Rajis is now on Facebook!

3.12.2018

The Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare expands in social media – we are now also on ! Remember to follow our site  and also share the good news with your friends. Like with our  account, we provide information on how to use health services abroad and share topical news of Rajis. Our Facebook site […]

Follow our Advent Calendar!

29.11.2018

Crisp winter days, glittering Christmas ornaments, beautiful lights and abundant selection of Christmas chocolates say it loud and clear – December and Christmas are just around the corner! We at Rajis – Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare – also look forward to Christmas very much, and the Advent Calendar plays a key part in […]

Customer panel helps improve the Choosehealthcare.fi website

27.11.2018

In September, the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare organised a customer workshop in cooperation with . The purpose of the workshop was to collect feedback and thoughts on the Choosehealthcare.fi website and use it to improve the website to better meet customers’ needs. The customer panel of persons who had given their contact information […]

Hello from the Contact Point!

8.10.2018

Choosehealthcare.fi celebrated its third birthday last week. To honour the occasion, we decided to create a little presentation of what is behind the site, or the in Finland. Who we are, what we do and how we can help. The Contact Point’s most important task is to provide information. Our main channel is the […]

International summer event with tips for cosmopolitan pensioners

10.9.2018

Kela’s international summer event was organised on 28–29 August 2018. This year’s event focused on employees and pensioners in international situations. The first day was live-streamed online from Kela’s head office, whereas the second day’s public event took place at the Iso Omena Service Centre in Espoo. The Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare was […]

Statistical information on cross-border health care for 2017

8.6.2018

The statistical information on cross-border health care collected by the Contact Point for Cross-border Health Care and Kela for 2017 demonstrate that there were both rises and falls in the costs and reimbursements of international health care. The is now available at contact point’s Slideshare channel. The costs and reimbursements of necessary care provided […]

Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare to participate in the TERVE-SOS 2018 event on 8–9 May

7.5.2018

The Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare will be showcasing the Choosehealthcare.fi online service at the HEALTH-SOS social and health care event. The event will be held at the Verkatehdas Arts and Congress Centre in Hämeenlinna on 8–9 May 2018.  is an annual meeting place for social and health care operators, bringing together close to […]

Contact points for cross-border health care serve in every EU country

11.4.2018

Each EU country has at least one contact point for cross-border health care, which provides information about the health services of the country or region and using the services. The contact points offer information on their website, and most also help customers through e-mail and telephone. Interested in health services in Sweden? Ask the […]

The nickname for the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare is Rajis

21.3.2018

In February, the Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare was looking for a nickname that would roll off the tongue easier. There was an impressive amount of answers and suggestions: suggested names included RYTY, Rajapiste, RAITA-piste, Ryppi, FINIS and PanTer. After careful consideration, the jury decided to choose the Finnish nickname Rajis for the contact […]

Have you come up with a nickname for the Contact Point for Cross-Border Health Care in Finland?

12.2.2018

Here comes the facial exercise of the day. Assume a comfortable position and try to say the following phrases out loud: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers Contact Point for Cross-Border Healthcare She sells seashells by the seashore Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy Wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy Wuzzy wasn’t fuzzy, […]