About helsenorge.no
Helsenorge.no serves as a guide to the public health services as well as self-service possibilities within the Norwegian health system. The portal also contains information on prevention, health, wellness, illness, treatment and patient's rights. Helsenorge's goal is to assist people in taking better care of their own health while encouraging more active cooperation with the health service. Helsenorge.no is primarily geared toward the general population, but over time will introduce services and content for health care professionals as well.
Information found on the helsenorge.no portal comes from various organizations within the health sector. Each organization that delivers information to the portal is responsible for the content being up-to-date, knowledge-based and of high quality.
The organizations that contribute content to helsenorge.no er: Helsedirektoratet, Helfo, Helsebiblioteket, Folkehelseinstituttet, Giftinformasjonssentralen, Statens Legemiddelverk, Felleskatalogen, Legemiddelhåndboken, Kreftforeningen, Barnelegeforeningen, Store norske medisinske leksikon, Lex, Statens strålevern, Mattilsynet/Matportalen, NILU, NIVA, SIRUS, and other assorted knowledge centers.
The Norwegian Health Directorate is the executive editor of helsenorge.no.
All information on the helsenorge.no portal is of a general character and is in no way meant to replace personal contact between patient and health care professionals. This is true of both publicly available information as well as information found on personalized pages.