{"id":6576,"date":"2025-02-12T11:05:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T09:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotedatalab.fi\/?post_type=uutinen&p=6576"},"modified":"2025-04-22T16:22:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T14:22:56","slug":"digiklinikoiden-vaestokattavuus-jatkoi-kasvuaan-tammikuussa-jo-yli-33-miljoonalle-suomalaiselle-tarjolla-julkisen-perusterveydenhuollon-digiklinikka","status":"publish","type":"uutinen","link":"https:\/\/sotedatalab.fi\/en\/uutinen\/digiklinikoiden-vaestokattavuus-jatkoi-kasvuaan-tammikuussa-jo-yli-33-miljoonalle-suomalaiselle-tarjolla-julkisen-perusterveydenhuollon-digiklinikka\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital-clinic population coverage kept growing in January: a public primary-care digital clinic now available to more than 3.3 million Finns"},"content":{"rendered":"

The majority of wellbeing services counties have already adopted or are in the process of adopting a digital clinic or a digital health and social services centre, i.e. a digital and often chat-based alternative to attendance services in primary health care. At the beginning of February 2025, more than 3.3 million Finns already live in an area where a public digital clinic is available.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Population coverage of public digital clinics continued to grow in January (see Figure 1).<\/strong> For example, the digital health and social care centre in the North Ostrobothnia wellbeing services county, which has been gradually expanding municipality by municipality, now covers all municipalities in the county (see Figure 2).1<\/a><\/sup> The North Savo wellbeing services county\u2019s digital service platform OmaSavo had already launched in December, and in January a nurse chat service, among other features, was opened on the platform.2<\/a><\/sup> The Kymenlaakso wellbeing services county launched the Oma Kymenlaakso digital platform and, among other things, health-centre chat services.3<\/a><\/sup> The Southwest Finland wellbeing services county opened health-centre chat services in the Varha app.4<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further rollouts of digital platforms and digital clinics can be expected around the country in the spring. <\/strong>Development work on digital services in the wellbeing services counties doesn\u2019t end with launching a platform; rapid development and expansion of functionalities and services is anticipated. As we understand it, several areas aim to gradually bring all offered digital services onto a single platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n Figure 1:<\/strong> How many people live in an area where a public digital clinic is available?\n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n