Tehik

Name

Tehik

Legal name

Tervise ja Heaolu Infosüsteemide Keskus

Website

https://tehik.ee

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government IT Services

NAICS

Health and Welfare Funds (525120), Social Assistance (624), Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare-Linked Social Benefits Administration (e.g., Medicaid/Means-Tested Health Coverage) (BPAIAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Care Navigation, Advocacy & Benefits Guidance Platforms (HLALADAJ), Patient Self-Service Portal for Scheduling & Management (HLACADAK)

Keywords

• E-government services
• Health information systems
• Social services registry
• Digital prescription platform
• Public sector IT

Headquarters

HQ city

Tallinn

HQ country

Estonia

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Budget Funding: TEHIK is a government agency under the Ministry of Social Affairs, funded entirely by the state budget. It does not generate commercial revenue. Services are funded through annual government budgets and European Union structural funds (ESF, ERF). The Ministry of Social Affairs has one of the highest yearly budgets in the Estonian public sector, totalling approximately 7.91 billion euros in 2023.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

TEHIK develops and manages national e-services and information systems in three domains: health, social security, and labour. It builds platforms such as the Health Portal, the STAR Social Services and Benefits Data Register, the Labour Inspectorate Self-Service, the Clinical Decision Support System, and the National e-Booking System for Estonian government agencies. These e-services are used by tens of thousands of healthcare workers, social workers, and labour inspectors, and accessed by all 1.3 million Estonian residents through national portals. The portfolio runs on cloud-native microservices, integrates via X-Road, and supports cross-border health data exchange with 13 European countries.

Product overview

TEHIK operates as a government IT competence center managing over 40 databases and developing e-services across three interconnected domains: health, social security, and labour. The core portfolio includes the Health Portal (Terviseportaal) as the citizen-facing health gateway, the next-generation Health Information System (UpTIS) built on HL7 FHIR standards, and the STAR/STAR2 Social Services and Benefits Data Register platform. For labour, TEHIK maintains the TEIS (Labour Inspectorate Self-Service) and Working Life Portal ecosystems. Key add-on modules include the Clinical Decision Support System with algorithmic recommendations, the National e-Booking System, Family Benefits E-Service with proactive automation, and INNA for medicinal product name evaluation. The organization also manages cross-border health data exchange via MyHealth@EU connecting Estonia with 13+ European countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Terviseportaal (Health Portal) A personalised citizen portal providing centralised access to health data, medical records, e-Prescriptions, appointment booking, vaccination records, and health certificates. Replaced the previous Digilugu portal in November 2023. Developed by Tervisekassa and TEHIK with external partners.
• UpTIS (Next Generation Health Information System) Next-generation national health information system platform using HL7 FHIR standards, modernising Estonia's health data exchange infrastructure with improved interoperability, role-based access, and modern development architecture.
• Tervisekassa Otsustustugi (Clinical Decision Support System) Clinical decision support system providing patient-specific recommendations to family physicians and nurses. Analyses diagnoses, medications, lab results, blood pressure, lifestyle indicators, and genetic risk scores to support diagnostic and treatment decisions. Handles 130,000 queries per day from 786 family doctors and 1,636 family nurses.
• Üleriigiline digiregistratuur (National e-Booking System) Nationwide specialist appointment booking system allowing patients to book, modify, and cancel appointments across all participating healthcare facilities from a single interface. Now integrated into the Health Portal.
• TEIS (Labour Inspectorate Self-Service) Cloud-based self-service portal for employers and employees to manage workplace health and safety compliance, risk analysis, work accident reporting, minor employee permits, and posted worker registrations. Built using Kubernetes containers in Estonia's Government Cloud with sprint-based development.
• Tööinspektsiooni ametnikurakendus (Labour Inspectorate Official Application) Internal application for Labour Inspectorate officials to conduct supervision proceedings, manage workplace inspections, and access data from various government registries.
• Tööelu portaal (Working Life Portal) Public portal providing work-related information for employees, employers, job seekers, and people with special needs. Built on Drupal platform, visited by over 500,000 people annually.
• Sotsiaalkindlustusameti iseteenindus (Social Insurance Board Self-Service) Internet-based self-service portal for citizens to manage social benefits, family allowances, and services provided by the Social Insurance Board. Features proactive automated services including automatic benefit notifications after child registration.
• STAR (Social Services and Benefits Data Register) National information system for social services and benefits management. Supports social workers in assigning services, child protection, needs assessment, case planning, and data exchange with 13 government registries via X-Road.
• Perehüvitiste e-teenus (Family Benefits E-Service) Proactive automated e-service that sends benefit proposals to parents after child registration. Uses data from multiple registries to automatically determine eligibility and offers self-service for families to confirm and customise their benefit selections.
• INNA (Invented Names Assessment Tool) Rules-based AI web application for evaluating the suitability of invented names for medicinal products. Validates names against regulatory guidelines and checks against existing registered names in the medicine database. Developed in cooperation with STACC OÜ.
• STAR2 (Next Generation Social Services Registry) Next-generation social services and benefits data register featuring microservices architecture. Includes case management tools, victim support services, and modernised user interface. Replaces the legacy SKAIS system.

Quantifiable outcome

• Time savings for citizens: government interactions reduced to a few clicks through integrated portals
• +11 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability3 records

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered moderate, core and minor.

• NortalmoderateImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerNortal is a strategic implementation partner for TEHIK. Nortal participated in the development of Social Insurance Board self-service systems and has worked with TEHIK on major public sector digital transformation projects. Nortal describes the collaboration as 'result-oriented' with 'good synergy' and values the opportunity to contribute to high-social-impact services.
• Trinidad WisemancoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTrinidad Wiseman is a long-term development partner with TEHIK spanning service design to information systems implementation. Key projects include the Labour Inspectorate self-service (TEIS), Working Life Portal, STAR system developments, and victim support system migration. Trinidad Wiseman values TEHIK's open, solution-oriented approach and active role in building collaborative teams.
• TripleDevcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTripleDev is a core development partner for TEHIK on Labour Inspectorate systems (TEIS), STAR social services registry, and work dispute resolution e-service. Development partnership covers multiple years and multiple concurrent projects.
• Iglu OÜcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerIglu OÜ is a key development partner for STAR2 and the Social Insurance Board information system. Iglu was a winner of the 2020 five-million-euro procurement for STAR development alongside TripleDev and Trinidad Wiseman. Iglu also partnered on the STAR2 victim support services module.
• Dolm ITmoderateTechnology or IntegrationDolm IT is a development partner for the Infectious Disease Information System (NAKIS) project. Dolm IT also partners with TEHIK and the Agency of Medicines on the next-generation medical device registry (MSA2) development.
• Bitweb OÜmoderateTechnology or IntegrationBitweb OÜ is a technology partner contributing to the TEDI Angular component library development and the TWN (Working Life Information System) project. Project manager Tõnis Tobre leads the work.
• STACC OÜmoderateTechnology or IntegrationSTACC OÜ partnered with TEHIK on the INNA (Invented Names) AI tool development - a rules-based application for evaluating medicinal product name suitability for the Agency of Medicines.
• Geenius MediaminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGeenius Media partners with TEHIK and the Ministry of Interior's IT Centre to produce the 'Kriitiline intsident' (Critical Incident) podcast about government IT developments, challenges, and solutions.
• Industry62 OÜmoderateTechnology or IntegrationIndustry62 OÜ partnered with TEHIK, Tervisekassa, Iglu OÜ, and Snowhound OÜ to develop the Health Portal and integrate the nationwide digital registration system into it.
• Snowhound OÜmoderateTechnology or IntegrationSnowhound OÜ partnered with TEHIK, Tervisekassa, Iglu OÜ, and Industry62 OÜ on the Health Portal and nationwide digital registration system integration.

Scale indicators16 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• NHS Digital (now NHS England Transformation Directorate): UK national health IT body running the NHS App, NHS Login, Summary Care Record and national data platforms. A much larger incumbent in the same category, offering overlapping capabilities but as part of a far broader portfolio than TEHIK's Estonia-only scope.
• DIGG (Myndigheten för digital förvaltning): Swedish Agency for Digital Government, coordinating national digital identity, interoperability and e-government infrastructure. Adjacent to TEHIK's mandate but broader in scope (covers all government domains, not just health/social/labour) and is a policy/coordination body rather than a system builder.

Direct peers

• Canada Health Infoway (Inforoute Santé du Canada): Independent, federally funded not-for-profit that co-funds and deploys digital health records, e-prescribing and patient portals across Canadian provinces. Same mandate profile as TEHIK: working with regional health authorities to deliver national-scale health IT.
• sundhed.dk: Danish national citizen health portal providing unified access to personal health records, prescriptions and treatment information for all Danish residents. Operated as a public-sector partnership, closely mirroring TEHIK's Health Portal + e-Prescription model.
• SPMS - Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde: Portuguese shared services entity for the Ministry of Health, operating national e-prescription, citizen health portal and inter-hospital systems. Comparable public-sector IT competence centre delivering health e-services at national scale, like TEHIK.
• Norsk Helsenett (Norwegian Health Network): Norwegian government-owned company operating the national health information exchange and Helsenorge citizen portal. Directly comparable to TEHIK in mandate (national health IT backbone, citizen-facing portal, inter-agency data exchange).
• Austrian ELGA (Elektronische Gesundheitsakte): Austria's national electronic health record system providing citizens and healthcare providers access to e-medication, e-findings and e-billing data. Same public-sector, multi-stakeholder model as TEHIK and similar cross-border health data integration goals under MyHealth@EU.
• Kanta Services (Kela): Finnish national health data system service operated by Kela (the Social Insurance Institution). Runs MyKanta patient portal, national e-prescription, patient data repository and cross-border MyHealth@EU exchange — the closest functional twin to TEHIK's Health Portal and Health Information System.

Others

• e-Governance Academy (eGA): Estonian-founded non-profit that advises governments on digital transformation and co-creates e-governance solutions internationally. Not a direct operator like TEHIK but a thematic peer sharing the Estonian e-government DNA and exporting expertise globally.

Regional players

• Republic of Estonia Information System Authority (RIA): Estonian government authority responsible for national cyber security, X-Road data exchange platform and critical infrastructure protection. Operates in the same Estonian ecosystem as TEHIK, with overlapping infrastructure (X-Road) but a different functional focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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