Impactful information about health services
SoteDataLab is a research project focusing on the effectiveness of social and health services, which is carried out in cooperation between the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Aalto University and the University of Turku. The project is funded by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. We study the use, users, production and effectiveness of health services in order to produce information that supports decision-making. In particular, we focus on digital services and the use of artificial intelligence in social and health care. Our research is mainly based on register data: We strive to use diverse and up-to-date register data on the use of social and health services and the background characteristics of the population.
News
Population coverage of public digital clinics increased to over 4.3 million in May 2025
More than 4.3 million Finns are already covered by the public healthcare digital clinic, and many have access to the digital clinic also through occupational health care. In recent months, public digital clinics have expanded rapidly into new areas and already cover nearly 80 % residents of mainland Finland. Digital clinics have become more common in Finland at a tremendous pace, but little research has been done on their impact and effectiveness.
News and blogs
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Tip for registry researchers: The service unit of the service provider can be used to distinguish service events in public outpatient care digital clinics from Avohilmo
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We published materials containing travel times for all health centres in Finland by region - see how the new updated travel time-based tool looks like in Päijät-Häme
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Cooperation between SoteDataLab and Päijät-Häme enables research on the effectiveness of digital services with internationally unique data
Research
We produce high-quality research on the use, users, production and impact of digital health services for the information needs of different stakeholders. Check out our latest research!
To whom
For the media
SoteDataLab offers its analysis to the media. You can find our contact information here.
For wellbeing services counties
SoteDataLab produces valuable, openly available information to support the decision-making of wellbeing services counties.
Join us
Contact us if you are interested in partnering up or would like to do your thesis or dissertation in the research project.