Kanta.fi: If you consent, Spanish healthcare providers will be able to utilize your patient data recorded in Finland

It is vital for high-quality care that health care professionals have access to up-to-date health data on their patients, even if they are from abroad. 

Patient data can be transferred from Finland

• to Estonia
• to Spain, from 23 September. 

At this stage, the service is only available in parts of Spain, including the Costa del Sol, the Canary Islands, Catalonia, and the Madrid area.

Healthcare professionals abroad will not have direct access to your patient data. Your data cannot be disclosed to healthcare services in another European country without your consent. You can give your consent in MyKanta.

Local healthcare professionals will be able to quickly access your key health data if you seek medical treatment abroad. The exchange of patient data across European borders improves the continuity of care and patient safety in Finland. 

Rapid and centralised access to key patient data

The electronic transmission of data across borders takes place through Patient Summaries. A Patient Summary is a compilation of your key health information. A health care professional viewing your Patient Summary will see limited patient data that was previously recorded about you in Finland.

The Patient Summary that is transferred is compiled from health and medication data entered about you in the Kanta Services in Finland. These data include allergies, medication and diagnoses.

It will later become possible to send patient data to other European countries, and from other European countries to Finland.

Source: Kanta.fi