What’s new

Our article series explains how the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare collects information about people seeking treatment abroad and how the results influence the development of our services. This part of our article series looks at the information we received from our interviews with customers.

Our article series explains how the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare collects information about people seeking treatment abroad and how the results influence the development of our services. You can read the first part of the series in the What's new section. The second part of the article series gives you an insight into the information we received from benefits officers and customer service staff at Kela’s Centre for International Affairs about people seeking treatment abroad and their service needs.

Use of the Finnish ePrescription has once again been expanded in Europe. Czechia is now participating in the service.

The Contact Point for Cross-Border Health Care has started to renew the contents of the EU-healthcare.fi website this year and will continue to gradually do so over the next few years.

Spanish healthcare providers can now utilize your patient data in connection with your treatment. You can consent to this in MyKanta.

The Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare collects information about various customer groups in order to develop the services. We started with collecting information about people seeking treatment abroad. Our article series will explain in more detail how we collected information about people seeking treatment abroad and how the results will influence the development of our services.

The agreement between Finland and Estonia on the exchange of population data entered into force on 1 May 2024. The new agreement only allows people to register a permanent address in one country at a time. If the person no longer has a municipality of residence in Finland, the entitlement to medical care can be checked from Kela, if necessary.

In the spring of 2024, a lot went on behind the curtains of the EU-healthcare.fi website. The site publication tool was updated to a newer version, which opened the doors for broader development.

Preparation is the key to a successful trip. Visit the country-specific pages and check which health services you are entitled to in the destination and where to get help if you fall suddenly ill during the trip, for example.

The Contact Point for Cross-Border Health Care has updated its brand for increased consistency. The aim of the update is to clarify the communications and website, and to increase awareness of the Contact Point.