Danish e-purchasing project for hospitals off the ground
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
The Danish association of county councils (Amtsradsforeningen) and the Danish medical device industry association (Medicoindustrien) are to co-operate on a project to encourage electronic purchasing within the hospital sector. Amtsradsforeningen, which partially finances the hospital sector, will sponsor the project, which is aimed at creating unified standards and principles for e-commerce between the counties and suppliers, to the tune of DKr4m ($526,000). Medicoindustrien is to donate DKr1m for the project.