A handbook for information-driven healthcare and AI

AI Sweden, together with representatives from Region Halland and Karolinska University Hospital, are the editors of the new edition, which is published by Studentlitteratur.

How can I get a copy of the book?

The book can be purchased via Studentlitteratur.

More about the book

Handbook for Information-Driven Healthcare and AI identifies and describes new opportunities emerging in the wake of the digitalization of healthcare, where large amounts of data are constantly generated. From this data, a new fact-based form of care and treatment can be discerned. The authors call it information-driven healthcare, where data is utilized by systematically refining it into information and actionable insights, sometimes with the support of AI. Artificial intelligence works consistently and tirelessly regardless of the situation, providing tailored results based on the individual patient or the specific issue.

The book focuses on knowledge that can be implemented in real healthcare practice on the path towards proactive precision healthcare, addressing the current and future gap between need and capacity through tailored decision-making. The authors are active in healthcare and related research and contribute an insider perspective based on empirical evidence and science from healthcare contexts where change has already taken place.

The handbook is a result of AI Sweden's innovation environment, Information-Driven Healthcare. The goal is to transform Swedish healthcare, enabling it to offer more information-driven, personalized, and scalable care, supported by AI. This results in healthcare resources being optimized and the working environment for healthcare professionals being improved, which ultimately leads to improved health for the population.

The handbook describes solutions that have proven to work in clinical practice and that demonstrate how to handle relevant areas such as data privacy, implementation, leadership, data management, and more.

The handbook is currently only available in Swedish.

Editors and authors of the new edition

First launched in 2021, the book has been extensively updated with several new chapters and authors. As technology and knowledge rapidly evolve, the book has been broadened with new perspectives and several completely new chapters.

Markus Lingman (ed.) Adjunct professor at Halmstad University, researcher at Sahlgrenska Academy, management strategist and medical specialist in Region Halland. Governmental Scientific Council for Medicine and Health at the Swedish Research Council

Lorna Bartram (ed.) Leads and coordinates healthcare initiatives at AI Sweden. Former environmental leader of the national Vinnova-funded innovation environment Information Driven Care. Previous background as digitalisation strategist at Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Nina Lahti (ed.) Innovation Strategist at Karolinska University Hospital. Previously employed as AI Transformation Strategist - Healthcare at AI Sweden and has been the environmental leader of the national Vinnova-funded innovation environment Information Driven Care

Authors

Farzaneh Kobra Etminani, Senior Lecturer in Machine Learning at Halmstad University and strategist in Region Halland

Peter Kelly, Resident physician and researcher at Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Magnus Kjellberg, Director of the AI Competence Centre. Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Ola Lövenvald, Data scientist and data warehouse architect in Region Halland

Jens Nygren, Professor of Health Innovation at Halmstad University

Mattias Ohlsson, Professor of Information Technology at Halmstad University and Professor of Theoretical Physics specialising in Machine Learning for Medical Diagnostics at Lund University

Carolina Samuelsson, Hospital manager at Halland Hospital in Region Halland

Torkel Strömsten, Associate Professor at the Stockholm School of Economics and Adjunct Professor at Halmstad University

Petra Svedberg,Professor of Nursing at Halmstad University

Henrik Vennersten, IT architect in Region Halland

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