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Notices
21.6.2023, Notice - Citizens
Regulation on EU Digital COVID Certificate to expire – certificates continue to be available in MyKanta
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
Version 1.3 of the principles and functional specification of the Information Management Service has been released
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.
17.3.2023, Notice
In the future, kanta.fi web service users will be asked for their permission to use cookies
The kanta.fi website is introducing a cookie notification to ask the user for permission to store web analytics cookies. Web analytics cookies are only used on the kanta.fi website, not in the MyKanta online service, where you need to log in with your online banking credentials or other equivalent identification method.
28.2.2023, Notice - Developers
The name of the My Kanta Pages service is changing and will now be called MyKanta
The My Kanta Pages online service will be changed to the more modern version MyKanta. The Finnish, Swedish and Sámi names of the service will also change.
21.2.2023, Notice - Developers
Watch out for scams posing as the Kanta Services and My Kanta Pages!
There are a lot of scam messages in circulation at the moment as criminals try to access Finnish personal data. The Kanta Services will never contact users by email or text message to ask for their information. The only way to log in securely to the My Kanta Pages is to go to www.kanta.fi.
9.2.2023, Notice - Professionals
Kanta Services provide information for the development of social welfare services
The secondary use of social welfare client data is now progressing in leaps and bounds. In the next few years, the wellbeing services counties will be able to utilise nationally comprehensive and up-to-date monitoring data on social welfare. Data on the time periods when clients had an active client relationship with social welfare and the services they were provided will be collected during 2023 on the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare’s social welfare monitoring register.
19.1.2023, Notice - Professionals
The launch of the wellbeing services counties brought about a change in the use of patient and client data – The My Kanta Pages serve citizens as before
When the sharing of patient and client data is smooth within the wellbeing services county, there are benefits not only for healthcare and social services professionals but also for citizens. The professionals will continue to be able to view and utilise the data in connection with the provision of treatment and services.
11.1.2023, Notice - Citizens
Problems creating COVID-19 vaccination certificates for vaccinations given in 2023
If you received a COVID-19 vaccination in 2023, your vaccination certificate may not yet be available. Certificates uploaded in 2022 will remain available according to their respective validity periods.
10.1.2023, Notice - Citizens
Finnish electronic prescriptions can now be used to purchase medicines in Poland
The use of Finnish electronic prescriptions in Europe is gradually expanding. Poland is the latest country to join the scheme.
21.12.2022, Notice - Citizens
Consent to the sharing of prescription data with pharmacies in other EU countries will be removed on 1 January 2023
From 1 January 2023, using a Finnish electronic prescription to purchase medicines in another EU country will no longer require your consent to the sharing of prescription data.
8.12.2022, Notice
The secondary use of Kanta data supports the effectiveness of treatment and facilitates the monitoring of services
The secondary use of Kanta data has expanded during 2022. The expanding secondary use of Kanta data in research and knowledge-based management benefits society as a whole. Kela is continually developing the Kanta data platform, through which national social welfare and health care data capital can easily be obtained for secondary use with a high level of data security.
8.12.2022, Notice - Developers
Priorities for the Kanta Services confirmed for 2023
The Kanta Services will expand and become more versatile as citizens’ needs change and new laws enter into force. In 2023, development and deployment of the Kanta Services will focus on implementing the Client Data Act and the Kanta medication list. Development work is guided by the data needs created by the national health and social services reform as well as the secondary use of data content and knowledge management.
7.12.2022, Notice
Download your most recent COVID-19 certificate when travelling abroad
Planning a trip abroad? Before you travel, check which COVID-19 documents are required in the country you’re travelling to and note that practices vary from country to country. Make sure your COVID-19 certificate is valid and download it from the My Kanta Pages.
5.12.2022, Notice - Professionals
The national health and social services reform will bring changes to the sharing of patient and client data
Social and health care professionals in the wellbeing service counties will, when necessary, have wider access to patient and client data than before. In order to provide treatment smoothly, it is important that professionals have comprehensive and up-to-date information about the client.
15.11.2022, Notice - Citizens
The receipt of Kanta information can be confirmed in My Kanta Pages or when visiting a healthcare provider
The receipt of Kanta information can be confirmed in My Kanta Pages or when visiting a healthcare provider. The new Kanta information includes updated details about Kanta Services, the storage of your customer data in the Kanta services and the use of your data in social welfare and healthcare services.
4.11.2022, Notice - Developers
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, and Kela: Phase 1 of the Kanta medication list must be in use by 30 September 2023
Phase 1 of the Kanta medication list, which includes the 2022 version of the Pharmaceutical Database, was rolled out for use in production at the Prescription Centre in May 2022. There will be an extension to the deployment phase for health care services until 30 September 2023.