North Karelia Wellbeing Services County adopts Nightingale Health’s disease risk assessment as part of public healthcare in Finland

Nightingale Health’s goal is to develop a cost-effective and impactful healthcare model that helps allocate healthcare resources and strengthens preventive healthcare within the Wellbeing Services County. This pilot will generate valuable data on disease risks, changes in risk, and the effectiveness of interventions, supporting evidence-based decision-making.

Health checks for unemployed are a statutory service designed to assess and promote the health and wellbeing of unemployed and support their work ability. The service is based on the Finnish Health Care Act and is intended for individuals who are not covered by occupational or student healthcare.

Nightingale Health’s technology is already widely used in the private sector, including in occupational health services provided by Terveystalo, Finland’s largest private healthcare provider. Earlier this autumn, Nightingale Health announced the expansion of the use of its technology in the private sector to all Terveystalo customer segments. Now, the technology is being introduced in public healthcare for a second Wellbeing Services County, first being the Wellbeing Services County of South Savo, further accelerating equal and effective preventive healthcare in Finland.

“Nightingale’s technology offers a unique and cost-effective way to identify disease risks and target preventive measures at the population level. It’s great that North Karelia’s Wellbeing Services County is joining in to set an example of how preventive healthcare can be implemented broadly and effectively as part of primary care,” says Teemu Suna, CEO and founder of Nightingale Health.

“We need smarter ways to keep people healthy. With this pilot, as part of developing the health check process for unemployed, we want to pilot earlier identification of disease risks and provide both healthcare professionals and individuals with clear, practical information about personal health. Starting with health checks for unemployed makes sense – they are already part of statutory care and offer a natural platform for developing preventive services,” says Susanna Wilén, Director of Service Area at the North Karelia Wellbeing Services County.

The project will begin immediately with a preparatory phase, with the goal of starting to offer Nightingale Health’s test as part of health checks for unemployed in the first half of 2026.