National Centre For Emergency Primary Health Care
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National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care (Nasjonalt kompetansesenter for legevaktmedisin, NKLM) is a Norwegian institution established by the
Ministry of Health and Care Services The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services (''Helse- og omsorgsdepartementet'') is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of health policy, public health, health care services, and health legislation in Norway. It is led by the Mini ...
in 2004. It is a research, advisory and monitoring body for the Norwegian emergency primary health care (out-of-hours) services (legevakt) and assault centres. National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care is funded by the Norwegian Directorate for Health and is academically linked to the University of Bergen. It is a part o
NORCE Research
and is headed b
Jesper Blinkenberg
The centre contributes to national and international professional development in the field by establishing required national professional standards and by contributing to and participating in research. It has established several registers that monitor the activity of the out-of-hours services in Norway. The centre provides advice and professional support to central and local administrators and participates in graduate and postgraduate education. National Centre for Emergency Primary Health Care center is responsible for two clinical decision support tools; a telephone counseling software for nurses ("TelefonrÄd") and a web- and smartphone-based handbook of emergency primary health care ("LegevakthÄndboken"). The research is mainly concerned with emergency primary health care
epidemiology Epidemiology is the study and analysis of the distribution (who, when, and where), patterns and determinants of health and disease conditions in a defined population. It is a cornerstone of public health, and shapes policy decisions and evidenc ...
, emergency mental health care, triage, assault centre research, health care delivery,
patient safety Patient safety is a discipline that emphasizes safety in health care through the prevention, reduction, reporting and analysis of error and other types of unnecessary harm that often lead to adverse patient events. The frequency and magnitude of a ...
and health personnel safety.


External links

*https://www.norceresearch.no/en/national-centre-for-emergency-primary-health-care *https://www.norceresearch.no/ NORCE Research *https://www.norceresearch.no/en/persons/jesper-blinkenberg


References

{{University of Bergen University of Bergen Non-profit organisations based in Norway