Italy

Fondazione Monasterio is a public research organization and healthcare provider of the Tuscany Regional Healthcare Service, Italy, established by the National Research Council (CNR) and the Tuscany Region. It operates across two hospitals (Pisa and Massa) and is a tertiary centre focused on the research, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases in both adults and children. Monasterio Foundation integrates advanced clinical care with cutting-edge biomedical and clinical research, emphasizing innovation, technology developments and transfers. Its core mission revolves around patient-centre fd care, combining clinical excellence with advancements in areas like medical informatics, bioengineering, advanced imaging (e.g., cardiovascular imaging), and the development of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods, including managing rare diseases within its specialty areas. Monasterio’s Hospitals are following a population of 462.000 patients form all the Italian regions and from all the EU and Mediterranean countries.

As an adoption site for the X-Share project, Fondazione Monasterio aims to leverage its expertise in managing complex clinical data and its advanced IT infrastructure to contribute to the development and implementation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS). Monasterio’s vision aligns with X-Share’s goal of empowering individuals through better access and control over their health data, facilitating research, and improving healthcare quality. By participating, Monasterio seeks to enhance its capabilities for secure and interoperable data sharing directly controlled by patients, contributing clinical use cases from its specialized domains (cardiopulmonary medicine, cardiac surgery, rare diseases, etc.) to test and validate the X-Share framework, particularly in the usage of the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EEHRxF) and the “Yellow Button” concept.

Monasterio’s objectives within X-Share include piloting the secure sharing of specific health data categories using the EEHRxF, testing the Yellow Button functionalities for patient-mediated data sharing, and ensuring the practical applicability of the X-Share architecture within a complex hospital and research environment. This involvement supports Monasterio’s commitment to scientific leadership, innovation in healthcare, and contributing to a more connected and efficient European health data ecosystem.