OUS, June2014
Oslo University Hospital
• Includes former Aker University Hospital, Rikshospitalet
University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital and
Ullevål University Hospital
• Before the merger:
– Two or more hospitals offered the same health services and
treatments within the same area
– Potential for more efficient use of professionals and
resources
Brief history
• 1 July 2007: The Southern Norway Regional Health Authority and The
Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority merged into the South-Eastern
Norway Regional Health Authority
• Aim: To improve the hospital structure in Oslo
• Autumn 2008: The Board of the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health
Authority decided to split the region into hospital areas in which health
trusts should provide the population with comprehensive health services
• 1 January 2009: Oslo University Hospital was established with the merger of
Aker University Hospital, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, The Norwegian
Radium Hospital and Ullevål University Hospital
• Aim of the merger:
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strengthen the role as a local hospital
unite regional functions
adapt resources to a reduced catchment area
establish good pathways of patient care
The hospital's main tasks
• Patient treatment and care
• Research
• Educating and training
health personell
• Educating and training
patients and their relatives
The hospital’s organisation
CEO
Bjørn Erikstein
Integration and International
Collaboration
Tove Strand
Finance, Legal Affairs and
Information Technology
Morten Reymert
Medicine, Health and Development
Cathrine Lofthus
Research, Innovation and Education
Erlend Smeland
Patient Safety and Quality
Eva Bjørstad
Communication
Christina Rolfheim Bye
Division of
Mental
Health and
Addiction
Marit
Bjartveit
Division of
Medicine
Lena
Gjevert
Division of
Surgery and
Clinical
Neuroscience
Olav
Røise
Women and
Children’s
Division
Terje
Rootwelt
Human Resources
Rolv Økland
Division of
Cancer
Medicine,
Surgery and
Transplantation
Division of
Cardiovascular
and
Pulmonary
Diseases
Division of
Emergencies and
Critical Care
Sigbjørn
Smeland
Otto
Smiseth
Øyvind
Skraastad
Division of
Diagnostics
and Intervention
Oslo
Hospital
Services
Cancer
Registry
Board
Cancer
Registry
Lars Eikvar
(kst.)
Geir
Teigstad
Giske Ursin
Catchment areas
• Local hospital for
six districts in Oslo
• Area hospital for
twelve districts in Oslo
• Regional hospital for 2.7 million people in Eastern
and Southern Norway
• National hospital within some areas of specialised
medical treatment
A day at Oslo University Hospital
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3300 patients treated
380 ambulance assignments
1800 patient transports
2000 porter assignments
26 babies born
NOK 55 million in budget
15 000 people at work
2160 dinners served
15 tons of linens and uniforms
washed
Some key figures (2013)
• Over 1 million patient
treatments
• 50 000 surgical treatments
• 118 training courses for
patients and their relatives
• 17 000 man-year
• 20 billion Norwegian kroner
budget
• 1 million square meters spread
across 325 buildings
• Patient treatment takes place in
over 40 different locations
Some priority areas
• Treatment of severe
injuries multiple
traumas. New
emergency
unit opened in
January 2014
• Cancer treatment
• Transplants
• Treatment of heart arrhythmia
• Childbirths
• Gynecological procedures with keyhole surgery
• Research on the treatment of substance abuse and addiction
among young people
Research (2013)
• Accounts for a large part of medical
research conducted in Norway
• Collaborates with the University of Oslo,
various colleges and a number of national
and international research institutes,
provides research support for hospitals in
the South-East of Norway
• 150 doctorates and over 1700 scientific
articles in 2013
• 88 inventions reported in 2013
• Three Centres of Excellence
• Very good results in the Research Council's
evaluation of research in 2011
• Research plays a key role within the
hopital’s national assignments and Centres
of Competence
National and multi-regional services
• The hospital has a nationwide
responsibility for a number of national
and multi-regional assignments and
national centres of competence
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Highly specialized treatment
Equity in health services
National competence building
Monitoring and dissemination of
results
– Guidance, training and education
professionals
– Professional networks and reference groups
– Research
of
Health Arena Aker
• An arena where the hospital
and Oslo City Health Authorities
work side by side to provide added value for Oslo’s citizens
• Oslo’s challenges: population growth, large social inequalities in
health, substance abuse, changing medical needs, a growing
immigrant population, cultural and religious differences,
language challenges
• Tailor new health services to Oslo’s diverse population
• Areas of focus: rehabilitation, geriatrics, palliative care, substance
abuse treatment, outpatient clinics, day surgery and emergency
care base
• Meet the future health challenges with innovative research and
learning environments
Equal health services
• Increasing employees’
competence:
– focus on multicultural health care
– courses in Norwegian
– management recruitment programs with multicultural
perspective
• 12 482 interpreting assignments in 2013
• Information must be adapted to fit its audience, in the
correct language and delivered through the most
appropriate medium
• Councelors and advisors from 12 religious and spiritual
communities are available for patients and their families
The future
Campus Oslo
• A project evaluating future scenarios for the hospital’s
geographical location and organizational structure
– Gather all hospital functions at one location, or remain scattered?
– Cooperate with the University of Oslo and Oslo City to create a
environment - a campus- for health care, research, education and
private and public enterprises?
• What benefits patients and the population of Oslo the
most?
– The Campus Oslo project will deliver its recommendations to the
hospital board in the summer of 2014