Here we will gather useful resources that we believe are worth sharing, both work that the participating researchers have been involved in, and that of others.
Research publications
2025
Eriksson P, Gabrielsson-Järhult F, Thorold Nylin H, Nilsson E. Patients’ Experiences With Using a Digital Platform for Chat-Based Consultation in Primary Health Care in Sweden: Qualitative Study. J Med Internet Res 2025;27:e77478, doi: 10.2196/77478
PMID: 40802388
Muli I, Cajander Å, Scandurra I, Hägglund M. Health Care Professionals’ Perspectives on Implementing Patient-Accessible Electronic Health Records in Primary Care: Qualitative Study. JMIR Med Inform 2025;13:e64982, https://medinform.jmir.org/2025/1/e64982 DOI: 10.2196/64982
Hagström, J., Hägglund, M. & Blease, C. Adolescent and parental proxy online record access: analysis of the empirical evidence based on four bioethical principles. BMC Med Ethics 26, 27 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-025-01182-9
2024
Muli I, Cajander Å, Hvitfeldt H, Trolle Lagerros Y, Söderberg D, Sjöblom L, Dahlgren A, Bertilson BC, Farrokhnia N, Amer-Wåhlin I, Taloyan M, Hägglund M. To read or not to read – A cross-sectional study of Swedish primary care patients’ adoption of patient accessible electronic health records. DIGITAL HEALTH. 2024;10. doi:10.1177/20552076241287636
Muli I, Cajander Å, Rahimi Ardabili H, Taloyan M, Hägglund M. Video Consultations and Environmental Sustainability – Usability’s Impact on Long-Term Use. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2024 Aug 22;316:291-295. doi: 10.3233/SHTI240401. PMID: 39176730. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39176730/
Söderberg D, Bonn SE, Sjöblom L, Dahlgren A, Muli I, Amer-Wåhlin I, Bertilson BC, Farrokhnia N, Hvitfeldt H, Taloyan M, Hägglund M, Trolle Lagerros Y. Visit Experience and Fulfillment of Care Needs in Primary Care Differs for Video Visits Compared to In-person and Chat Visits. J GEN INTERN MED (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-024-08781-z
Söderberg D, Bonn SE, Sjöblom L, Dahlgren A, Muli I, Amer-Wåhlin I, Bertilson BC, Farrokhnia N, Hvitfeldt H, Taloyan M, Hägglund M, Trolle Lagerros Y. Individual Patient Factors Associated with the Use of Physical or Digital Primary Care in Sweden. Telemed J E Health. 2024 May;30(5):1289-1296. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2023.0351. Epub 2024 Feb 5. PMID: 38394275. https://doi.org/10.1089/tmj.2023.0351
2023
Muli I, Davoody N, Taloyan M, Hvitfeldt H, Jäderlund Hagstedt L, Hägglund M. Patients’ Experiences of Initiating Video Consultations. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2023 Oct 20;309:204-209. doi: 10.3233/SHTI230779. PMID: 37869843. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37869843/
Hägglund, M., Ekwall, A.K., Davoody, N., Farrokhnia N. Escape to the future – a qualitative study of physicians’ views on the work environment, education, and support in a digital context. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 23, 231 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-023-02337-7
Muli I, Hvitfeldt H, Cajander Å, Jäderlund Hagstedt L, Davoody N, Taloyan M, Hägglund M. To connect or not connect: long-term adoption of video consultations, and reasons for discontinuing use. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/1357633X231203267
Muli I, Taloyan M, Hagstedt LJ, Hägglund M. Patients’ Introduction to Online Video Consultations in Primary Healthcare. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2023 May 18;302:1011-1012. doi: 10.3233/SHTI230329. PMID: 37203556.
Hägglund M, Davoody N, Kristensson Ekwall A, Farrokhnia N. The Future of Online Video Consultations in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2023 May 18;302:942-946. doi: 10.3233/SHTI230314. PMID: 37203541.
2022
Pär Eriksson, Tora Hammar, Stefan Lagrosen & Evalill Nilsson (2022) Digital consultation in primary healthcare: the effects on access, efficiency and patient safety based on provider experience; a qualitative study, Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 40:4, 498-506, DOI: 10.1080/02813432.2022.2159200
Ekman B, Thulesius H, Wilkens J, Arvidsson E Digitalization of health care: findings from key informant interviews in Sweden on technical, regulatory, and patient safety aspects JMIR Preprints. 15/04/2022:38746
Entezarjou, A., Sjöbeck, M., Midlöv, P. et al. Health care utilization following “digi-physical” assessment compared to physical assessment for infectious symptoms in primary care. BMC Prim. Care 23, 4 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-021-01618-2
2021
Gabrielsson-Järhult, F., Kjellström, S., Josefsson, KA. Telemedicine consultations with physicians in Swedish primary care: A mixed methods study of users’ experiences and care patterns. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care. 2021;39(2):204-213.
Ekman, B, Arvidsson, E, Thulesius, H, Wilkens, J och Cronberg, O (2021) Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on primary care utilization: evidence from Sweden using national register data, BMC Research Notes, 14:424
Pikkemaat M, Thulesius H, Milos Nymberg V. Swedish Primary Care Physicians’ Intentions to Use Telemedicine: A Survey Using a New Questionnaire – Physician Attitudes and Intentions to Use Telemedicine (PAIT). Int J Gen Med. 2021 Jul 15;14:3445-3455.
Nilsson E, Sverker A, Bendtsen P, Eldh AC A A Human, Organization, and Technology Perspective on Patients’ Experiences of a Chat-Based and Automated Medical History–Taking Service in Primary Health Care: Interview Study Among Primary Care Patients J Med Internet Res 2021;23(10):e29868
Entezarjou A, Calling S, Bhattacharyya T, Milos Nymberg V, Vigren L, Labaf A, Jakobsson U, Midlöv P Antibiotic Prescription Rates After eVisits Versus Office Visits in Primary Care: Observational Study JMIR Med Inform 2021;9(3):e25473 doi: 10.2196/25473
Lindberg, J., Bhatt, R. & Ferm, A. (2021). Older people and rural eHealth: perceptions of caring relations and their effects on engagement in digital primary health care. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, doi: 10.1111/scs.12953
Felicia Gabrielsson-Järhult, Sofia Kjellström & Kristina Areskoug Josefsson, Telemedicine consultations with physicians in Swedish primary care: a mixed methods study of users’ experiences and care patterns,Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 2021
Mattias Kyhlstedt, Rossella Di Bidino, Sarah Wamala Andersson,
Do we need a decision framework for integrated digital health to ensure sustainable healthcare?,Health Policy and Technology, 2021
Björndell C, Premberg Å. Physicians’ experiences of video consultation with patients at a public virtual primary care clinic: a qualitative interview study. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2021 Mar
2020
Barenfeld, E., Ali, L., Wallström, S., Fors, A. & Ekman, I. (2020). Becoming more of an insider: A grounded theory study on patients’ experience of a person-centred e-health intervention. PLoS ONE, 15(11), e0241801. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0241801
Cajander, Å., Larusdottir, M. & Hedström, G. (2020). The effects of automation of a patient‑centric service in primary care on the work engagement and exhaustion of nurses. Quality and User Experience, 5, 9. doi:10.1007/s41233-020-00038-x
Ekman, B., Nero, H., Lohmander, L., Dahlberg, L. (2020). Costing analysis of a digital first-line treatment platform for patients with knee and hip osteoarthritis in Sweden. PLoS ONE, 15(8), e0236342. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0236342
Eldh, A., Sverker, A., Bendtsen, P. & Nilsson, E. (2020). Health care professionals’ experience of a digital tool for patient exchange, anamnesis, and triage in primary care: Qualitative study. JMIR Human Factors, 7(4), e21698. doi:10.2196/21698
Entezarjou, A., Bolmsjö, B., Calling, S., Midlöv, P. & Milos Nymberg, V. (2020). Experiences of digital communication with automated patient interviews and asynchronous chat in Swedish primary care: a qualitative study. BMJ Open, 10, e036585. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2019-036585
Fernemark, H., Skagerström, J., Seing, I., Ericsson, C. & Nilsen, P. (2020). Digital consultations in Swedish primary health care: a qualitative study of physicians’ job control, demand, and support. BMC Family Practice, 21, 241. doi:10.1186/s12875-020-01321-8
Johansson, A., Larsson, M., & Ivarsson, B. (2020). General practitioners’ experiences of digital written patient dialogues: A pilot study using a mixed method. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 11. doi:10.1177/2150132720909656
Johansson, A., Larsson, M., & Ivarsson, B. (2020). Patients’ experiences with a digital primary health care concept using written dialogues: A pilot study. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health, 11. doi:10.1177/2150132720910564
Wilkens, J., Thulesius, H., Arvidsson, E., Lindgren, A. & Ekman, B. (2020). Study protocol: effects, costs and distributional impact of digital primary care for infectious diseases—an observational, registry-based study in Sweden. BMJ Open, 10, e038618. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-038618
2019
Cronström, A., Dahlberg, L., Nero, H., Ericson, J. & Sjödahl Hammarlund, C. (2019). ‘I would never have done it if it hadn’t been digital’: a qualitative study on patients’ experiences of a digital management programme for hip and knee osteoarthritis in Sweden. BMJ Open, 9, e028388. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028388
Ekman, B., Thulesius, H., Wilkens, J., Lindgren, A., Cronberg, O. & Arvidsson, E. (2019). Utilization of digital primary care in Sweden: Descriptive analysis of claims data on demographics, socioeconomics, and diagnoses. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 127, ss. 134–140. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2019.04.016
Milos Nymberg V, Borgström Bolmsjö B, Wolff M, Calling S, Gerward S, Sandberg M: ‘Having to learn this so late in our lives…- Swedish elderly patients’ beliefs, experiences, attitudes and expectations of e-health in primary health care. Scand J Prim Health Care 2019 March 2019, 41-52
Cronström, A., Dahlberg, L., Nero, H., Ericson, J. & Sjödahl Hammarlund, C. (2019). ‘I would never have done it if it hadn’t been digital’: a qualitative study on patients’ experiences of a digital management programme for hip and knee osteoarthritis in Sweden. BMJ Open, 9, e028388. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-028388
Duncan ST, Riggare S, Koch S, Sharp L, Hägglund M. From information seekers to innovators: Qualitative analysis describing experiences of the second generation of e-patients. J Med Internet Res. 2019;21:e13022
2018
Ekman, B. (2018). Cost Analysis of a Digital Health Care Model in Sweden. PharmacoEconomics Open, 2, ss. 347–354. doi:10.1007/s41669-017-0059-7
Nero, H., Ranstam, J., Kiadaliri, A. & Dahlberg, L. (2018). Evaluation of a digital platform for osteoarthritis treatment: study protocol for a randomised clinical study. BMJ Open, 8, e022925. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-022925
Sturesson, L. & Growth, K. (2018). Effects of the Digital Transformation: Qualitative Study on the Disturbances and Limitations of Using Video Visits in Outpatient Care. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(6), e221. doi:10.2196/jmir.9866
Öberg, U., Orre, C., Isaksson, U., Schimmer, R., Larsson, H. & Hörnsten, Å (2018).Swedish primary healthcare nurses’ perceptions of using digital eHealth services in support of patient self‐management. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 32(2), ss. 961-970. doi:10.1111/scs.12534
Wahlstedt, E., Ekman, B. (2016). Patient choice, Internet based information sources, and perceptions of health care: Evidence from Sweden using survey data from 2010 and 2013. BMC Health Services Research, 16, 325. doi:10.1186/s12913-016-1581-5
Debate articles, editorials and popular science publications
Anell, Anders och Lina Maria Ellegård (2021). ”En digifysisk primärvård med bättre prioritering efter behov”, Ekonomisk Debatt, vol 49, nr 5, s 65-69.
Kyhlstedt, M., Di Bidino, R. & Wamala Andersson, S. (2021). Do we need a decision framework for integrated digital health to ensure sustainable healthcare? Health Policy and Technology, 10(2), 100515. doi:10.1016/j.hlpt.2021.100515
Lina Maria Ellegård och Gustav Kjellsson 2019 Nätvårdsanvändare i Skåne kontaktade oftare vårdcentral Läkartidningen 116:FSWP
Lina Maria Ellegård och Gustav Kjellsson 2019 Vi finner inte mycket nytt av substans i kritiken av vår studie Läkartidningen. 2019;116:FWE6
Nätverket efterfrågar en uppskalning av den digitala vården i pandemin: https://www.dagensmedicin.se/artiklar/2020/03/20/skala-upp-den-befintliga-digitala-varden-i-sverige/
Lina Maria Ellegård och Gustav Kjellsson 2020 Nätvård tycks inte avlasta traditionell primärvård Utposten Nr. 1/2020
Reports
2023
Gabrielsson-Järhult, F., Mahmud, Y., Fristedt, S., Kåreholt, I. Hur klickar vi med vården? En vetenskaplig studie av digitala och fysiska vårdkontakter utifrån användarmönster och patienters erfarenheter av primärvården. Working Paper 03-2023, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University (2023).
2022
Dahlgren C, Goude F, Hagman M, Sveréus S. Konsumtionsvolymer och
diagnospanorama för digitala och fysiska besök i primärvården under covid-19-
pandemin. Covid-19-pandemin och digitalt vårdutnyttjande – Delrapport 1. Centrum
för hälsoekonomi, informatik och sjukvårdsforskning, Region Stockholm; 2021.
Rapport 2021:1
Sveréus S, Dahlgren C, Goude F, Hagman M. Konsumtion av digitala och fysiska besök
i primärvården för olika grupper i befolkningen under covid-19-pandemin. Covid-19-
pandemin och digitalt vårdutnyttjande – Delrapport 2. Centrum för hälsoekonomi,
informatik och sjukvårdsforskning, Region Stockholm; 2021. Rapport 2021:2.
2020
Dahlgren, C., Hagman, M., Sveréus, S. & Rehnberg, C. (2020). Vilka grupper använder digital vård i Region Stockholm? En kartläggning av konsumtionen av digitala vårdbesök 2016–2018 (Rapport 2020:3). Stockholm: Centrum för hälsoekonomi, informatik och sjukvårdsforskning, Region Stockholm
Myndigheten för vård- och omsorgsanalys (2020). Tre perspektiv på digitala vårdbesök – befolkningens, patienternas och vårdpersonalens uppfattningar (rapport 2020:1). Stockholm: Myndigheten för vård- och omsorgsanalys. ISBN 978-91-88935-10-6
2019
Gabrielsson-Järhult, F., Areskoug-Josefsson, K., Kjellström, S., Kammerlind, P. (2019) Digitala vårdmöten med läkare. Rapport av kvantitativ och kvalitativ studie. Jönköping Academy, School of Health and Welfare, Jönköping University.
Slutbetänkande av utredningen Styrning för en mer jämlik vård (2019). Digifysiskt vårdval – Tillgänglig primärvård baserad på behov och kontinuitet (SOU 2019:42). Stockholm: Socialdepartementet.
Socialstyrelsen (2019). Digitala vårdtjänster och artificiell intelligens i hälso- och sjukvården (2019-10-6431). Stockholm: Socialstyrelsen.
Trolle Lagerros, Y., Söderberg, D., Dannapfel, P., Taloyan, M., Bergman Farrokhnia, N., Amer-Wåhlin, I., Hvitfeldt Forsberg, H. & Hägglund, M. (2019). Effekter av införandet av digitala vårdmöten. Delrapport av forskningsuppdrag från Region Stockholm. Stockholm: Region Stockholm.
Gabrielsson-Järhult, F., Areskoug-Josefsson, K. & Kammerlind, P. (2019). Digitala vårdmöten med läkare – Rapport av kvantitativ och kvalitativ studie. Jönköping: Jönköping University.
2018
Socialstyrelsen (2018). Digitala vårdtjänster riktade till patienter. Kartläggning och uppföljning (2018-6-15). Stockholm: Socialstyrelsen.
Socialstyrelsen (2018). Digitala vårdtjänster. Övergripande principer för vård och behandling (2018-11-2). Stockholm: Socialstyrelsen.
Workshops and event materials
Material från lunchwebbinarium 13 nov 2020.
Books and book chapters
Guidelines and recommendations
Swedish Collaboration on Digital Care Research 