THE FINNISH TERVEYSPORTTI HEALTH PORTAL – NATIONAWIDE ACCESS TO QUALITY MEDICAL INFORMATION IN FINLAND

1. THE FINNISH TERVEYSPORTTI
HEALTH PORTAL –
NATIONAWIDE ACCESS TO
QUALITY MEDICAL
INFORMATION IN FINLAND
Leena Lodenius, Ilkka Kunnamo
Katri Larmo, Tiina Heino
5.7.2012
(All the pictures are picked from Google picture
gallery)

2. Finland:
-Length1160 km
and area 338000
km2
- 20 health care
districts
- 161 health
centers
-5 medical
university libraries
-25 312 physicians
-Health
information users
scattered across
the country

3. Facts about Terveysportti
Started in 2000
Health portal by Duodecim Medical
Publications Ltd
Key medical contents to support the work of
clinicians and healthcare professionals –
physicians, nurses, dentists, physiotherapists –
and also patients
Available for 95% of Finnish health care
professionals
Available on the internet and mobile devices

4. The use of Terveysportti
in Finland
Over 30 million searches in
2011 – and the use is strongly growing
 Accessible in all the hospital districts and health
care centers
700 of the 800 pharmacies in Finland use
Terveysportti
Accessible in all medical libraries in Finland.
Library personnel educates medical students the
search skills needed
By providing quality information sources
Terveysportti is also a patient safety tool

5. TERVEYSPORTTI – FINNISH HEALTH
PORTAL
D www.terveysportti.fi
Databases
Journals
Library
News

6. Physician’s database
One of the most important information sources
in the health portal (12 million read articles in
2011)
- 1536 guidelines/recommendations
- evidence summaries with links to Cochrane
reviews
- images and voices
Objective: the right information by one search
term within one minute - backed by explicit,
summarised and graded evidence

7. EBM Guidelines
The international adaptation of the
Physician’s database, translation into
English
Almost 1000 concise primary care
practice guidelines. Both diagnosis and
treatment are included.
For further information please visit
http://www.terveysportti.fi/ebmg/ltk.koti

8. There are 2168 pictures, and voices
and videos in EBMG

9. The evidence summaries are graded from A to D
EBMG and COCHRANE REVIEWS are
closedly connected to each other

10. Drug databases in
Terveysportti
The most important drug information
source in Finland
Includes product information on drugs and
information on
- drugs' product formulation and prices
- drug interactions
- drugs and pregnancy and breast feeding
- drugs and kidney failure patients

11. Sciencedangerouscelecoxib be used simultanously
& Research on the Internet
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DATABASE
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“Certainly what people bring to the
Journals
internet, such as their interest in science
and how closely they followThe Library
scientific
discoveries, shapes their online science
habits.” Medical News
Horrigan, John. The Internet as a Resource for
News and Information about Science.
November 2006.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/191/report_di
splay.asp

12. Also in Terveysportti
Finnish national Current Care Guidelines
ICD 10
Health care organizations’ address database
Herbal medicines
Open vacancies
Distance learning courses
Impact of drugs on laboratory test results
Drug guide for homes
Ethical forum

13. Health library – information
for patients and laymen
Reliable information in a
language easy to understand
Over 10 000 articles written by Finnish
medical specialists
The articles are based on evidence-based
medicine whenever possible
Information on local health services

14. Log books monitoring the
use of Terveysportti
The use of Terveysportti can be
monitored by log books (user identification
is based on IP address)
Statistical reports about the use of the
databases are available
The health portal is further developed by
analyzing the information on most read
articles, used search terms, least read
articles

15. Health Portal Mobile:
reliable information at any time
and in any place
 Mobile interface launched in
January 2012
Works in all smartphones
Includes Physician’s Database, Emergency
medicine guide, drugs and prices, ICD-10,
articles from Finnish medical journals,
addresses to health services, and medical news
Physicians no longer tied to desktop terminals

16. INTERVIEW
 I am going to interview two
meritorious information specialists
from the medical library in Helsinki, Terkko
-Meilahti Campus Library and ask two
questions:
- Do you teach the medical students the use
of Terveysportti? Do you think the use of the
portal is very complicated?
- Which information sources are most
popular among the medical students?

17. Thank You!
Contact information:
Leena.Lodenius@duodecim.fi