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Notices
6.6.2024, Notice - Citizens
If you consent, your patient data can be accessed in Estonia
You can now give your consent in MyKanta for the transfer of your patient data to other European countries. Initially, patient data will only be accessible by Estonian health care services. This reform will improve the exchange of health data and the quality of care.
27.3.2024, Notice - Developers
Exceptions in customer service opening hours for organizational customers at Easter
The customer service for social welfare and healthcare professionals and system suppliers is open on Thursday, 28 May 2024, between 7am and 1pm. Fault reports can be made 24/7 at Easter.
27.3.2024, Notice - Citizens
Exceptions in the opening hours of MyKanta customer service at Easter
The customer service for MyKanta is open on Thursday, 28 May, between 9am and 1pm. On the kanta.fi website you will find answers to frequently asked questions.
26.3.2024, Notice - Developers
Kantaan voi tallentaa uusia kuva-aineistoja
Kantaan voi nyt tallentaa suun intraoraalikuvia, optisen alan kuvia ja laboratoriojärjestelmällä tehtyjä EKG-tutkimuksia. Terveydenhuolto voi tiedustella käyttöönoton aikataulua järjestelmätoimittajaan.
25.3.2024, Notice - Developers
Kommentoi Potilastiedon arkiston määrittelyjä vanhoista tiedoista ja yksityisten palvelunantajien toiminnan päättymisestä viimeistään 12.4.
Kanta-palvelut ja Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos pyytävät asiakas- ja potilastietojärjestelmien toimittajilta sekä terveydenhuollon toimijoilta kommentteja määrittelyihin. Pyydämme vastauksia 25.3.–12.4.2024 välisenä aikana.
20.3.2024, Notice - Developers
Data communication links to Kanta access points will be updated in phases in 2024
The specifications for the technical connection models for the Kanta Services have been updated with further information. This information requires the organisations who administer the Kanta access points to take action.
19.3.2024, Notice - Professionals
Order a new MyKanta brochure for free – please discard old brochures
Please check that your workplace has the latest MyKanta brochure available. Printed brochures are available in Finnish and Swedish. Other language versions are available for download at kanta.fi.
7.3.2024, Notice - Developers
The certification process pages have been updated based on client feedback
We redesigned the kanta.fi pages describing the certification process based on client feedback from IT system providers, among other things. The certification process is for verifying the compliance of social welfare and health care services’ IT systems with the relevant requirements.
12.2.2024, Notice - Citizens
You can now record your measurement results in MyKanta
The MyKanta online service is being developed, and now everyone can record their measurement results directly in MyKanta. The first data that you can record are your weight, heart rate, blood pressure and blood sugar.
21.12.2023, Notice - Citizens
Changes to MyKanta customer service opening hours during Christmas and the New Year
MyKanta customer service will be closed between 25 and 26 December 2023 and on 1 January 2024. The kanta.fi online service provides answers to frequently asked questions.
21.12.2023, Notice - Developers
Changes to organisational customer service opening hours during Christmas and the New Year
Customer service for social welfare and health care professionals and system suppliers will be closed between 25 and 26 December 2023 and on 1 January 2024. Reports of disruption can be submitted 24/7 during Christmas and the New Year.
19.12.2023, Notice - Citizens
A person under guardianship can now authorise a trusted person to act on their behalf in MyKanta
An adult who is under guardianship may now authorise another person to act on their behalf in MyKanta. The change is part of a Digital and Population Data Services Agency project to promote the use of online services by guardians and those with continuing power of attorney who manage another person’s affairs on their behalf.
14.12.2023, Notice - Developers
Priorities for the Kanta Services in 2024 have been confirmed
In 2024, the development of the Kanta Services will focus on updating MyKanta and on support for the development of digitalisation in health care and social welfare services organisations.
11.12.2023, Notice - Developers
Email addresses intended for Kanta organisational clients will be merged
The electronic mailboxes intended for organisational clients, kantakehitys@kanta.fi and kanta@kanta.fi, will be merged on 1 January 2024, with the address kanta@kanta.fi remaining in use. The address for joint testing clients, yhteistestaus@kanta.fi, will remain valid.
30.11.2023, Notice - Citizens
Consent to data sharing will be updated – everyone will receive a notification of the change in MyKanta or from health care services
From now on, consent to data sharing will enable data about you that is recorded on paper, for example, to be shared in addition to the information available in Kanta when visiting health care services. This change will be described in a notification that users can receive in MyKanta from 30 November 2023 onwards.
28.11.2023, Notice - Citizens
Social welfare services data will become available in MyKanta in North Ostrobothnia
Clients will soon also be able to view their social welfare services client data in MyKanta. In the first phase, information will start to be available to clients of the North Ostrobothnia wellbeing services county. The data will become available in phases.
24.11.2023, Notice - Developers
Potilastietojen luovutuslupaa on mahdollista hyödyntää aiempaa laajemmin – asiakkaiden pitää saada uusi Kanta-informointi
Luovutuslupaa voi jatkossa hyödyntää kaikissa potilastietojen luovutuksissa. Edellytyksenä tälle on, että asiakas on päivittänyt aiemmin antamansa luovutusluvan. Muutoksen vuoksi jokainen saa uuden Kanta-informoinnin.
17.11.2023, Notice - Citizens
The COVID-19 certificates may show an incorrect number of vaccinations – no action is required from citizens
COVID-19 certificates are now only required in exceptional cases, so there is no need to worry about the entries on the certificate. Up-to-date information on COVID-19 vaccinations can be found in the ‘Rokotukset’ (Vaccinations) section of MyKanta.
16.11.2023, Notice - Citizens
Treatment of Finnish patients in Estonia will become easier – Estonian healthcare will soon be able to utilise Finnish patient data
The change is part of an EU reform to improve the exchange of health data and the quality of care in Europe. The use of patient data outside Finland requires that the patient has given their consent to do so in MyKanta.
30.10.2023, Notice - Citizens
The launch of the new version of MyKanta has begun – renew your prescription and give us feedback
The new version of MyKanta will be launched in stages from autumn 2023. We are actively listening to users as we develop the service. The first functionality that you will be able to try out in the new version of MyKanta is the Prescriptions section.