Two articles by our research group were published at the 2025 Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) conference

The MIE Conference is an international conference organized annually in Europe that focuses on eHealth services. This year's conference was held in Glasgow, Scotland, on 19-21 May 2025. Our research group contributed to two articles that were accepted into the conference.

The article by Sari Kujala and Kaisla Kasteenpohja is based on Kaisla's master's thesis. As part of her master's thesis, Kaisla interviewed designers and developers of eHealth services. She also created guidelines for the development of accessible eHealth services. The study highlights challenges related to the development of eHealth services. For example, vulnerable users should be considered when planning eHealth services. The study is part of the DigiIN project.

Read article by Sari Kujala et al. (Kaisla Kasteenpohja, Elizabeth M. Borycki, Andre W. Kushniruk) here: IOS Press Ebooks - Involving Vulnerable User Groups for Designing eHealth: A Designers' Perspective (link outside of this page).

Link to the DigiIN project (link outside of this page).

Link to the Kaisla’s master’s thesis (link outside of this page).

"Participating in the MIE conference was a great experience! The best part was the discussions with acquaintances and getting to know new research organizations," Sari describes her feelings. "The range of topics was surprising. Some were very medical and some focused on technical details. In addition, there were many articles and one workshop on benchmarking the usability of various health technology solutions," she continues. Moreover, Sari participated in the "Proxy Online Record Access" workshop organized by Maria Hägglund (Uppsala University). Charlotte Blease and Josefin Hagström from Uppsala University also participated in the workshop.

The article, led by Anna Kharko from Uppsala University, was co-authored as part of the Nordic NORDeHEALTH project. From our group, Saija Simola participated in this article. In Finland and Sweden, electronic health records (EHRs) are provided to citizens through the national patient portals MyKanta and Journalen. The study found that there are differences between genders in the use of EHR and their experiences of usefulness. Women experience more benefits and use their EHR more often than men.

Link to the NORDeHEALTH project (link outside of this page).

Read the article by Anna Kharko et al. (Josefin Hagström, Saija Simola, Åsa Cajander, Charlotte Blease, Maria Hägglund) here: IOS Press Ebooks - The Gender Gap in EHR Experiences and Preferences: Results from an International Cross-Sectional Survey of Patients (link outside of this page).

Read more about the conference here: EFMI MIE2025 (link outside of this page).

Text: Saija Simola/Aalto University