How Karolinska is modernizing its approach to IT

Have a decommissioning plan

Under the platform, however, many legacy systems are still hidden, and how to deal with them raises questions. Some older systems are linked to the new platform, though, which makes all the data in there better available to the business. But Fahlén stresses that Karolinska also needs to be better at not only bringing in new systems, but looking at decommissioning.

“We need to have long-term plans for how we change our system landscape in both the short and long term,” she says. “When the need arises, a system is often purchased, but we have to better think about not just adding to the system park. It’s also about how we work with suppliers.”

The amount of systems not only creates complexity but also risks, so it’s important decommissioning takes place in a standardized and secure way to establish as few individual integrations as possible. Plus, IT is also integrated in medical equipment.