XpanDH Project

📣 The 2nd European EHR Exchange Format Expert Summit Flash Report is now available! In November, we hosted the #EEHRxFSummit, where we reviewed progress achieved so far, enhanced ecosystem collaboration, and explored strategies for the EEHRxF implementation within the European Health Data Space (EHDS). Have a look at the report! 😃 👇 Henrique Martins Anderson Carmo Simon Lewerenz Syed Abrar Ahmed Christos Schizas Catherine E Chronaki, FHL7, FIAHSI Konstantin Hyppönen Kyriacos Hatzaras Aurora Ursula Joala Ole Norberg Gjerrestad 👉 👉 👉 https://lnkd.in/dFUGHUEK

🎄✨We wish our partners and followers a very Happy Holidays season! After this intense week of European Digital Health Interoperability Day, we are now ready to rest and recharge for what is expecting us for the new year... Stay connected 🧐 💡 #HappyHolidays 🎁

📢 Call For Interest! We are excited to invite you to become a member of the hashtag #EEHRxFCommunityofExcellence, established and facilitated by the xShare project! 🤝 The Community of Excellence offers a flexible, collaborative platform for open dialogue, thought leadership, and strategic discussions. Prior in-depth knowledge of EEHRxF is not mandatory—as long as you are familiar with EHDS and bring your passion and expertise in health data and digital health! 😊 Ready to collaborate and make an impact? 💥 👇 https://lnkd.in/dc8ZfTCp #DigitalHealth #xShareProject #interoperability #HealthTech #HorizonEurope European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)

💥 That's a wrap! After 3 days of intense discussions, presentations and exchanges, the European Digital Health Interoperability Days have now come to an end. Thank you to all participants for making contact and creating synergies since the beginning of XpanDH. We are proud of what we have achieved in just under 2 years: leveraging an established network of networks, establishing a vibrant ecosystem to support the adoption of the #EEHRxF, paving the way for many more eHealth interoperability projects and services. We wish everyone safe travels home, good rest and happy holidays ✨ #XpanDHandoverDay #DigitalHealthInteroperabilityDays

The European Digital Health Interoperability Days continue for the third day in sunny Lisbon ☀️ This morning, participants could participate in two different workshops on: 🔹 Ecosystems Continuity: the Community of Doers, advancing use cases and recommendations 🔹 Technologies and rights: the logging component and distributed ledger technology (Blockchain) 🙌 Thank you to the speakers and facilitators for these practical sessions, leaving plenty of room for meaningful discussions and exchanges. #XpanDHandoverDay #DigitalHealthInteroperabilityDays Apostolia Karabatea Alexander Berler Simon Lewerenz Syed Abrar Ahmed Ricardo Correia Michael Johansen

Syed Abrar Ahmed and Ricardo Correira presented a concrete demo of the BioWallet and how Blockchain technology can support the EEHRxF. Blockhain focuses on several areas to ensure the security of the use of the format: ✔️ User control: giving the citizens the power to manager their health data ✔️ Portable: empowering patients to carry health information across different healthcare systems ✔️ Certified: ensuring the authenticity and reliability of medical information ✔️ Verifiable: allowing healthcare providers to confirm the validity of data ✔️ Traceable: enabling transparent audit logs of data sharing transactions and accesses. We are happy to propose a practical workshop to our participants who are interested in seeing how this technology works on our last day of the #DigitalHealthInteroperabilityDays.

Our second hybrid session was all about XpandH legacy and future actions on EEHRxF: 🔹 Eduardo Rodriguez presented the i2X project, which aims to showcase the intelligent implementation of the EEHRxF and to demonstrate that it actually improves patient health and care journeys. 🔹 Zoltan Dr. Lantos presented MyHealth@MyHands, a person-centred health project aiming to empower patients by providing seamless access to their health data, leveraging interoperable digital tools across EU Member States. 🔹 Anderson Carmo shared information on XiA – Xpanding Innovative Alliance, a new project set to begin early 2025. It will develop and deploy high-quality courses to help healthcare providers adopting EHDS related standards and embracing a culture of interoperability. 🔹 Finally, Andreas Neocleous presented the current state, main activities and the next steps within Xt-EHR project joint action. This session was moderated by Chloé LEFEVRE. Thank you to all in-person and online participants for their questions and engagement! 😊

💭 If the aims of most healthcare systems are to improve continuity of care, why has there been such reluctance amongst senior policy leads to invest or participate in the standardisation of consistent and comparable health data? 👉 This was an insightful keynote speech by digital health data expert Jeremy Thorp, who explained that, despite tangible progress of EU regulations in this field, it has been terribly slow. At last, the EEHRxF will help citizens to access and share their health data quickly with health professionals across Europe, within the policy framework of the EHDS. It is now our role to facilitate its adoption by the MS. #XpanDHandoverDay #DigitalHealthInteroperabilityDays

Next, we hosted our first hybrid session to discuss XpanDH results 👇 🔹 Anderson Carmo gave an overview of the XpandH achievements and results, what perspectives they bring, and how XpanDH has successfully "Xpanded" the digital health ecosystem through the EHDS. 🔹 Dipak Kalra on sustainability and future action: clinicians and patients will be exchanging information/data --> how does one define and present evidence of the quality of interoperability assets? 🔹 Petra Hoogendoorn contextualised the format and current wellness apps: how can the current wellness apps comply with EU regulations? How do we develop quality labelling in digital health? 🔹 Hans Gille explained how the xShare project ensures continuous innovation with the ecosystems. Similar to XpanDH, xShare aims to build something that will be actively used beyond the lifetime of the project. 🔹 Finally, Henrique Martins talked in depth about XpanDH recommendations and impactful results, and how this will help the Member States and the EC to best prepare for the EEHRxF. The session was moderated by Karolina Mackiewicz, Dissemination and Outreach WP leader. Thank you to our in-person and numerous online participants! 🙌 #XpanDHandoverDay #DigitalHealthInteroperabilityDays

💭 🤔 For our second handover day, we had the pleasure to have speakers addressing the institutional aspects of the EHDS and EEHRxF and the specificities of health data laws. 🔹 Dean of Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa Maria Lourdes Rodriguez highlighted the important role of research in shaping public policies and how the digital, technological and health sectors are strongly connected to public policy in general. 🔹 How can health data improve citizen’s lives? Member of Portuguese Parliament Jamila Madeira advocated for a safe health data space for all citizens. We must guarantee that the law acknowledges all the issues related to health data sharing (potential discriminations, etc.). Overall, health data must reflect medical needs to improve (access to) care. 🔹 Saila Rinne from DG CONNECT explained how the exchange format has been a collaborative effort between DG CONNECT and DG SANTE for many years. The EHDS and EEHRxF are paving the way for similar regulations on the global level, improving health outcomes everywhere. 🔹 Ole Norberg Gjerrestad from DG SANTE brought precisions on the adoption and implementing acts of the EHDS regulation and shared an overview of its timeline. He also explained how the Xt-EHR project joint action will provide essential technical specifications to help the EC draft implementing acts. The joint action shall provide stakeholder consultations and present key deliverables in 2025. 🔹 How can procurement help implementation? Nuno Costa explained the critical role of public procurement in the implementation of the EEHRxF by driving the adoption of standards, fostering innovation, and ensuring interoperability across healthcare systems in Europe. In other words, public procurement supervises digital health authorities and makes sure the regulations are being applied. #XpanDHandoverDay #DigitalHealthInteroperabilityDays