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Ten tips for smooth communication with your family physician
Sometimes, home remedies are not enough and we need professional medical help. In which cases should you contact our family physician and how can you ensure that your communication with the family medicine centre is smooth so that you receive the best advice and treatment?
Here are ten recommendations to follow when dealing with your family medicine centre.
1. When to see a family physician?
You should contact your family medicine centre if your health problems have not been relieved by home remedies but do not require urgent intervention (calling an ambulance or going to the emergency medicine department). People usually seek help from their family physician because of, for example, a long-standing or acute viral illness, a variety of aches and pains, or other conditions. People with chronic illnesses are also under the care of family physicians, and both children and adults can be vaccinated against infectious diseases at the family medicine centre.
New Health Portal Brings People's Health Information Together
Today marks the start of a campaign titled "Curiosity is Healthy," a collaboration between the Health Insurance Fund and the Centre for Health and Welfare Information Systems (TEHIK), aiming to introduce the new health portal to the public and to increase awareness of its features and benefits.
Payment of Benefits for Incapacity for Work
Dear customers,
Working hours of the Health Insurance Fund's information phone +372 669 6630 at the end of the year
Opening hours of our helpline +372 669 6630 at the end of the year:
22.12.2023 8.30 - 13.30
25.- 26.12.2023 closed
29.12.2023 8.30 - 13.30
Happy holidays and good health!
The new Health Portal has replaced Digilugu
The Estonian Health Insurance Fund and the Health and Welfare Information Systems Centre (TEHIK) have launched the new Health Portal at www.terviseportaal.ee, replacing the cur
On December 12, the Health Fund's helpline and representative offices will be closed
Dear customers!
On Tuesday, December 12, our offices and helpline +372 669 6630 will be cloused due to the training day.
We will be open again on Wednesday, December 13, from 8.30 am.
We apologize for any inconvenience!
Do not wait for cancer to strike! Only half of the people invited to colorectal cancer screening actually take part in it
Colorectal cancer is an increasingly common disease, with nearly 1,000 people diagnosed in Estonia every year.
At-risk groups can get free influenza vaccines starting from today
Tens of thousands of people in Estonia contract influenza during the peak virus season, and those most in need of protection against influenza are at-risk groups – small children up to the age of 7, pregnant women, people over 60, and minors who are at higher risk of complications and sev
The change of the Estonian name of the Health Insurance Fund from Haigekassa to Tervisekassa is a necessary change of direction in our health care
In recent years, the Health Insurance Fund has funnelled more and more funds in the prevention of diseases and promotion of people’s health.
The World Bank: risk-stratified care management and coordination at the frontier of health policies
On 2 December, EHIF welcomed the World Bank’s representative Daniel Rogger who is the lead of the enhanced care management research team. The purpose of the visit was to introduce the results of the EHIF’s second pilot and to make summaries on the ongoing cooperation.