2007
- The Act on the Processing of Client Data in Healthcare and Social Welfare creates a framework for the establishment of the Kanta Services. The Act on Electronic Prescriptions is enacted.
- The creation of the Kanta Services begins as a collaborative project between Kela, the Association of Finnish Municipalities, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, and Valvira.
2010
- Electronic prescriptions are introduced. The first electronic prescription is issued in a live broadcast in Turku on 20 May 2010.
- All pharmacies are able to receive electronic prescriptions.
- Use of MyKanta begins. MyKanta allows users to view their own electronic prescriptions.
2013
- In March, the number of electronic prescriptions issued in a single month exceeds one million for the first time.
2014
- Health care patient data begins to be stored in the Kanta Services. The data appears in MyKanta.
2015
- The entire public health care sector uses the Kanta Services.
- The number of MyKanta users exceeds one million.
2016
- The Kelain service is deployed. It allows doctors and dentists who are not employed by or provide health care services to issue prescriptions.
- Private health care begins to store patient data in the Kanta Services.
- Prescription renewal requests can now be made through MyKanta.
- Guardians may act on behalf of a minor under the age of 10 in MyKanta.
2017
- Electronic prescriptions become mandatory, and paper prescriptions are only accepted in exceptional circumstances.
- Oral health care information begins to be stored in the Kanta Services.
2018
- The number of health care documents stored in the Patient Data Archive (now the Patient Data Repository) exceeds one billion in January.
- Social welfare services begin to store client data in the Client Data Archive for Social Welfare Services (now the Client Data Repository for Social Welfare Services).
- The Archive of Imaging Data (now the Imaging Data Repository) is deployed. At this stage, X-ray images are stored in the archive.
- The query and forwarding service begins to provide information also outside of the health care sector. For example, medical certificates are sent electronically to Kela, and the answers to questions about driving health are sent directly to Traficom.
- The archiving of old patient data begins.
- The first version of the Kanta PHR is released. Information system providers can begin to develop software applications that use the Kanta PHR to enable clients to store their data and measurements in Kanta.
2019
- A Finnish electronic prescription can be used to purchase medicine from foreign pharmacies as cross-border prescriptions are implemented.
- The Act on the Secondary Use of Health and Social Data is approved.
2020
- The COVID-19 pandemic begins and digital services become increasingly necessary. MyKanta plays an important role, for example, in communicating COVID-19 test results to citizens.
- Guardians can act on behalf of their child over the age of 10 in MyKanta. This feature is introduced in phases in health care.
- Data from the Kanta Services can be forwarded to for secondary use, such as for research and to regulatory authorities. Data in Kanta can be utilised with Findata’s permission.
2021
- The COVID-19 pandemic continues. During the pandemic, a total of 20 million COVID-19 certificates are downloaded and printed from MyKanta.
- The number of MyKanta users reaches a record 3.8 million.
- The Client Data Act and the Electronic Prescription Act are amended.
- The Archive of Imaging Data expands to include ECGs.
- You can act on behalf of an adult in MyKanta if you are authorised to do so.
2022
- The first phase of the development of the Kanta medication list allows the implementation of structured dosages and changes to the Pharmaceutical Database in information systems.
2023
- The wellbeing services counties start operations. The Kanta Services ensure that social welfare and health care data moves within wellbeing services counties and between different wellbeing services counties.
- Social welfare services’ client data begins to become available in MyKanta.
2024
- MyKanta can be used to record your own wellbeing data and measurements.
- In treatment situations, patient data can be transmitted elsewhere in Europe.
- The Client Data Act is amended.