This session focuses on the role of FHIR in healthcare data standardization. Speakers raise the question of whether FHIR will become the infrastructure for all of Europe, moving beyond mere technical success. The discussion highlights that achieving seamless data exchange and faster innovation requires coordinated execution among payers, providers, and vendors.
CompuGroup Medical's weekly report suggests that the European health IT market is generally subdued. The focus has shifted from short-term stock movements to the ability to achieve system efficiency through modernization, utilizing standardized interfaces like cloud and HL7/FHIR.
Gnomon Informatics S.A. announced its new product, 'EHDSbox,' at HIMSS Europe 2026. This system supports the European Health Data Space (EHDS) by facilitating interoperability and secure data exchange in healthcare, based on international standards like HL7 FHIR and IHE.
Fire Arrow provides a FHIR-native backend supporting the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EEHRxF), enabling cross-border access and utilization of medical data. It ensures high security and auditability within a single system, accommodating both primary and secondary use cases.
HL7 Europe has opened a new ballot for the Common Cancer Data Model. This effort aims to standardize and improve interoperability of medical data across Europe.
SAP and Fresenius announced a strategic partnership to build an AI platform dedicated to healthcare, focusing on ensuring 'data sovereignty.' This initiative aims to enable hospitals across Europe to utilize large-scale AI while maintaining data privacy and regulatory compliance.
HL7 Europe and IHE-Europe have opened coordinated ballots for two FHIR Implementation Guides (IGs) related to the European Health Data Space (EHDS). Developed jointly under their EURIDICE collaboration, these guides cover 'Imaging Study Report' and 'EU Health Data API,' aiming to improve interoperability of electronic health data across Europe.
The 'Hospitals on FHIR (HoF) User Days' in Pisa, scheduled for October 2026, will discuss real-world implementation experiences of HL7 FHIR and interoperability challengesβincluding AI and cybersecurityβfor the future of digital healthcare across Europe.
SAP and Fresenius are collaborating to build a secure, sovereign environment for the deployment of AI in healthcare. Their goal is to transition isolated pilot projects into reliable, fully operational systems within hospitals.
SAP and Fresenius have formed a strategic partnership to build robust digital healthcare delivery systems. The companies plan to jointly develop an open, integrated, and AI-supported platform that prioritizes data sovereignty, security, and regulatory compliance, driving major changes in the medical system.
This report provides strategic foresight into five dominant mega trends shaping the European HealthTech and MedTech landscape for 2026. The year marks a critical nexus where groundbreaking technological acceleration meets definitive regulatory enforcement, primarily through the EU AI Act and the European Health Data Space (EHDS) regulation.
The EU's 'European Health Data Space (EHDS)' aims to enable the use of medical data across member states, but its realization critically depends on data compatibility. Standardization and implementation are being driven by specialized centers in Germany.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) is organizing an information session, through its Digital Business Transformation Task Force, regarding the use of FHIR XML in a Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) portal electronic application form (eAF). The webinar will take place on December 3, 2024.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has released the "Write PMS API implementation Guide" based on FHIR. This guide is a comprehensive toolkit designed to ensure efficient and secure exchange of medical data by adhering to the FHIR standard.
AWS has launched its healthcare data management service, HealthLake, in the EU (Dublin) Region. This service enables the storage, transformation, and analysis of health data using FHIR standards while maintaining data residency within the EU.