Information management in social welfare and health care

Information management

The aim of the national information management in healthcare and social welfare is to ensure the availability, findability and usability of health and social services data for different purposes throughout the data life cycle.

Information management

Monitoring

The monitoring of the information system services of social welfare and health care consists of systematic gathering, analysis and use of data, alloing the tracking of the progress of operations and the realisations of goals in social welfare and health care in Finland.

Monitoring

Steering

THL has specified duties in steering on several levels. National steering of health information management involves also several other national agencies in cooperation.

Steering

Cooperation

THL is engaged in wide-ranging development cooperation in information management social and health sector. Our goal is to promote building cross-border health services in Europe. THL share the expertice gained at national level to the international development.

Cooperation

Legislation and the official role of THL

Projects

On other websites

The National Archive of Health Information (Kanta)

is the name of the national data system services for healthcare services, pharmacies and citizens. The services include the electronic prescription, Pharmaceutical Database, My Kanta pages, and Patient Data Repository.

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The Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) is responsible for the operative guidance of the information management in social welfare and health care. As a statistical authority THL is responsible for the maintenance and development work of the statistical and register repositories and national classifications.