title: Improving health care service delivery with a national code service.
abstract: An implementation of eHealth services including a national code service is ongoing in Finland. The code service shares and maintains all common codes and data structures used in electronic patient records. In this paper, we describe the code service process and the challenges of developing the process as a part of national eHealth services.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland.
authors.forename: Riikka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vuokko
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland.
authors.forename: Päivi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mäkelä-Bengs
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), Finland.
authors.forename: Mikko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Härkönen
mesh_terms: D066289:Data Curation / Q000592:standards; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D057286:Electronic Health Records / Q000592:standards*; D005387:Finland; D057208:Health Level Seven / Q000592:standards*; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000592:standards*; D009313:National Health Programs; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D058996:Quality Improvement / Q000592:standards*; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled