About the project
The Prehospital Video in Collaboration 2 project (PreViS 2) is a collaborative project between Innlandet Hospital Trust,
PICTA Prehospital Innovation Arena, Helseinn, and the Innovation Platform VGR.
The goal is to develop and implement advanced video technology to provide better decision support for ambulance services and other healthcare personnel, as well as establish networks for the long-term development of the prehospital chain of care.
This will contribute to more equitable services for everyone.
Podcast about the project
VIP project
VIP is being expanded to six new municipalities as part of "Living Safely at Home", aiming to deliver holistic,
coordinated care pathways for people with complex needs. The project brings together hospitals,
municipalities, and general practitioners.
A joint kickoff meeting and shared learning laid the foundation for further regional rollout. PreViS contributes by facilitating the use of video as a communication tool for collaboration, with a clear focus on patient safety and quality.
Sykehuset Innlandet
A joint kickoff meeting and shared learning laid the foundation for further regional rollout. PreViS contributes by facilitating the use of video as a communication tool for collaboration, with a clear focus on patient safety and quality.
BMJ International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Thank you to BMJ Group for the invitation to International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare Oslo 2026.
The PreViS project (previs.no) greatly appreciated the opportunity to showcase our test and development ambulance. Visitors from more than 17 nations stopped by, and there was strong interest in the use of video in the prehospital setting. Inspiring discussions on how technology can support better patient care.
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The PreViS project (previs.no) greatly appreciated the opportunity to showcase our test and development ambulance. Visitors from more than 17 nations stopped by, and there was strong interest in the use of video in the prehospital setting. Inspiring discussions on how technology can support better patient care.
PreViS – Final Conference, 23 September 2026
Save the date: 23 September 2026, and plan a trip to Lindholmen Science Park.
As we approach the end of the project, PreViS-2 will share results, experiences, and lessons learned from both the Swedish and Norwegian sides. The conference will also feature the VaLs project, which focuses on the use of video from 112 emergency calls between callers and dispatch.
Registration deadline: 9 September 2026
Programme and registration
As we approach the end of the project, PreViS-2 will share results, experiences, and lessons learned from both the Swedish and Norwegian sides. The conference will also feature the VaLs project, which focuses on the use of video from 112 emergency calls between callers and dispatch.
Registration deadline: 9 September 2026
Video consultation in the acute phase must now become an integrated part of the healthcare services
The PreViS experience shows that video consultation in ambulance services enables fast, correct decisions and increased reassurance for patients and healthcare personnel – now this must become an integrated part of the healthcare services. The concrete benefits in the acute phase are well documented, and the technology is ready for routine use. This requires political and professional anchoring to ensure that video in the acute phase is not just a pilot, but a natural part of clinical practice.
Read the op-ed on Healthtalk.no
Digital first aid in ambulance services - Op-ed
Video consultations in ambulance services can provide faster and more precise medical assessments when every minute counts. Experience from the PreViS project shows that digital first aid strengthens patient safety – now the solution should become part of routine practice.
Written by Henrik Notevarp at Pexip.
Read the op-ed on Healthtalk.no
Written by Henrik Notevarp at Pexip.
Mobile video solutions
PreViS creates step-by-step guides on how to get started using mobile video solutions.
They are shared as presentations/sketches (Blueprints), user guides, and implementation guides.
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Guides
As part of its deliverables, the PreViS project will share guides, user manuals, and recommendations
User manuals, implementation guides, and recommendations for using video in out-of-hours clinics, ambulance services, home care services, and for hospital and nursing home staff are collected on this page.
View the guides
User manuals, implementation guides, and recommendations for using video in out-of-hours clinics, ambulance services, home care services, and for hospital and nursing home staff are collected on this page.
Link generators
For those who work with join.nhn.no from the Norwegian Health Network and want to create links.
Here you will find several different link generators to create URLs that can be used to start the Norwegian Health Network video meeting room web app quickly and easily.
Go to link generators
Here you will find several different link generators to create URLs that can be used to start the Norwegian Health Network video meeting room web app quickly and easily.
PreViS - Final conference 23 Sept 2026
Save the date: 23 September 2026, and plan a trip to Lindholmen Science Park in Gothenburg.
We have almost a year left, but that also means we are approaching the end. During the conference, the PreViS-2 project will share our work and experiences from both the Swedish and Norwegian sides. The conference will also be shared with another project, VaLs, which focuses on video from 112 to the caller.
We have almost a year left, but that also means we are approaching the end. During the conference, the PreViS-2 project will share our work and experiences from both the Swedish and Norwegian sides. The conference will also be shared with another project, VaLs, which focuses on video from 112 to the caller.
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Thank you to EHiN for the invitation to this year’s conference
It gave us a valuable opportunity both to present the project and to meet key partners.
Together with the Norwegian Health Network, we also gave a presentation on “Preparedness. Collaboration. Safety.”
See more about PreViS at EHiN here.
It gave us a valuable opportunity both to present the project and to meet key partners.
Together with the Norwegian Health Network, we also gave a presentation on “Preparedness. Collaboration. Safety.”
PreViS at the FLISA Congress 2025
The PreViS project participated together with PICTA at this year’s FLISA conference (Association for Leadership in Swedish Ambulance Services) in Västerås, 8–11 September.
During the conference, PreViS invited, among others, the Swedish Armed Forces, the ambulance service, and several suppliers to an informal exercise and demonstration. The goal was to test new solutions in practice, while also creating arenas for collaboration.
The result was a successful example of civil–military cooperation, across both national borders and languages. The exercise was also broadcast via NHN Video as decision support for leaders.
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PreViS at Arendalsuka 2025
The PreViS project had a great day on Tuesday, 12 August, presenting our work at Sørlandet Hospital in Arendal, followed by good and constructive dialogues with representatives from Sørlandet Hospital, Norwegian Health Network, Pexip, Telenor and Apple.
Collaboration and open sharing of experience provide valuable insights that help develop solutions for the healthcare services of the future – for the benefit of patients, healthcare personnel, and society.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to an inspiring day, and thanks to Sørlandet Hospital for lending us premises during Arendalsuka!
Collaboration and open sharing of experience provide valuable insights that help develop solutions for the healthcare services of the future – for the benefit of patients, healthcare personnel, and society.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to an inspiring day, and thanks to Sørlandet Hospital for lending us premises during Arendalsuka!
PreViS is part of Parliamentary Report 23
Parliamentary Report 23 (2024–2025) refers to the PreViS project as an important source of inspiration in the development
of a more holistic and technology-driven emergency medical chain.
PreViS, which originates from Innlandet Hospital Trust, uses mobile video solutions and video-assisted decision support to strengthen collaboration between, among others, ambulance services, out-of-hours clinics, emergency services, and municipal health institutions. Experiences from the project have influenced the report, particularly within efforts focused on innovative collaboration models, use of technology, and improved decision support in prehospital healthcare services.
More about the Parliamentary Report
PreViS, which originates from Innlandet Hospital Trust, uses mobile video solutions and video-assisted decision support to strengthen collaboration between, among others, ambulance services, out-of-hours clinics, emergency services, and municipal health institutions. Experiences from the project have influenced the report, particularly within efforts focused on innovative collaboration models, use of technology, and improved decision support in prehospital healthcare services.
Training
PreViS provides simple training in the use of video prehospital, in the form of training videos and pictorial instructions. This uses the Norwegian Health Network’s video communication solution join.nhn.no and various video solutions for decision support.
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Use cases for video
PreViS identifies and describes use cases for video in healthcare. Here is a collection of use cases identified so far, as well as potential benefits of using video.
This is a document developed in collaboration with several dozen contributors. The document is updated continuously as soon as we have new proposals in place, or changes to existing ones.
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Video as decision support actually has value
In 2023, PreViS conducted a mini health technology assessment on Decision support using video communication.
In this work, 384 systematically summarized research findings were reviewed.
It provides a rapid and structured decision basis for hospitals and other healthcare institutions considering adopting video-based solutions in patient care. By highlighting key aspects such as clinical effectiveness, safety, costs, ethics, and organizational consequences — it helps ensure safe and efficient, resource-conscious implementation.
View the mini-HTA
It provides a rapid and structured decision basis for hospitals and other healthcare institutions considering adopting video-based solutions in patient care. By highlighting key aspects such as clinical effectiveness, safety, costs, ethics, and organizational consequences — it helps ensure safe and efficient, resource-conscious implementation.
Mobile video equipment and camera angles
PreViS tests all kinds of technology that can be used for video solutions and that can be used prehospital and by others working directly with patient care.
We share our findings and experiences as we test the solutions.
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We share our findings and experiences as we test the solutions.
Video solution for fixed installations
PreViS creates step-by-step guides on how to get started using video solutions in ambulances, municipal acute beds (KAD), out-of-hours clinics, and GP offices. They are shared as presentations (Blueprints).
Blueprints: Contact us
Simplified mobile web app
PreViS has created a prototype of a simplified web app that turns the Norwegian Health Network video solution join.nhn.no
into a one-click solution. The app also makes it easy to share the video link.
The code consists of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS.
No server-side storage or access to servers is required after the page has been loaded the first time.
The code can easily be adapted to each organization and shared with those who
operate ICT services for hospitals or municipal healthcare services.
Try it yourself here.
Extended information in the video call
PreViS is working to develop solutions for embedding more information in the video stream. Examples include telemetry from multi-monitors; other examples can be audio or video from different types of scopes, and images from ultrasound devices. The solution will be shared as presentations (Blueprints).
Blueprints: Contact us
Communication solutions
PreViS creates step-by-step guides for the communication solutions needed to run good and stable video calls. They are shared as presentations (Blueprints).
Blueprints: Contact us
Preparedness solutions
PreViS develops prototypes of solutions and creates step-by-step guides for preparedness solutions needed in situations where special video equipment or communication solutions are required to ensure availability when everything else does not work. They are shared as presentations (Blueprints).
Blueprints: Contact us
Research
PhD candidate Kari Bjerke Gjærde at Innlandet Hospital Trust, Division of Prehospital Services, and NTNU’s Department of Design is affiliated with the PreViS 2 project.
Her doctoral project is titled "Design-driven development and implementation of prehospital video as decision support."
More about the PhD candidate
Distribution of video meeting rooms via contact cards
The Norwegian Health Network’s video meeting rooms can be accessed via links and a browser. These links can be saved in contact cards in the phone’s contact list. The contact card can be shared via SMS with the person you are going to have a video call with. Or you can copy just the link and paste it into the SMS.
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Political challenges
PreViS, together with the Norwegian Health Network, the Health Services’ Operations Organization for the Emergency Network (Nødnett), E-Health Innlandet (representing the municipalities), the Norwegian Armed Forces Medical Services, and others, is working to remove political barriers to collaboration between healthcare personnel.
This is done through presentations at conferences and participation in debates.
This is done through presentations at conferences and participation in debates.
AEBR Annual conference 2024
The PreViS project is funded through Interreg Sweden–Norway,
a programme under the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR).
AEBR promotes cross-border cooperation in Europe,
and the Interreg programme supports sustainable initiatives between Swedish and Norwegian regions.
Through this programme, AEBR helps enable development,
innovation and knowledge sharing across the national border.
Presentation for AEBR 25 Oct 2024
Fee for using video
From 1 July 2023, GPs, out-of-hours doctors and other doctors employed by municipalities were paid for participating as decision support via video. The fee is called 1K.
The fee is triggered when healthcare personnel together with a patient make a video call with a doctor. This fee does not trigger any patient co-payment.
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The fee is triggered when healthcare personnel together with a patient make a video call with a doctor. This fee does not trigger any patient co-payment.
A year of innovation and collaboration
The PreViS2 project (Prehospital Video in Collaboration) has, during its first year, marked
significant progress in the use of video technology as decision support in prehospital services.
With participation from municipalities in Valdres, technological innovations such as satellite communication in the test ambulance,
and close collaboration with the Supplier Development Programme, the project has strengthened collaboration between emergency services
and health services.
Read more about the year’s highlights and the way forward for PreViS2.
Read more about the year’s highlights and the way forward for PreViS2.
The Emergency Medical Record - Podcast
In this episode of The Emergency Medical Record, you will gain insight into how the ambulance service at Innlandet Hospital Trust
has tested and developed video solutions for better decision support in acute situations.
Over five years, the PreViS projects (Prehospital Video in Collaboration) have helped strengthen collaboration
between ambulance personnel, out-of-hours clinics and hospitals – with the patient’s needs at the center.
Join a conversation about experiences, challenges and the road ahead for video-based collaboration in emergency medicine.
Join a conversation about experiences, challenges and the road ahead for video-based collaboration in emergency medicine.
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Interreg-funded collaboration for improved emergency medical coordination
PreViS2 (Prehospital Video in Collaboration 2) is a cross-border project supported by
Interreg Sweden–Norway, aimed at improving collaboration in emergency medical services through the use of video technology.
With Innlandet Hospital Trust as the Norwegian project owner and PICTA as the Swedish partner, the project brings together stakeholders from healthcare, emergency preparedness, technology and research across national borders. The goal is to develop and test solutions that provide safer and more efficient prehospital assessments in both Norwegian and Swedish local communities.
With Innlandet Hospital Trust as the Norwegian project owner and PICTA as the Swedish partner, the project brings together stakeholders from healthcare, emergency preparedness, technology and research across national borders. The goal is to develop and test solutions that provide safer and more efficient prehospital assessments in both Norwegian and Swedish local communities.
Supplier Development Programme (LUP)
The Supplier Development Programme (LUP) plays a key role in the PreViS2 project by facilitating innovative procurement through structured market dialogue and collaboration between public actors and suppliers. By enabling dialogue conferences, matchmaking and one-to-one meetings, LUP helps identify and develop technological solutions that meet the needs of prehospital services. This collaboration ensures that the procurement process complies with legislation and promotes effective, sustainable solutions for improved emergency medical coordination.
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