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About us
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services was established 1 January 2004. The Centre is organised under the Norwegian Directorate of Health but is scientifically and professionally independent. The Centre has no authority to develop health policy or responsibility to implement policies. (02.01.2009)
See the list of employee telephones and e-mail addresses.
Mission
The Centre gathers and disseminates evidence about the effect and quality of methods and interventions within all parts of the health services. The uptake of this evidence by the health services is also an important goal for the activities.
Central tasks
- HTA reports, systematic reviews, rapid reviews and early warnings
- projects that aim to improve the quality of patient information.
- surveys of patient and employee experiences with health services.
- support to the health services of low income countries through the provision of evidence about the effect of relevant health interventions.
- support to the government, the regional health authorities, and the health services in general to incorporate evidence into their practice.
Organisation
The Centre was established in 2004, based upon a merger of the following organisations: Norwegian Centre for Health Technology Assessment (SMM), parts of the Division for Knowledge Management in The Directorate for Health and Social Affairs, and the Foundation for Health Services Research (HELTEF).
The Centre is organised into management, four specialist departments, each divided in sections, and three staff sections.
The tasks of the entities are:
Department of Evidence-Based Practice:
- primary health care, rehabilitation, nursing
- mental health, dependence
- pharmaceutical topics, cost-benefit analysis
- cancer, new health technology, diagnosis/screening, specialist health care
Department of Evidence-Based Health Services:
- quality improvement, organisation/financing, consequence evaluation
- prevention, screening, global health, Cochrane
- quality improvement
- Campbell Collaboration
Department of Quality Measurement and Patient Safety:
- patient experiences, user surveys, instrument bank
- quality indicators, quality registers
- patient safety
- The Norwegian Patient Safety Campaign (read more)
Department of Communication:
- communication
- Norwegian Electronic Health Library
Staff sections:
- finance, human resources, administration
- ICT, archives
- secretariat for Norwegian Council for Quality Improvement and Priority Setting in Health Care
Management
- John-Arne Røttingen, Director
- Berit Mørland, Deputy Director
- Gro Jamtvedt, Department Director, Department of Evidence-Based Practice
- Anne Karin Lindahl, Department Director, Department of Evidence-Based Health Services
- Geir Bukholm, Department Director, Department of Quality Measurement and Patient Safety
- Grete Strand, acting Department Director, Department of Communication
- Pål Jacobsen, Department Director, Department of Administration
- Jan Erik Augestad, Head of Unit
- Øyvind Andresen Bjertnæs, Head of Unit
- Øystein Flesland, Head of Unit
- Gunn Vist, Head of Unit
- Atle Fretheim, Head of Unit
- Marianne Klemp, Head of Unit
- Jon Helgeland, Acting Head of Unit
- Ingrid M. Høie, Head of Unit
- Brynjar Fure, Head of Unit
- Gisle Lindseth, Head of Unit
- Liv Merete Reinar, Head of Unit
- Geir Smedslund, Acting Head of Unit
- Anders Vege, Head of Unit
- Anne-Grete Skjellanger, Head of Unit
- Hege Underdal, acting Head of Unit
Scientific council
The Centre receives advice from its scientific council:
- Rune Wiseth (chairman), Norwegian University of Science and Technology and St. Olavs Hospital
- Dag Album, University of Oslo, Department of Sociology and Human Geography
- Vibeke Bostrøm, Teaching Services for the county of Vestfold
- Knut Gjesdal, Oslo University Hospital
- Anne Gerd Granås, University of Bergen
- Irene Hetlevik, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Stig Hartung, Haukeland University Hospital and University of Bergen
- Inger Holm, University of Oslo
- Anne Høye, Northern Norway Regional Health Authority
- Tor Ingebrigtsen, UNN/University of Tromsø
- Marit Kirkevold, University of Oslo
- Inger Hilde Nordhus, University of Bergen
- Ole Frithjof Norheim, University of Bergen
Location
Pilestredet Park 7 (entrance from Stensberggaten)
Postal address
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services
Box 7004 St. Olavs plass
N-0130 Oslo, Norway.
See map...
Contact information
Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services
Nasjonalt kunnskapssenter for helsetjenesten
PO Box 7004 St. Olavs plass
N-0130 Oslo, Norway
Tel: +47 23 25 50 00
Fax: +47 23 25 50 10
post@kunnskapssenteret.no
Media contact
Ingrid Margaretha Høie, telephone +47 97 02 16 58
ingrid.margaretha.hoie@nokc.no
