The European Health Data Space regulation is now in force
and the clock is ticking for the Commission to develop and
publish the implementing acts for the European Health Record
Exchange Format (EEHRxF), defining the technical
specifications for the transfer of health data in Europe:
the deadline is March 2027. For this effort, the European
Commission is aligning the efforts of Member States,
Standards Development Organisations (SDOs), stakeholders and
experts through EU-funded projects like
xShare,
i2X,
or
MyHealth@MyHands, and working through these communities. Of
central importance is the
Xt-EHR Joint Action of Commission
and Member States that is tasked with delivering
specifications for the Electronic Health Record Exchange
Format.
In return, SDOs are prioritising their work to advance the
European Health Data Space and particularly on the EHDS’s
five priority categories of health data: patient summaries;
electronic prescriptions; electronic dispensations; medical
imaging studies and related imaging reports; medical test
results, including laboratory and other diagnostic results
and related reports; and discharge reports. HL7 Europe has
been building an HL7 FHIR IG ecosystem for the EDHS (“IG”
stands for “Implementation Guides”, the instruction manual
for applying the FHIR standard) that is tailored to support
the EHDS in Europe.
Robust standards and specifications require the
collaboration and input of all stakeholders, and the EHDS is
no exception. Xt-EHR and HL7 Europe have both launched
consultations to their communities, on topics that may
partly overlap. In this webinar, speakers will discuss how
HL7 Europe and Xt-EHR are working together on the HL7 FHIR
Implementation Guides, how the Xt-EHR logical model have
been used as input for this work, and how to respond to the
open consultations.
Topics and speakers will include:
- Introduction of the FHIR IG ecosystem for the EDHS
Giorgio Cangioli, HL7 Europe
- The Xt-EHR logical model and the EEHRxF
IG for ePrescription and eDispensatio
Daniel Karlsson, Swedish eHealth agency
- The FHIR Medication Prescription and Dispense (MPD) IG
Rutt Lindström, TEHIK, Estonia and HL7 Europe
It is co-organised with the i2X, MyHealth@MyHands, the XiA
and the xShare projects.
See also the
presentation slides here.
The webinar was facilitated by Michael Strübin from HL7 Europe.