{"id":6747,"date":"2025-06-02T12:03:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotedatalab.fi\/?post_type=uutinen&p=6747"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T08:01:40","slug":"julkisten-digiklinikoiden-vaestokattavuus-nousi-toukokuussa-2025-jo-yli-43-miljoonaan","status":"publish","type":"uutinen","link":"https:\/\/sotedatalab.fi\/en\/uutinen\/julkisten-digiklinikoiden-vaestokattavuus-nousi-toukokuussa-2025-jo-yli-43-miljoonaan\/","title":{"rendered":"Population coverage of public digital clinics increased to over 4.3 million in May 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than 4.3 million Finns live in an area that offers its own public primary-care digital clinic\u2014i.e., a digital, often chat-based alternative to in-person primary-care services. In recent months, public digital-clinic operations have expanded rapidly into new areas and now cover nearly 80% of mainland Finland\u2019s residents.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The population coverage of public digital clinics grew from about 3.3 million to over 4.3 million between February and May (see Figure 1).<\/strong> New digital platforms\u2014and thereby digital clinics\u2014were opened in the wellbeing services counties of Keski-Uusimaa (25 Mar), L\u00e4nsi-Uusimaa (9 Apr), Etel\u00e4-Karjala (1 Apr), and Pohjanmaa (15 Apr).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The OmaKeusote application in Keski-Uusimaa centralises the area's digital services in one place, and the transition to the service will take place gradually in 2025-20261<\/a><\/sup>. The service opened at the end of March already has nearly 8,000 registered users and customers have reacted positively to the new service (average of customer feedback 4.04\/5)2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lunna application for L\u00e4nsi-Uusimaa was introduced at the beginning of April, and it serves the entire population of 480,000 inhabitants3<\/a><\/sup>, while the Oma Ekhva application of South Karelia covers the population of 120,000 inhabitants of the region4<\/a><\/sup>. Both applications offer a real-time healthcare chat channel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, in the Pohjanmaa wellbeing services county, a large-scale randomized trial covering 170,000 people was launched, the design of which we developed in close collaboration with the region. 5<\/a><\/sup>Randomization was carried out so that half of the population received access to the digital clinic for a 9-month pilot period before the service is expanded to the entire population. The aim of the trial is to examine the effects and effectiveness of using digital primary-care consultations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, at least the Lapland wellbeing services county has announced it will open a new digital service platform in autumn 2025. Other remaining wellbeing services areas that, by our definition, do not have a digital clinic\u2014for example, Apotti users\u2014already use digital platforms that allow non-urgent messages to be sent to health centres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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