finnish health portal terveysportti
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THE FINNISH TERVEYSPORTTI HEALTH PORTAL – NATIONAWIDE ACCESS TO QUALITY MEDICAL INFORMATION IN FINLANDTRANSCRIPT
THE FINNISH TERVEYSPORTTI HEALTH PORTAL –
NATIONAWIDE ACCESS TO QUALITY MEDICAL
INFORMATION IN FINLAND
Leena Lodenius, Ilkka KunnamoKatri Larmo, Tiina Heino
5.7.2012(All the pictures are picked from Google picture gallery)
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
Started in 2000Health portal by Duodecim Medical
Publications LtdKey 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
Facts about Terveysportti
The use of Terveysportti in FinlandOver 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
TerveysporttiAccessible 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
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TERVEYSPORTTI – FINNISH HEALTH PORTALwww.terveysportti.fi
Databases
Journals
Library
News
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
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
There are 2168 pictures, and voices and videos in EBMG
The evidence summaries are graded from A to D
EBMG and COCHRANE REVIEWS are closedly connected to each other
Drug databases in Terveysportti
The most important drug information source in FinlandIncludes 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
Science & Research on the Internet
“Certainly what people bring to the internet, such as their interest in science and how closely they follow scientific discoveries, shapes their online science habits.”Horrigan, John. The Internet as a Resource for
News and Information about Science. November 2006. http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/191/report_display.asp
DATABASES
Journals
The Library
Medical News
Can warfarin and celecoxib be used simultanously without dangerous interactions
Also in Terveysportti
Finnish national Current Care GuidelinesICD 10Health care organizations’ address databaseHerbal medicinesOpen vacanciesDistance learning coursesImpact of drugs on laboratory test resultsDrug guide for homesEthical forum
Health library – information for patients and laymenReliable information in a
language easy to understandOver 10 000 articles written by Finnish
medical specialistsThe articles are based on evidence-based
medicine whenever possibleInformation on local health services
Log books monitoring theuse of TerveysporttiThe 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
Health Portal Mobile:reliable information at any time and in any place
Mobile interface launched in January 2012
Works in all smartphonesIncludes 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
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?
