The Kanta Services are a nationwide solution that cover all of Finland. Kanta is used by both public and private providers of health care and social welfare services, and by pharmacies.
Client data recorded in social welfare and health care services and by pharmacies are stored in Kanta where they are available for use by professionals in an up-to-date format. Everyone can view their own data in MyKanta at any time and wherever they are.
Secure data use
The Kanta Services process citizens’ data reliably and securely. The high level of data protection means that the data cannot be accessed by third parties.
Only social welfare and health care professionals involved in your treatment or service can access your data.
Services are developed based on needs
The deployment of the Kanta Services started in 2010. The services expand and diversify as user needs and legislation change. Several actors are involved in the work to develop the services.
For example, more data generated by social welfare services will gradually be made available in MyKanta. In the future, citizens will also be able to store their own wellness and activity data, and record measurements for professionals to see.
The Kanta Services
The Kanta Services encompass a number of digital services:
- MyKanta
- Kanta PHR
- Patient Data Repository
- Client Data Repository for Social Welfare Services
- Prescription service
- Pharmaceutical Database
- Imaging Data Repository
- Certificates and statements
- Archiving of old patient data
- Query and forwarding service
- Kelain
- Kanta data platform (Secondary use of Kanta data)
Glossary
The concepts and terms related to the Kanta Services appear in many different places, including in legislation, regulations, guidelines and manuals. The use of terms related to the Kanta Services will be harmonised with the information management glossaries (thl.fi) maintained by THL.