SmartHealth Ecosystem Event 12.6.2019, Pirjo Vuorikallas presentation on Kanta personal health record ecosystem for citizen empowerment

1. Kanta PHR Ecosystem
for Citizen
Empowerment
SmartHealth Ecosystem 12.6.2019
Pirjo Vuorikallas, Product Owner
Kela, Kanta Services

2. kanta.fi/phr
Kanta services
 Kanta is
 the main part of Finnish eHealth/eSocial infrastructure
 Built in cooperation with several national actors. The main actors are:
Ministry of social affairs and health (STM), Social Insurance Institution of
Finland (Kela), National institute for Health and Welfare (THL)
 A digital, up-to-date database of social and healthcare records that
brings benefits to citizens, pharmacies and social and healthcare
providers
 Information about a patient’s health status, medical history and
prescriptions is available to all treatment providers - both public
and private - in one safe and secure location.
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3. Pharma-
ceutical
database
Kelain
(web-based
prescription)
Delivery of
medical
certificates
Archive of
legacy
patient
data
Prescription
My Kanta Pages
Kanta client
test service
eHDSI
ePrescription
Dental
care
Archive of
imaging
data
Kanta
Personal
Health
Record
Benefits:
Data availability regardless
of person’s location
Patient safety
Support for new care
processes
Cost efficiency
Data repository
for social
services
Patient Data
Repository

4. Citizens store
and manage
data with
approved third-
party wellbeing
apps
Kanta PHR is a
national
centralized data
repository for
citizens’ own
health and
wellbeing
information
Up-to-date
information
available for
social and
healthcare
professionals in
support of
medical care

5. kanta.fi/phr
Kanta Personal Health Record
 Reliable and secure national data repository for citizen’s own
health and wellbeing data
 Person can
 Store their wellbeing data using different apps
 Decide which apps should get access to their data
 Delete data
 In future give a consent for the use of wellbeing data in health and social
services
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6. kanta.fi/phr6
Kanta ServicesPublic healthcare providers
Hospital districts
Primary care organizations
Private healthcare providers
Citizens
Social care providers
Apps
My Kanta
pages
Centralized data repositories
Personal
Health
Record
Blood glucose
Body weight
Calories burned
Fitness
Heart rate
Meds statement
Meds administered
Quest. responseSelf care plan
Steps taken
and more…
ePrescription
service
Patient Data
Repository
Data Repository
for Social
Services
Ecosystem of health
and wellbeing apps

7. Empowers
citizens to be
more involved
PHR ecosystem
Promotes
self-care and
responsibility
Promotes
preventive
self-care
Supports
self-care of
chronic
diseases

8. First production
phase started in
April 2018
 A national pilot
service: Omapolku
by Terveyskylä
kanta.fi/phr8
Where are we now with Kanta PHR?
From
October
2018
 The service is
available for all
citizens over the
age of 16
Year 2019
 Continuous
development of
Kanta PHR, new
wellbeing
applications
integrated

9. kanta.fi/phr
App developer: why
join the Kanta PHR?
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Visibility for your service. Kanta is a valued and
recognised brand. Large number of users:
1.5 million logins every month.
Data to serve as a base for your own service. Utilise the
data recorded by citizens and social and healthcare
professionals with a single integration.
The HL7 FHIR-standard offers a new, flexible way to
develop social and healthcare data content and API’s
worldwide.
Continuity in development process – a free, state-run service
platform and nationwide support.

10. Thank you!
Pirjo Vuorikallas
Product Owner
www.kanta.fi/phr
https://chat.fhir.org Stream: FinnishPHR
@kantapalvelut