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Overview of the national health registries

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Overview of the national health registries

Published 21.06.2016 Updated 22.09.2020

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.

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The registries are regulated according to the Act relating to Personal Health Data Registries. 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. The registries are managed by different institutions.

Overview of the national health registries

Table 1. Overview of the mandatory national health registries
Register	Paragraph in Personal Health Data Registries Act	Data Responsible (Data Processor)
Cause of Death Registry	§ 11	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Cancer Registry of Norway	§ 11	Oslo University Hospital
Medical Birth Registry of Norway	§ 11	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Norwegian Surveillance System for Communicable Diseases (MSIS)	§ 11	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Norwegian Immunisation Registry (SYSVAK)	§ 11	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Registry of the Norwegian Armed Forces Medical Services	§ 11	Armed Forces Medical
Norwegian Patient Registry (NPR)	§ 11	Norwegian Directorate of Health
Norwegian Cardiovascular Disease Registry	§ 11	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Norwegian Prescribed Drug Registry	§ 11	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
System for reporting of unwanted effects	§ 11	Norwegian Medicines Agency
Norwegian Register of Primary Health Care	§ 11	Norwegian Directorate of Health
Medical Archives Registry	§ 12	National Archives of Norway
Norwegian Information System for the Nursing and Care Sector (IPLOS)	§ 9b	Norwegian Directorate of Health
Norwegian Surveillance System for Antibiotic Use and Healthcare-Associated Infections (NOIS)	§ 9b	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Norwegian Surveillance System for Antimicrobial Drug Resistance (NORM)	§ 9b	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Registry of Pregnancy Termination	§ 9b	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Norwegian Prescription Database (NorPD)	§ 9b	Norwegian Institute of Public Health
Norwegian Surveillance System for Resistance Against Antivirals (RAVN)	§ 9b	Norwegian Institute of Public Health