Category: What’s new
Student — have you explored the EU healthcare website?
2.12.2020The EU-healthcare.fi website, organised in cooperation with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the National Institute for Health and Welfare and the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, contains up-to-date information on health services abroad and in Finland. The site is maintained by the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare. The content is available in Finnish, […]
Accessibility of the EU-healthcare.fi online service is at a good level
24.9.2020The Web Accessibility Directive and subsequent national legislation require public authorities to make digital services accessible. The Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare published an accessibility statement on its website on 23 September 2020. You can read the statement here. Accessibility is especially important for people with sensory impairments. However, the good accessibility of online services […]
Kanta.fi: You can now obtain medicines in Portugal on a Finnish electronic prescription – medicines are available in Finland on Portuguese and Croatian prescriptions
31.8.2020Medicines can be bought abroad on a Finnish prescription, provided that you have given your consent in My Kanta Pages on passing information to a foreign pharmacy. The movement of prescriptions between countries benefits not only tourists, but also those living abroad and those who work outside their own country. ”There are Finns living in […]
Kanta.fi: Estonian citizens can now purchase medicines in Finland with an e-prescription issued in their own country
1.6.2020Estonian e-prescriptions are accepted in all pharmacies in Finland. In order to purchase the medicines, the customer must visit the pharmacy in person and show an identification document with a photo. “Even at the present time there are Estonian citizens in Finland, for example, due to their work, who may need to use prescriptions issued […]
European cooperation regarding rare diseases
7.1.2020The EU-healthcare.fi page on the European Reference Networks for rare diseases has been revamped. The page now offers more detailed information on the work of the European Reference Networks. You can also read Onni’s story, a real-life example of how the networks operate. What are European Reference Networks for rare diseases? The European Commission established […]
Choosehealthcare.fi is now EU-healthcare.fi
4.12.2019The Choosehealthcare.fi online service has adopted a new name, EU-healthcare.fi. The new name expresses the service’s international dimension and its contents focusing on cross-border health care more clearly. The Choosehealthcare.fi online service opened in 2015 and is maintained by the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare. There is a similar contact point in every EU country. […]
Electronic prescriptions now also valid in Croatia
28.6.2019The use of electronic prescriptions in EU and EEA countries has been expanded with Croatia. Finnish electronic prescriptions are now also valid in Estonia and Croatia. Your prescription will work in Estonia and Croatia once you have activated your permission for the service in the My Kanta service. You can give consent to individual countries […]
Information on the selection of the place of treatment will be available in the Suomi.fi online service
2.5.2019Content about choosing a health centre, hospital and other health services, published on the Choosehealthcare.fi website, will be moved to the Suomi.fi online service. From now on, the Choosehealthcare.fi site will focus on giving guidance on the international aspects of healthcare. By moving the information, customer matters can be handled in a more streamlined fashion. […]
Electronic prescriptions now also valid in Estonia
28.1.2019Since the beginning of 2019, Finnish electronic prescriptions have been valid in Estonia. In practice, you can buy medicines in Estonia with an electronic prescription that your doctor wrote in Finland. This means that you do not need a printed “medical prescription for purchasing medication abroad” prescription in Estonia that you need in other EU and […]
Contact points for cross-border health care serve in every EU country
11.4.2018Each EU country has at least one contact point for cross-border health care, which provides information about the health services of the country or region and using the services. The contact points offer information on their website, and most also help customers through e-mail and telephone. Interested in health services in Sweden? Ask the Swedish […]