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As life expectancy increases for Indigenous populations, so does the number of older adults with complex, chronic health conditions and age-related geriatric syndromes. Many of these conditions are associated with modifiable lifestyle factors that, if addressed, may improve the health and wellbeing of Indigenous peoples as they age. If models of healthy ageing are to be promoted within health services, a clearer understanding of what ageing well means for Indigenous peoples is needed. Indigenous peoples hold a holistic worldview of health and ageing that likely differs from Western models. The aims of this review were to: investigate the literature that exists and where the gaps are, on ageing well for Indigenous peoples; assess the quality of the existing literature on Indigenous ageing; identify the domains of ageing well for Indigenous peoples; and identify the enablers and barriers to ageing well for Indigenous peoples. A systematic search of online databases, book chapters, grey l ....
- and the EPR is part of the Swiss digitisation strategy. How is the nationwide implementation of the EPR going? Hunziker: To cut a long story short: The EPR is not yet up and running in Switzerland and we therefore have no experience with it at LUKS. The partly controversial discussion and the pandemic have clearly shown deficits and are giving the digital transformation in the healthcare system a strong push. As things stand, we assume that we will really be able to use the EPR from autumn 2021. However, via our hospital information system (HIS), which we have been using at the Lucerne Cantonal Hospital for 1.5 years, we have already been exchanging data with the outpatient sector for some time and have also been serving the patient side since June 2020. ....