Seurantaajan

Seurantaajan is the genitive form of the Finnish noun seurantaaja, which literally means "monitor" or "observer." The word denotes a person or, in some contexts, an automated system that performs monitoring. It is a descriptive label rather than a formal professional title and is commonly used in policy texts, guidelines, or descriptions of workflows to indicate the role of someone responsible for observation.

In usage, seurantaaja can refer to a person who tracks the status of a process, system, medical care plan, or regulatory compliance. In information technology or operations contexts, a seurantaaja may be a human operator or a software component that collects data, logs events, detects anomalies, and raises alerts. In healthcare or social services, the term can describe someone assigned to follow a plan for a patient or client, recording vital signs, progress, or adherence. In legal or administrative documents, seurantaajan tehtävät (the monitor's duties) might include reporting to a supervisor, maintaining records, and ensuring privacy and consent requirements.

Because Finnish uses genitive forms to indicate possession, seurantaajan is used to specify "the monitor's" or "of the monitor" in noun phrases such as seurantaajan vastuu (the monitor's responsibility). Related terms include seuranta (monitoring), valvonta (supervision), and seuraaminen (follow-up).