Inside Denmark’s 2024 Health Reform and New Digital Health Denmark (Morten Elbæk Petersen)

About this episode

Morten Elbæk Petersen discusses Denmark's digital health advancements and upcoming health reform.

Denmark has been a digital health frontrunner for over two decades. In this episode, recorded live in Barcelona, Morten Elbæk Petersen, CEO of sundhed.dk, shares how Denmark launched its national patient portal in 2002 — long before most European countries began digitizing patient access. Now, as Denmark prepares for a major health reform culminating in the establishment of Digital Health Denmark in 2027, the country is modernizing legacy systems, strengthening cybersecurity, integrating secondary data, and shifting care from hospitals to homes. This conversation explores what long-term digital maturity really means — the benefits, the legacy challenges, and the governance reforms shaping Denmark’s next chapter.

People in this episode

Host: Tjasa Zajc

Guest: Morten Elbæk Petersen

Topics covered

• digital health
• health reform
• cybersecurity
• patient access
• healthcare modernization

Keywords

• Denmark
• digital health
• health reform
• sundhed.dk
• patient portal
• cybersecurity
• healthcare

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: sundhed.dk

Places: Denmark, Barcelona

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