The expected benefit is coordinated resource use and improved continuity in the patients' rehabilitation process, which in turn will lead to self-mastery and patient satisfaction. Part of the project is about gathering experience with digital support in rehabilitation processes and coordination work that starts in a municipality or at a private rehabilitation institution. Another part is about systematically assessing the applicability of the application. The most central part is about developing new ways to make information sharing, coordination and collaboration more practical.
This is a collaborative project between Indre Østfold Municipality, Modum Municipality, Vikersund Bad Rehabilitation AS, Skogli Rehabilitation AS, Norwegian Rheumatology Association, Flow Technology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital and REMEDY. The project is supported by the Dam Foundation (project number SDAM_HEL601359).