Aus Anlass der Jahrestagung der HL7 Austria und der DICOM Austria im März 2026 führte unser Geschäftsführer ein Interview mit Christof Geßner, langjähriges Vorstandsmitglied von HL7 Deutschland und seit einigen Jahren auch Patient. Unser Der HL7 Deutschland VLOG beleuchtet die Notwendigkeit einer ePA im Allgemeinen und der "ePA für alle" im besonderen aus der Sicht eines Patienten.

Für "Leseratten" haben wir das Ganze auch als BLOG in unserem HL7 Magazin aufbereitet

Digital health technologies need data, and lots of it: to move from idea to innovation, for development, training, testing and validation. Data must meet quality criteria, be realistic and comprehensive, yet it cannot violate the privacy of patients and real people. The revolution of AI-powered technologies and the transformative push of the EHDS will dramatically increase the hunger for data. A possible answer: synthetic data that is plausible, amalgamated from several sources and generated at scale, with judicious use of AI but curated by humans.

This webinar will introduce the audience to the SYNDERAI ("Synthetic Data Examples – Realistic – using AI"), a set of data examples for testing and validation, for use in education and implementation support for vendors. Speakers will discuss how SYNDERAI came about, how you can access SYNDERAI datasets and benefit, and go over a number of practical aspects and use cases.

The line-up includes:

• SYNDERAI: from idea to real impact – Kai Heitmann, HL7 Europe, xShare project
• Synthetic data for cancer research: the Phoenix Initiative – Thomas Debertshäuser, Charité
• Demonstration of EHDS example dataset visualization – Andries Hamster, Founda Health

See also the presentation slides here.

The webinar will be facilitated by Michael Strübin from HL7 Europe. There will be time for Q&A.

The HL7 International Working Group Meeting in Rotterdam 16-22 May 2026 is rapidly approaching, one of three WGMs organised by HL7 International and the only one in Europe this year, co-hosted by HL7 Netherlands. These gatherings bring together a diverse community of experts, stakeholders and thought leaders to advance standards like HL7 V2, CDA and FHIR. Attendees collaborate on refining specifications, addressing challenges and shaping the future of healthcare data exchange through interactive sessions, work group meetings, and collaborative discussions.

HL7 Europe will be organising and co-hosting the EHDS track, focused on the growing HL7 Europe FHIR Implementation Guides ecosystem that support the implementation of the European health Data Space regulation. This webinar will deliver an update of the WGM, and kick off the collaboration on the EHDS track.

The Implementation Guides covered include those for Hospital Discharge Reports, ePrescription and eDispense, Laboratory Reports, Patient Summaries (EPS and IPS), Imaging Reports, and Health Data APIs. Speakers will include Rutt Lindström, Giorgio Cangioli, Rob Hausam, Josh Priebe, Patrick Werner and Kai Heitmann, Michael Strübin will facilitate. There will be plenty of time for Q&A.

See the presentation slides here.

Before there was the EHDS, there was health telematics, health IT, telemedicine, eHealth… and there was Bert Kabbes, a Dutch healthcare integration specialist who discovered Health level Seven (HL7 was just a few years old), saw its potential, and set upon bringing global standards and interoperability to the Netherlands. That was in the early 1990s.

Last December, Bert Kabbes passed, and the HL7 Netherlands community came together to celebrate his life. In a moving tribute to their founder, driving force, and inspiration, his friends and colleagues praised his efforts to convene and drive the Dutch HL7 affiliate (almost the first in the world), to advance global standards adoption in the Netherlands, and to drive connectivity and exchange of information in Dutch healthcare.

In this webinar, HL7 Europe would like to bring the European HL7 community together, newcomers as well as seasoned experts, to reflect on the wider implications and learnings from Bert’s journey, touching on themes of:

• The interplay of global standards and local implementation
• The work on maturing national affiliates and
• Paths towards building the HL7 community.

Featured speakers will include:

• René Spronk, Ringholm
• Jan-Eric Slot, HL7 Netherlands
• Robert Stegwee, CEN/TC251

Panellists will include:

• Alexander Henket, NICTIZ
• Catherine Chronaki, HL7 Europe
• Kai Heitmann, HL7 Germany

See also the presentation slides here.

The webinar was hold on 16 March 2026 and facilitated by Michael Strübin from HL7 Europe.