From 2023 to 2026, the Nordic Digital Health & Education (NorDigHE) project will focus on creating digital education for healthcare professionals involved in the digital management of patients receiving home-based care.

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The training is designed to ensure that the staff acquire the necessary digital skills and psychological confidence to provide treatments virtually. A lack of knowledge about digital treatment methods and insufficient digital skills have been internationally identified as the main barriers preventing the widespread adoption of e-health initiatives in clinical practice, despite their extensive documentation.

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There is a significant need, both in the hospital sector and among educational organizations, to rapidly and scalably develop clinics' competencies in the digital treatment of patients.

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NorDigHE will build on the experiences from Nordsjællands Hospital's Influenzer project and Lund University's management of eChildHealth and ICope. These projects have developed and tested new Hospital-at-Home models in recent years, with particularly promising results.

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The project is initiated by a consortium of eight public and private organizations from Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, including two hospitals: Nordsjællands Hospital and Sahlgrenska University Hospital; two university colleges: Copenhagen University College and Østfold University College; one university: Lund University; and three companies: Mount Visual, Skillhabit, and Copenhagen Game Lab.

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By the end of the project, a digital Hospital-at-Home education program for healthcare professionals will be ready for implementation and rapid scaling in most Scandinavian hospitals and educational programs.