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Helsinki University Hospital: Accessible video services for Terveyskylä, Finland’s digital health platform

Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) and Finland’s university hospitals transitioned Terveyskylä.fi’s nationwide digital health services to Icareus Video Cloud, migrating over 260 hours of video and 4,000 media files to deliver accessible, multilingual healthcare content.

Terveyskylä.fi is Finland’s national digital health platform, developed in collaboration by the country’s university hospitals. The service provides patients, professionals, and citizens with information, support, and eHealth services – where video and audio content play a vital role. To modernize media management, ensure accessibility, and improve reach, Helsinki University Hospital (HUS) chose Icareus Video Cloud to manage and distribute Terveyskylä’s extensive video library.

Summary

In 2024, Terveyskylä migrated over 260 hours of video and audio content and more than 4,000 media files to Icareus Video Cloud. The new platform ensures accessible and multilingual content delivery while meeting WCAG 2.1 AA standards.

With Icareus, Terveyskylä can focus on producing healthcare content such as patient instructions, professional training, and peer stories – while the technical backbone handles editing, subtitling, publishing, and distribution across web and mobile services.

Product

Challenge

HUS needed a solution to:

  • Manage thousands of videos and audio files across multiple services.
  • Ensure accessibility and multilingual support.
  • Provide editing, subtitling, and publishing tools for healthcare professionals.
  • Migrate existing media without disrupting ongoing services.
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Solution

Icareus Video Cloud was tailored to Terveyskylä’s requirements, delivering:

  • Centralized management of all video and audio assets.
  • Accessibility features including subtitling and support for multiple languages.
  • Publishing tools integrated into Terveyskylä’s online services and mobile apps.
  • Smooth migration of existing media with updated embeds and links.
  • Training and onboarding for both administrators and general users.
“Instructional videos for patients, training videos for professionals, and video-based peer stories are an important part of Terveyskylä’s content. I am delighted that, through excellent collaboration with Icareus, we have been able to release accessible versions of our videos in more languages. The Icareus project team has worked weekly on building and developing the services.”
Soile Tammelin
Product Manager, HUS

Results

With Icareus Video Cloud, Terveyskylä now offers:

  • Video services accessible nationwide and compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA.
  • Multilingual publishing to reach diverse audiences.
  • Improved workflows for both patient-facing and professional content.
  • Scalable infrastructure supporting future growth of the ecosystem.
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“We are very pleased to offer even more comprehensive online video services to Terveyskylä, whose content is produced by experienced professionals in eServices. For years, we have been providing video solutions for the New Children's Hospital, and it's great that our service now also covers Terveyskylä’s video services. We’re proud to contribute to the well-being of society.”
Toni Leiponen
CEO, Icareus