The ‘Care needs assessment entry’ document is used to record information in Kanta in a consistent format, making it easier to utilise. The information in the care needs assessment can be transferred between public and private healthcare service providers, for example. This makes the information available to professionals at the unit where the patient is being treated.
A consistent operating model means that the client’s assessment experience is the same wherever they receive treatment. Consistently assessing the need for care also provides clarity for the client’s follow-up treatment.
Where can the new document be used?
The structured ‘Care needs assessment entry’ document can be utilised in primary healthcare, oral healthcare, and the Medical Helpline 116117. It is part of a solution being developed for the Kanta Services to monitor access to treatment.
The goal is for the information collected in the Care Register for Health Care to be obtained directly from the Kanta Services in the future. This will mean that healthcare service providers no longer need to provide the information separately.
Wellbeing services counties were involved in development
The monitoring of information on access to primary healthcare was piloted in 2025. The pilot included two wellbeing services counties and their system suppliers, the Kanta Services, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.
During the pilot, one wellbeing services county enabled the use of the ‘Care needs assessment entry’ document. Kela and THL collected observations on the use of the document and, if necessary, modified the implementation of the document. In addition, the operating model and the instructions for recording data were specified.
How to start using the Care needs assessment entry document
You can deploy this functionality once your organisation has joined as a user of the Patient Data Repository.
After this, please contact your information system provider to ensure that the ‘Care needs assessment entry’ functionality can be deployed in your patient information system.
Systems in which the ‘Care needs assessment entry’ functionality has been joint tested can also be found on the Situation of the Patient Data Repository page.