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Western Norway Regional Health Authority

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Type
  
State owned

Headquarters
  
Stavanger, Norway

Key person
  
Oddvard Nilsen

Industry
  
Healthcare

Founded
  
1 January 2002

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Area served
  
Rogaland Hordaland Sogn og Fjordane

Key people
  
Herlof Nilssen (CEO) Oddvard Nilsen (Chairman)

Revenue
  
NOK 14,214 million (2006)

Operating income
  
NOK -880 million (2006)

Parent organization
  
Ministry of Health and Care Services

Subsidiaries
  
Bergen Hospital Trust, Western Norway Pharmaceutical Trust, Helse Vest Ikt As

Areas served
  
Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane

Western Norway Regional Health Authority (Norwegian: Helse Vest RHF) is a state-owned regional health authority responsible for operating the hospitals in the counties of Rogaland, Hordaland and Sogn og Fjordane in Norway. Based in Stavanger the authority operates five health trusts that operate nine hospitals. It is led by chairman Oddvard Nilsen (Conservative) and CEO Herlof Nilssen.

Other central agencies include Helse Vest IKT that operates the information technology systems. Haukeland University Hospital cooperates with the University of Bergen to provide medical education in Bergen.

Subsidiaries

  • Stavanger Health Trust
  • Stavanger Hospital
  • Bergen Health Trust
  • Haukeland University Hospital
  • Voss Hospital
  • Sandviken Hospital
  • Fonna Health Trust
  • Haugesund Hospital
  • Odda Hospital
  • Stord Hospital
  • Valen Hospital
  • Førde Health Trust
  • Førde Hospital
  • Lærdal Hospital
  • Nordfjord Hospital
  • Western Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
  • References

    Western Norway Regional Health Authority Wikipedia