Checking your health records

Contact the health station in your town of residence to view your health records. Should you notice a mistake, or something missing, contact the healthcare unit or pharmacy, that has been treating you and is responsible for the recording of your data. You may ask, for example, the Data Protection Officer or Patient Ombudsperson for advice.

You may view entries related to your treatment also on Kela's MyKanta -online service. Kela can not correct any information.

If your request regards a public document, you don't need to give any reasons for the request, and the person, who made the request doesn't have to tell what the information will be used for. If the request regards a classified document(s), and the data is presentable only on certain, specific grounds, the person making the request has to disclose the purpose of the use of the information and identify themself. The lifetime records of a deceased person will be presented only on justifiable grounds.

Clients and patients of public and private health care are entitled to know what data concerning them has been stored in the personal data file. The request for information must usually be made using a special form or otherwise in writing. Staff may refuse to disclose patient data only if the disclosure would pose a serious risk to the patient’s health or the rights of someone else.

Only the patient has the right to check their own patient data. Other persons, such as those close to the patient, cannot obtain information concerning the patient’s health or illness except on the basis of the patient’s explicit consent.

The patient also has the right to demand the rectification of their data and, in some cases, its removal from the register. In addition, the patient may request information on who has used their register data, where they have been disclosed, and the grounds for their use or disclosure.