OWN HEALTH CORNERSSUPPORT CITIZENS’SELF CARE

25.8.2011Eeva Häkkinen,RN, MNSc

Anneli Luoma-Kuikka, RN, MSc

Hospital District of Etelä-Savo

11 municipalities108 500 inhabitants

2 hospitals (beds total 305)

Mikkeli Central HospitalMoisio Psychiatric Hospital

KUH=Kuopio University HospitalKUH-Spesialised Health Care area(5 hospital Districts)

Mikkeli Central Hospital (230 beds)

Moisio Psychiatric Hospital (75 beds)

• PATIENT CARE 2010

• Outpatient visits 173 866– somatics 150 402– Psych 23 464

• Ward care 96 534 (days)– somatics 70 588– psych 25 946

• Surgical operations 7259• Deliveries 818

• PERSONNEL 2010• 1417 employees (total)

• Physicians 151 (11,9%)• Nurses of different ranks and

specialities 589 (46,3%)• Other nursing personnel 103

(8,1%)• Auxiliary personnel in clinical

investigation 110 (8,6%)• Maintenance personnel 203 (16%)• Managing and administrative

personnel 73 (5,8%)

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUNDOF OWN HEALTH CORNERS

• In the background is a change in health care services (eg.hospital services becoming value-centric and shortening ofhospital treatment periods) and citizens' need to accessreliable health information.

• As a response to the growing demand, the Hyvis OwnHealth Centre were opened in Mikkeli Central Hospital andMoisio Hospital in 2009.

• The network of Own Health Corners has been expandedas part of the Kanerva-KASTE project by establishing 24Own Health Corners in the Etelä-Savo Hospital Districtarea.

LOCATION OF OWN HEALTHCORNERS

• Hyvis-Own HealthCentre 2

• Own Health Corners22

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DEVELOPMENTCOOPERATION

•An extensive network of service providershas taken part in developing Own HealthCorners:

•Specialised care, primary health care, patientand public health organisations and theuniversities of applied sciences in the region

•The following parties coordinated the project:Askel, TERESA, Kanerva-KASTE, andKeksi-projects.

WHAT ARE OWN HEALTHCORNERS?

•Sources of health promotion information andplaces for measuring

•They offer information on nutrition, exercise,rest, mental well-being, relationships,smoking and alcohol (substance abuseprevention)

•Visitors can measure their blood pressure,waist circumference, height and weight aswell as do a variety of health-related tests.

RELIABLE HEALTHINFORMATION (1)

• Services are intended for patients and their relativesand everyone interested in their personal well-beingas well as health care professionals and patient andpublic health organisations

• Brochures, manuals and other printed materials areavailable in Own Health Corners

RELIABLE HEALTHINFORMATION (2)

•Most Own Health Corners have a computerand therefore the possibility for electronicinformation retrieval through the regionalHyvis health portal

•In the future, the Hyvis portal will bedeveloped into a system for healthinformation retrieval, self-health monitoring,and secure electronic transactions

•The Internet service is available at all hoursat http://www.hyvis.fi

ACTIVITIES• Own Health Corners provide an opportunity to

organise a variety of health and well-being events:• Events have included, for example, patient

organisation fairs / exhibitions, theme weeks duringHeart Week, World Diabetes Day events, eventsduring Substance Abuse Prevention Week

• During 2011, a round of Own Health Corner eventswill be organised with the following themes:

•Know your worth!•Do not be paralysed!•Seize health!

HEALTH INFORMATION ROOMS AND OWNHEALTH CORNERS IN THE KUH-ERVA AREA

• Central Finland 67 (+1 HealthInformation Centre Palanssi)

• Pohjois-Savo 29

• North Karelia 69

• Etelä-Savo 22 (+ 2 Hyvis Own HealthCentre)

• Itä-Savo 5

• Total amount of Own Health Corners inthe KUH-ERVA-area is 194

• Population of the area is approximately850 000 inhabitants.

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OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT 1• The most popular Own Health Corners in Etelä-

Savo are the ones where you can get personalguidance. The so-called cold Corners without staffwere not perceived as appealing (Väänänen 2011)

• In North Karelia, it has been requested that moreattention be paid to maintaining privacy duringmeasuring when establishing Own Health Corners.Guidance in the use of measuring tools wasrequested. Some of the Corners received negativepoints from the visitors because they were notcomfortable enough. (Moilanen 2010)

OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT 2

•The group activity that was piloted in thePohjois-Savo Own Health Corners motivatedthe participants to lifestyle changes and gavethem peer support (Mustonen andLehmusaho 2011)

•According to a study conducted in CentralFinland in the spring of 2011, approximately30% of the Health Information Rooms workwell, 40% need developing and 30% workpoorly (Turunen, 2011).

CHALLENGES FOR OWN HEALTHCORNER DEVELOPMENT IN THE

FUTURE

•How to direct customers to use Own HealthCorners to a greater extent

•How people can be directed to use theservices if necessary (eg. hypertension)

•Expanding the Hyvis portal to be used morewidely as a tool for professionals

REFERENCES• Ojala, M.,Airola, J.,Moilanen,S.,Mustonen, R.,Väänänen,A.&Pääkkönen,M.

2011. Terveystietotuvat. Kanerva.-KASTE-hankkeen loppuraportti 2008 –2010.• Moilanen, S. 2010. Raportti Pohjois-Karjalan itsehoitopisteiden toimintaan

kohdistuneesta kartoituksesta. Pohjois-Karjalan sairaanhoito- jasosiaalipalvelujen kuntayhtymä. Raportteja 3.

• Mustonen, R & Lehmusaho, M. 2011. Terveyspisteiden aktivointimahdollisuuksia–Tartu terveyteen –elintaparyhmän toimintamalli. Kanerva.-KASTE-hankkeenloppuraportti 2008 –2010.

• Turunen, 2011. Tuvat toimimaan. Opinnäytetyö, Jyväskylänammattikorkeakoulu.

• Väänänen, A. 2011. Omahoitopisteet mahdollisuuksien paikkoja. Kanerva-KASTE hanketiedote 6/2011.