The HL7 Europe FHIR Base and Core IG is a foundational set of FHIR profiles that provide a consistent framework for healthcare data exchange across Europe, supporting the European Health Data Space (EHDS) by defining reusable ‘Base’ (flexible) and ‘Core’ (more constrained) profiles for common elements, ensuring interoperability while aligning with international standards like the International Patient Summary. The version 2.0.0 has been developed with the support of the Xt-EHR Joint Action, which provided expertise and alignment with European health policy priorities, and is currently out for ballot in the HL7 Europe community. In this webinar, HL7 Europe and Xt-EHR speakers will report on what’s new in version 2.0.0, explain how this aligns with Xt-EHR, and what will be the next steps.

In this webinar, the newest installment in our series on the FHIR IG ecosystem for the EHDS, you learn more about the interplay of international standards and the forthcoming specifications for the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EHRxF) which the Commission will publish in March 2027.

Speakers will include:

• Rutt Lindström, TEHIK (EE) and HL7 Europe
• Daniel Karlsson, eHealth Agency (SE)
• Hynek Kružík, HL7 Europe
• Giorgio Cangioli, HL7 Europe

See also the presentation slides here.

The webinar was facilitated by Michael Strübin from HL7 Europe.

HL7 Europe held its 3rd Working Group Meeting 1-5 December in Cologne, Germany. During the week, 160 individual participants were seen, some of them for the whole week, some for one or two days.

The focus of the meeting was the work for the FHIR specifications for the priority use cases of the European Health Data Space EHDS including the Laboratory Report, the EU Core and Base Profiles, Medication, Patient Summary and Discharge Report. Many additional topics were addressed in the around 60 different sessions and tracks over the week such as EU Project Insights for I2X and MyHealth@MyHands, xShare, Hospitals on FHIR and Gravitate Health, Conformity Framework for the EHDS, Synthetic data, Terminology, an API for Health Data Spaces, Care Plans, FHIR Registries for Rare Diseases.

Whole day tracks covered the Common Cancer Model, the German FHIR and Terminology Community Day, and Imaging manifest and report.

Listen to the "State of the European Union in Digital Health" Keynote given by Henrique Martins, ICTE, Portugal, at the HL7 Europe Working Group Meeting Cologne, December 2025

HL7 Europe will convene the European digital health standards community for the next Working Group Meeting (WGM) in Cologne, Germany, 1-5 December 2025. This collaborative event will focus on advancing healthcare standards and interoperability in Europe, and bring together experts, developers, and enthusiasts to advance HL7® FHIR® specifications for the EHDS.

This webinar shows how you can be part of it, and to contribute your own ideas and suggestions. Topics and speakers will include:

• Welcome
  Michael Strübin, HL7 Europe
• Introduction, overview, agenda
  Kai Heitmann, HL7 Europe
• HL7 Europe's strategic priorities at the WGM
  Giorgio Cangioli, HL7 Europe
• Additional programme highlights
  Rutt Lindström, HL7 Europe
• Q&A
• Practicalities, social events, wrap-up
  Kai Heitmann, HL7 Europe

See also the presentation slides here.

The webinar was facilitated by Michael Strübin from HL7 Europe.