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Newsletter of Digital Iceland July 2025.

Act No. 81/2025, which amends the Health Records Act, No. 55/2009, has come into force. The purpose of these amendments is to improve efficiency in healthcare services, promote digital development, and enhance patient safety.

The Nordic GovTech Alliance (NGA)—with Fjársýslan as a founding partner—has been named Ignite Heroes of the Year 2025 by Ignite Sweden. The recognition highlights expectations in the potential of public procurement of innovation as a catalyst for real, impact-driven and scalable improvements in the public sector.

One in six cases of common infections in people worldwide in 2023 was caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria, according to a new WHO report released recently.

Staff of the National Hearing and Speech Institute of Iceland (HTÍ) were welcomed to Heilsugæsla höfuðborgar-svæðisins (HH) at a meeting with the center’s employees today. The operations will formally transfer to HH on May 1.

The annual influenza epidemic is still ongoing. The number of confirmed cases has been decreasing recently and appears to have reached its peak.

A new centre for development and innovation in healthcare services is now operational.

Today, a large portion of the Icelandic population will sit down to eat skate, and on that occasion, we have compiled some information about this interesting species.

An annual influenza outbreak is underway, and many cases are being diagnosed these days. The flu is appearing earlier than in recent winters.