Section for Skills, Research and Innovation
The section is responsible for research, innovation and health industry in specialist health services, as well as personalised medicine, patient safety, prioritisation, the national system for managed introduction of new methods and highly specialized treatment and expertise through national services.
The section also coordinates the ministry's work on competence, education and personnel, including authorisation and approval schemes, specialist and further education of health personnel.
The director of the section is Maiken Engelstad.