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 - Developers
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 - Developers
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.
11.12.2023 Notice - Developers
Email addresses intended for Kanta organisational clients will be merged
The electronic mailboxes intended for organisational clients, kantakehitys@kanta.fi and kanta@kanta.fi, will be merged on 1 January 2024, with the address kanta@kanta.fi remaining in use. The address for joint testing clients, yhteistestaus@kanta.fi, will remain valid.
30.11.2023 Notice - Citizens
From now on, consent to data sharing will enable data about you that is recorded on paper, for example, to be shared in addition to the information available in Kanta when visiting health care services. This change will be described in a notification that users can receive in MyKanta from 30 November 2023 onwards.
28.11.2023 Notice - Developers
Social welfare services data will become available in MyKanta in North Ostrobothnia
Clients will soon also be able to view their social welfare services client data in MyKanta. In the first phase, information will start to be available to clients of the North Ostrobothnia wellbeing services county. The data will become available in phases.
24.11.2023 Notice - Developers
Luovutuslupaa voi jatkossa hyödyntää kaikissa potilastietojen luovutuksissa. Edellytyksenä tälle on, että asiakas on päivittänyt aiemmin antamansa luovutusluvan. Muutoksen vuoksi jokainen saa uuden Kanta-informoinnin.
17.11.2023 Notice - Citizens
COVID-19 certificates are now only required in exceptional cases, so there is no need to worry about the entries on the certificate. Up-to-date information on COVID-19 vaccinations can be found in the ‘Rokotukset’ (Vaccinations) section of MyKanta.
16.11.2023 Notice - Professionals
The change is part of an EU reform to improve the exchange of health data and the quality of care in Europe. The use of patient data outside Finland requires that the patient has given their consent to do so in MyKanta.
30.10.2023 Notice - Citizens
The launch of the new version of MyKanta has begun – renew your prescription and give us feedback
The new version of MyKanta will be launched in stages from autumn 2023. We are actively listening to users as we develop the service. The first functionality that you will be able to try out in the new version of MyKanta is the Prescriptions section.
18.10.2023 Notice - Developers
The use of the National Code Service from outside of Finland will be restricted
As of 15 January 2024, the current interfaces of the National Code Service will only be available in Finland, including the Åland Islands.
21.6.2023 Notice - Citizens
The Regulation on the EU Digital COVID Certificate will expire on 30 June 2023. In future, the Certificate will no longer be used jointly by the EU Member States. People can still get the EU Digital COVID Certificate from the MyKanta online service if they need one.
13.6.2023 Notice - Developers
The MyKanta online service will be modernised to make it easier to use
MyKanta will be even easier to use when the new nationwide online service launches next autumn. Improvements have been made particularly to the accessibility and usability of the service.
30.5.2023 Notice - Developers
Kanta Services released version 1.3 of the principles and functional specification of the Information Management Service on 16 May 2023.
4.4.2023 Notice - Citizens
Exceptions in the opening hours of MyKanta customer service at Easter
The customer service for MyKanta is open on Thursday, 6 April, between 9am and 1pm. On the kanta.fi website you will find answers to frequently asked questions.
4.4.2023 Notice - Developers
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, 6 April 2022, between 7am and 1pm. Fault reports can be made 24/7 at Easter.
21.3.2023 Notice - Citizens
You can now purchase medicines in Spain using a Finnish electronic prescription
The use of Finnish electronic prescriptions in Europe is expanding. Spain is the latest country to join the scheme. In the first phase, six regions in Spain will be included in the service.