16th December 2025
16th December 2025
Akureyri Hospital receives ISK 5.5 million for remote monitoring of pulmonary patients
Minister of Health Alma D. Möller has decided to allocate ISK 50 million to six projects that support the objectives of the government’s Regional Development Plan to strengthen telehealth services. The projects will receive funding for the development and implementation of diverse solutions aimed at increasing access to specialist healthcare services, regardless of place of residence
The Ministry of Health is contributing ISK 30 million of the total funding, while ISK 20 million comes from the Regional Development Plan. The largest grants are allocated to a project on remote monitoring of critically ill newborns in rural areas and to the implementation of long-term follow-up of patients with chronic illnesses using artificial intelligence.
Akureyri Hospital received a grant of ISK 5.5 million to establish equipment and procedures for the remote monitoring of patients with chronic lung diseases. The aim is to empower patients in managing their own treatment, ensure continuity of care, and respond earlier to deteriorations in health. This is a 12-month pilot project that will support the continued development of telehealth services at the hospital.
Þórdís Rósa Sigurðardóttir, Head of the Internal Medicine Outpatient Clinic, says it is extremely important to embark on such a journey to implement telehealth services. “We are very pleased to receive this grant, as this project is of great importance to our patients. Through remote monitoring, we can better track patients’ health status, respond earlier to changes, and thereby increase both patient safety and continuity of care. Health promotion and encouragement of healthy lifestyles is a specific element that remote monitoring can facilitate, and this can have far-reaching effects,” says Þórdís Rósa.
Þórdís emphasizes that in a modern healthcare system it is important to consider solutions that can improve services, increase safety, quality of life, and independence for individuals with chronic illnesses. By implementing telehealth services, healthcare institutions can increase the likelihood of reducing in-person services and instead make greater use of technological solutions. The telehealth system referred to here is provided by a Norwegian health technology company called Dignio. It is a comprehensive telehealth system that enables healthcare professionals to remotely monitor patients with a range of chronic conditions,” Þórdís concludes.
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