Stavanger has completed the procurement of a new electronic patient record system (EPJ) on behalf of all Rogaland municipalities and five municipalities in Søre Sunnmøre. The supplier is Aidn AS, and 22 Rogaland municipalities took part in an event marking the milestone. The procurement is described as the largest investment and the largest digitalisation project ever for the municipalities in Rogaland.
What changes
The new record system will be used in home-based services, nursing homes, day services, housing, respite care, physiotherapy and occupational therapy services, and at the health and welfare offices. In Stavanger it replaces a solution that has been in use for 26 years. A common system across Rogaland is intended to provide a standardised solution that improves information exchange and cooperation within municipal health and care services, with GPs, between municipalities and with the hospital.
Stina Løkke, director of health and welfare in Stavanger, expects the new tool to make record-keeping and documentation more efficient for staff and to improve cooperation. She also expects it to strengthen patient safety and improve services for residents.
The numbers
| Item | Figure |
|---|---|
| Employees getting the new tool in Stavanger | 7,000 |
| Employees getting the new tool across the county | about 15,000 |
| Rogaland municipalities at the event | 22 |
| Søre Sunnmøre municipalities included | 5 |
| Years the current Stavanger solution has been in use | 26 |
Rollout
Stavanger will be the first municipality to introduce the new system, over the summer. Municipalities then follow in batches, with Eigersund, Bjerkreim, Lund, Sokndal, Klepp and Hå forming the second batch from autumn 2026. The municipal cooperation Digi Rogaland, whose steering group is led by Sandnes chief municipal executive Bodil Sivertsen, will support the municipalities during implementation.
Background
The event was held at a health and welfare office in southern Stavanger. Sivertsen thanked Stavanger and Kristine Skjøthaug, head of e-health and welfare technology, for leading the work on behalf of all the municipalities. Skjøthaug pointed to the culture of cooperation in the county, which made it possible to bring all municipalities into the joint effort. Aidn AS chief executive Morten Moe Gjendemsjø said this is the company’s largest contract and that Stavanger will be the largest municipality it has worked with.