Kela

Kela’s services are intended for families with children, students, people of working age, pensioners who are entitled to benefits or assistance. Our family is only entitled to child benefit. My family and I have previously obtained European health insurance cards for holidays abroad.

Omakanta

Omakanta.fi is familiar at work and at home. I occasionally use omakanta.fi at work when I am dealing with a patient. I log in from kanta.fi, I log in with a mobile certificate because it’s a secure way to log in. I looked at my own health records in omakanta.fi.

Keva

My minimum retirement age is 66 years and 7 months, in 2044, my pension will be about half of my current gross salary. If I retire at 68 years and 5 months, in 2046, my pension will increase by €300/month.

Digital shops

I’m used to using booking.com, trivago.fi and hotels.com when looking for family accommodation for a holiday. I have found these travel-related digital online shops safe and secure. I have not been scammed. On these sites you can get special offers at low prices, I like that. The sites have clear descriptions of things like hotel room facilities with pictures. The sites also have customer experiences and reviews, which add to the credibility. I have found these digital shops to be reliable.

Radiopedia

“Radiopaedia’s mission is to create the best radiology reference the world has ever seen and to make it available for free, for ever, for all”. I use the Radiopedia website for my work, I can search for patient cases and articles. Radiopedia’s patient cases have images of radiographic findings, they are particularly important in my work as a sonographer. I have the opportunity to see what a patient’s ultrasound findings look like, to compare the images of the findings.

Digitalization and digital gap

Digitalisation has made life easier – no need to physically go to the bank or tax office, for example, and you can book a video appointment with your doctor. It is a shame that brick-and-mortar shops are closing their doors due to the popularity of online shopping. I like to buy clothes in a bricks-and-mortar store when I can try them on. I hate returning unsuitable purchases ordered online to the post office. The elderly in my family don’t know how to use digital services, they need support from us. We often help them and remind them not to answer unknown callers or give their bank details to the wrong people, because from their point of view digitalisation is not so safe.

What did I learn?

The exercise provoked thoughts about the ease of digitalisation and the dangers of digitalisation. It is important to know the limits of digitalisation. I would say that you have to be very critical about which internet sites you trust. Security is questionable ?

Silja Rautiainen | DWE -blog by Silja (savonia.fi)

Hi Silja,
I have also used the Pihlajalinna Health app, it is a channel for me to discuss with the occupational health service, provided by the employer. I have liked using it for the same reason as you, I can’t answer my own phone at work and it is also challenging to call during the working day.

Br Minna
https://blogi.savonia.fi/minttupastilli/

Jenni´s site | My blog (savonia.fi)

Hi Jenni,

I agree with you, Duodecim is a reliable site from a health professional’s point of view. We know that the articles are written by medical experts.

Br Minna Heiskanen

https://blogi.savonia.fi/minttupastilli/

Anne Kärkkäinen | Anne`s blog (savonia.fi)

Hi Anne,
We have exactly the same thoughts about travel related sites, they are reliable and it’s nice to read customer reviews you can trust. The only thing that makes you think twice is to enter your credit card details when paying for the hotel.

Br Minna Heiskanen Minna Heiskanen

https://blogi.savonia.fi/minttupastilli/