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New Health Portal Brings People's Health Information Together
Today marks the start of a campaign titled "Curiosity is Healthy," a collaboration between the Health Insurance Fund and the Centre for Health and Welfare Information Systems (TEHIK), aiming to introduce the new health portal to the public and to increase awareness of its features and benefits.
The new Health Portal has replaced Digilugu
The Estonian Health Insurance Fund and the Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre (TEHIK) have launched the new Health Portal at www.terviseportaal.ee, replacing the current Patient Portal www.digilugu.ee.
Digilugu closed in parallel with the launch of the Health Portal. When a person goes to www.digilugu.ee out of habit, they will automatically be redirected to the Health Portal page.
Error in Medisoft Perearst3 Software
The faulty software used by family doctors has resulted in erroneous documents in the health information system.
Cross-border health data exchange now available with Spain
Starting from 3rd of August 2023 ePrescription and Patient Summary data exchange is open with Spain. Until now the cross-border ePrescription service has already been available with Finland, Poland, Croatia and Portugal.
INNA, a tool for the evaluation of medicinal product names, is now available
The e-services section on the State Agency of Medicines website now includes INNA, a tool for the evaluation of medicinal product names, which helps assess the suitability of invented names of medicinal products applied for in Estonia. The web application developed by TEHIK aims to reduce the time spent on evaluating medicinal product names and increase the quality of decisions and services.
Polish people can now buy their prescription drugs from Estonian pharmacies
If until now, Estonian pharmacies could issue ePrescription drugs prescribed in Finland, Portugal and Croatia, Poland has now also been added to the list. Thanks to cross-border data exchange, ePrescription drugs prescribed by Estonian doctors can also be purchased in all the countries listed above.
COVID certificates are still needed for travelling
In Estonia, the obligation to verify COVID certificates has been lifted as of today, but restrictions must still be taken into account when travelling. Depending on the country, the restrictions may still include the verification of COVID certificates.
Smart time finder solution launched in the national e-booking system
A new time finder solution for finding doctors’ appointments has been launched in the national e-booking system. Provisionally, the time finder is looking for specialist appointments for the six most in-demand services in five medical institutions.
As of May, HOIA app will be deactivated
As of 2 May, the HOIA mobile phone app will cease to function, after having been downloaded by more than 300,000 Estonians and having been used to notify users that they had come into close contact with individuals who had been infected with COVID-19.