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Overview of the national health registries

The mandatory national health registries were established to maintain national functions. They are used for health analysis, health statistics, improving the quality of healthcare, research, administration and emergency preparedness.

Published 21.06.2016

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The registries are regulated according to the Act relating to Personal Health Data Registries (2014). The registries with personally identifiable information that are not based on consent are established after evaluation by the Norwegian government. Some of the national health registries do not contain personally identifiable data.

Overview of the national health registries

Register	Paragraph in Personal Health Data Registries Act	Data Responsible (Data Processor)
1. Medical Birth Registry of Norway	§ 11	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
2. Registry of Pregnancy Termination	§ 9b	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
3. Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Registry	§ 11	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
4. Cause of Death Registry	§ 11	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
5. Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD)	§ 9b	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
6. Norwegian Immunisation Registry (SYSVAK)	§ 11	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
7. Norwegian Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases (MSIS)	§ 11	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
8. Norwegian Surveillance System for Infections in Hospitals (NOIS)	§ 9b	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
9. Norwegian Surveillance System for Antimicrobial Drug Resistance (NORM)	§ 9b	Norwegian Institute of Public Health (University Hospital of North Norway)
10. Norwegian Surveillance System for Virus Resistance (RAVN)	§ 9b	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
11. Norwegian Patient Register (NPR)	§ 11	Norwegian Directorate of Health
12. Norwegian Information System for the Nursing and Care Sector (IPLOS)	§ 9b	Norwegian Directorate of Health (Statistics Norway)
13. Municipal Patient and User Registry*	§ 11	Norwegian Directorate of Health
14. Cancer Registry of Norway	§ 11	Oslo University Hospital
15. Genetic screening of newborns**	§ 9a jf. § 33	Oslo University Hospital
16. ePrescription database**	§ 9a jf. § 33	Norwegian Directorate for e-Health
17. Registry of the Norwegian Armed Forces Medical Services	§ 11	Armed Forces Medical
18. Medical Archives Registry	§ 12	Directorate for Cultural Heritage
Under establishment, regulations under hearing. *Also based in the Medical Records Act § 3