Denne oppgaven omhandler temaet digital dannelse. Oppgaven har to hovedhensikter: Det ene er å bidra til et økt fokus på temaet, og det andre er å være et bidrag i seg selv, som kan etterprøves for deretter enten å videreutvikles, aksepteres eller forkastes. Oppgaven bygger blant annet på et syn om at digital dannelse må være noe mer og/eller annet enn regler og normer for skikk og bruk på nettet, ...

The Internet, given its availability and affordability, is increasingly being used for different purposes, including health-related purposes. In this context, the Internet serves as a medium for people to interact frequently with the health care professionals, access health information online, and form and participate in online support groups. Yet, the extant literature has focused mostly on the use ...

Purpose: The objective of the study was to identify what alternative type of strategy there may be suitable for evaluating an innovative telemedicine project that aims for sustainable use in complex and heterogeneous healthcare work practices. Context: The study was based on the evaluation of a Danish research project, evaluating alternative cross-sectorial treatment offers for elderly acute ill ...

Motivation: Despite its enormous benefits, EHR data reuse is limited because of multi-dimensional challenges where privacy comes on the forefront. Recently various privacy-preserving statistical computation tools have emerged. However, they have limited privacy guarantee and use ad-hoc techniques for privacy-preserving computation of statistical functions. Purpose: ...

This empirical study of the national message exchange system is aimed to serve as a partial evaluation within a local context, based on user experiences. A qualitative method based on semi-structured, open-ended interviews with clinical system users at the University Hospital of Northern-Norway and in the healthcare service of the Municipality of Tromsø, combined with informal meetings with project ...

Purpose The purpose of the research is to develop an application that will support diabetes management in general practice. The research solution was implied to allow general practitioner to see advanced represented data that was measured and recorded into mobile diabetes diary by patients with diabetes. Motivation The development of mHealth applications for patients with diabetes has large ...

The use of information and communication technology (ICT) in healthcare termed as Telemedicine has acted as a tool to improve access and quality in healthcare. In developing countries where a majority of the population resides in remote areas with no essential health care facilities, telemedicine seems to be a solution. Telemedicine has the potential to not only improve access but also to improve ...

Purpose The purpose of this research was to develop a mobile phone-based educational game for children with type 1 diabetes. The game was expected to provide basic diabetes-related knowledge and help children improve their self-management skills. Motivation Diabetes as one of the most common non-communicable diseases worldwide is rapidly increasing in children and adolescents in many ...

Background: Maternal health is a public health concern worldwide, especially in the sub-Saharan African countries, where the burden of maternal death is the highest in the world. A woman dies of pregnancy or childbirth related complications about every 90 seconds every day, and more than 95 per cent of these deaths occur in the sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The rapidly growing presence of cell ...

This is an evaluation of implementing LabCraft to the Bloodbank at UNN Tromsø, based on a qualitative method, interviewing different users. Most challenges were directly or in- directly caused by the struggle between the top-down and the socio-technical approach. The topdown management-controlled approach used at hospitals where standardizations, cost saving and efficiency is key factors, is ...