New appointments to Terveystalo’s occupational health leadership team – Ilse Rauhaniemi named Chief Occupational Health Physician

Rauhaniemi has held various expert and management positions in occupational health at Terveystalo. At the core of her expertise lies the health of the working-age population, and in her most recent role at Terveystalo, she has been responsible for launching, developing, and leading preventive healthcare. Working with occupational health professionals has brought prevention more firmly into the core processes of occupational health, strengthened early risk identification, promoted an impact-oriented approach in health examinations, and enhanced targeted health monitoring.

– The future of occupational health is built on foresight and effective early intervention. Prevention is an essential part of effective day-to-day occupational health work, which is why it’s great that an expert in the field will be leading our overall occupational health efforts as our Chief Medical Officer, says Jukka Pitkänen, Chief Medical Officer of Healthcare Services.

Under Rauhaniemi’s leadership, we will strengthen proactive occupational health initiatives, where support for work ability begins early and measures are effectively targeted. This brings concrete benefits to Terveystalo’s corporate clients: improved work ability, longer careers, and more manageable costs.

– Through her diverse experience, Ilse has also gained a very good understanding of our corporate clients’ needs, and I trust her insight and ability to develop occupational health and our services in a customer-centric, open-minded, and collaborative manner, says Laura Karotie, Director of Corporate Health.

New leading occupational health physicians tasked with developing occupational health and enhancing its impact

Ylä-Soininmäki, who began in his new role in March, is involved in developing digital solutions that support data-driven management for client companies, while Angervuori-Pursila, who starts in April, will focus on supporting occupational health sales and client relationships, as well as coordinating key account teams and developing expertise. Both have extensive experience in occupational health expertise and development roles, as well as a strong understanding of corporate clients’ needs and the impact of occupational health.

– For me, work ability management, workplace well-being, and the benefits they bring not only to individuals but also to employers are key areas of interest in occupational health. We have the opportunity to significantly influence the well-being and even the productivity of staff in Finnish organizations, which is why our professionals must have access to tools that support this, says Ylä-Soininmäki.

– In medicine, we measure the health benefits for the individual. What matters to me is being able to demonstrate the health benefits and cost-effectiveness for organizations, so it’s absolutely wonderful to be able to work on this topic at the company-wide level, reflects Angervuori-Pursila.

These appointments support Terveystalo’s strategic goal of developing occupational health into a more proactive, impactful, and closely integrated whole that supports companies’ day-to-day operations. For corporate clients, this translates into better quality of care, more systematic support for work ability, and occupational health that genuinely acts as a partner in a changing work environment.

– The working world needs effective, proactive, and evidence-based occupational health services. In collaboration with our client organizations, we are building solutions that support sustainable work ability and Finnish working life, Rauhaniemi states.