Southern and Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority

Helse Sør-Øst RHF
Company typeRegional health authority
IndustryHealthcare
Founded1 June 2007
HeadquartersHamar, Norway
Area served
Southern and Eastern Norway
Key people
Terje Rootwelt (acting CEO)
Svein I. Gjedrem (chair)
RevenueIncrease NOK 88,5 billion (2020)
NOK −2.6 billion (2020)
Number of employees
81,000 (2020)
ParentNorwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services
Websitewww.helse-sorost.no

The South-Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority (Norwegian: Helse Sør-Øst RHF) is the largest of the four Regional health authorities in Norway. It covers the counties of Viken, Oslo, Innlandet, Vestfold og Telemark, and Agder, with 57% of the total population in Norway. The authority owns ten health trusts that operate the hospitals as well as the Hospital pharmacy enterprise that operates seventeen pharmacies and Sykehuspartner Trust that operates the information technology systems.

The authority is subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services and was created on 1 June 2007 when Eastern Norway Regional Health Authority and Southern Norway Regional Health Authority merged.

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