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On this page, you can find news and articles related to occupational health to help you build the well-being of your workplace community and conveniently keep up-to-date with current topics related to work and health.
Influenza season is approaching – vaccinate your employees
Rapidly spreading influenza can cause long periods of sick leave among working-age people. The best protection against influenza is a vaccine. Influenza vaccination prevents the disease in approximately 50-80 % of cases and shortens the duration of the disease. By including influenza vaccination in your occupational health contract, you ensure that your staff can get vaccinated against influenza every year if they wish.
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How to make working life humanly efficient and sustainable?
What should workplaces do differently to make employees more productive? The pace of work is getting faster and faster, but is it still sensible and sustainable to work at such a fast pace? How can we build a working life that supports people's well-being in a sustainable way? Answers to all these questions are being sought in a year-long project launched by Terveystalo's Organisational Psychology team, which will examine the state of Finnish working life from the perspectives of human and organisational well-being, human efficiency and sustainability.
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Digital leadership in occupational health services: the benefits and customer experience of the Symptom assessment tool
The new Occupational Health steering model was introduced at the end of 2023 for all our occupational health clients. An integral part of the guidance model is the Symptom Assessment tool, which is used across digital channels to guide our occupational health clients to the right specialist, in the right channel and at the right time when they are ill. It also helps our professionals to prepare for the upcoming appointment, thus streamlining the client encounter.
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Terveystalo is Finland's digital health champion 2024
The Finnish Digital Leaders 2024 study assesses the digital competitiveness of 65 large Finnish companies from the perspective of customer experience in electronic channels. This year, Terveystalo was the best performing healthcare company in the survey.
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Driving licence certificates written in Terveystalo electronically to Traficom
From 2023, sickness absence certificates written at Terveystalo have been sent directly to Kela electronically. The experience with the electronic transfer of data has been positive, as the up-to-date nature of the data has made it easier for employers to use the Kela service. A similar functionality has now been developed for driving licence certificates, which will be transferred electronically to Kela's service where Traficom can obtain them from 12 February 2024.
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Terveystalo donates a professorship in occupational health and occupational medicine to the University of Turku
Suomen Terveystalo Oy donates a temporary professorship of practise in occupational health and occupational medicine to the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Turku. The professorship will last for three years and the total value of the donation is EUR 150 000.
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Interpreting at occupational health clinics for equal treatment
At Terveystalo, the service language of health professionals is mainly Finnish, Swedish and English. By using interpreting services, we ensure that customers receive equal and fair service at the reception.
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Changes to Terveystalo's phone numbers from 3.1.2024
Some of Terveystalo's phone numbers will change from 3.1.2024. The change is due to a change in the law related to communication, which aims to clarify the pricing of different numbers.
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New steering model and Symptom Assessment tool well received among occupational health customers
During the autumn, all of Terveystalo's occupational health customers have been able to access the Symptom Assessment tool through digital channels. The experiences gathered from customer feedback and targeted customer consultations are mostly positive and the tool has received an overall rating of 4/5 for ease of use.The feedback has also provided ideas for further improvements for the coming year to further enhance the customer and professional experience.
Taking care of yourself in a crisis
The war Russia started against Ukraine is shattering our sense of security and understandably raising concern, which is evident both at home and in work communities. We want to do our part to help you cope in the crisis. On this page, we have collected content and material you can use to process the crisis situation in your company. Our multidisciplinary occupational health team is also there to support as usual, and the occupational psychologist assigned to your organization is available to support the personnel and the supervisors. Low-threshold digital services for mental well-being, Mielen Chat and Mielen Sparri, are a channel that provides almost instant help to the personnel.
Read moreRead about current benefits for occupational health customers
As a preferred customer, you are entitled to a number of benefits, including discounts on privately paid Terveystalo services. You remain a preferred customer free of charge as long as you are covered by Terveystalo’s occupational healthcare services.