The goal of Apotti is improving the functionality, effectiveness and service quality for the social welfare and healthcare services. Social welfare and healthcare services overlap each other, in particular within elderly care, mental health and substance abuse services and services for the handicapped. The ICT-systems currently in use do not provide necessary level of support for effective use and development of these services. Apotti is founded on a co-operative programme of independent administrative authorities. Participants include the Capital of Finland, Helsinki, and capital area communities Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Kauniainen and the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa. The scope of the services Oy Apotti Ab provides includes all public health (all hospitals and all primary health care facilities) and social welfare operations in the co-operative area. Total number of users of the system will be about 44 000 Healthcare and Social Care professionals and it will handle the Healthcare and Social Care information of 1,5 million people in the area.The acronym Apotti comes from Finnish, “asiakas- ja potilastietojärjestelmäpalvelu” (”client and patient data system services").

The goal of Apotti Programme is improving the functionality, effectiveness and service quality for the social welfare and healthcare services. Social welfare and healthcare services overlap each other, in particular within elderly care, mental health and substance abuse services and services for the handicapped. The ICT-systems currently in use do not provide necessary level of support for effective use and development of these services. A part of the programme is to purchase and adopt a modern client- and patient data system.Apotti is fundamentally a cooperative programme of independent administrative authorities. Participants include the Capital of Finland, Helsinki, and capital area communities Vantaa, Kirkkonummi, Kauniainen and the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa. The scope of the programme includes all public health (all hospitals and all primary health care facilities) and social welfare operations in the co-operative area. Total number of users of the system will be about 44 000 and it will handle the information of 1,5 million people in the area.The name Apotti comes from Finnish, “asiakas- ja potilastietojärjestelmäpalvelu” (”client and patient data system services").