13.11.2024 Notice
Customers can now also ask questions about MyKanta on Instagram
Kanta Services is adding Instagram to its range of social media channels. We want to provide customers with an easy and accessible way to ask questions about MyKanta and Kanta-related topics on a platform that many people use on a daily basis.
7.10.2024 Notice - Professionals
The European ePrescription service has been expanded to Czechia
You can now buy medicines from Finnish pharmacies using a Czech ePrescription. Similarly, Finnish prescriptions are valid in Czechia.
7.10.2024 Notice - Citizens
Finnish ePrescriptions can now be used to purchase medicines in Czechia
Use of the Finnish ePrescription has once again been expanded in Europe. Czechia is now participating in the service.
23.9.2024 Notice - Citizens
Spanish healthcare providers can now utilize your patient data in connection with your treatment. You can consent to this in MyKanta.
23.9.2024 Notice - Professionals
Finns’ health data will become available in Spain in connection with treatment
Starting week 39, it will be possible to transfer patient data via the Kanta Services to Spanish healthcare providers. It will only be possible to use the data if the patient has given consent to do so in MyKanta.
22.8.2024 Notice - Professionals
The Pharmaceutical Database will be available as open data in the future
The Pharmaceutical Database has been published as open data on kanta.fi. Open data are machine-readable and in a digital format, and can be freely used for any purpose.
9.8.2024 Notice - Professionals
Huijausviestejä liikkeellä Kanta-palvelujen nimissä – ole tarkkana laskujen kanssa
Kanta-palvelujen nimissä esiintyy huijausviestejä, jotka ohjaavat rikollisten verkkosivustoille. Kela ei lähetä laskujen maksulinkkejä sähköpostitse tai tekstiviestillä.
6.6.2024 Notice - Professionals
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 - Professionals
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 - Professionals
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 - Professionals
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 - Professionals
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 - Professionals
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 - Professionals
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.