Director Cornelia Ruland

The Centre for Shared Decision Making and Collaborative Care Research (CSDM) at Oslo University Hospital is a research facility conducting research into patient participation and supporting technology and methods. Our core activities consist of research combined with innovation, with the overall goal to improve illness management and prevention through support for patient self-management and patient-centered collaborative care. The potential benefits to healthcare and the community are considerable.

The tools made by the centre contribute to more targeted and coordinated treatment and help to reduce doctor's visits and hospitalizations. We believe that the systematic employment of such tools by the health system will allow Norwegian health policy to realize some of its most important goals. In reviewing these tools, the South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority has recommended their implementation as the most innovative solutions available today. The Centre also collaborates with a considerable number of national and international research institutions. All of the tools were developed at the Centre for Shared Decision Making and Collaborative Care Research. Read more at http://www.communicaretools.org.