Peer Review eHealth Strategy and Action Plan of Finland in a European Context

Abstract

Finland has been eHealth forerunner with a long history of digitalized health care information. We are now implementing national eHealth solutions which will make standard format patient and medication information available for patients and health care professionals. EU and OECD have been doing surveys on eHealth development and policy within EU countries, Finland has regularly been one of the top countries. Next survey will be published within few months. At this phase of national development minister of Health and Social Services Maria Guzenina-Richardson wanted to get a more focused expert view based on wider material and deeper understanding that is possible with these more general questionnaires. This review will be used also with eHealth strategy process.