Healthcare Market (Industry/SMEs)
The European Health Data Space (EHDS) aims to unlock the full value of health data by enabling its consistent use across healthcare, public health, and research. A key enabler of this vision is the harmonisation of core datasets and standards across domains.
By aligning data structures and promoting interoperability, EHDS supports more efficient data reuse, strengthens collaboration across sectors, and enables better insights to drive innovation, research, and evidence-based decision-making across Europe.
Resources
Accelerating EEHRxF implementation across Europe: a policy perspective
The implementation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) relies on the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EEHRxF) to enable secure, interoperable access and sharing of health data across Europe.
Successfully deploying it requires coordinated efforts across stakeholders, clear technical specifications, and practical tools to ensure real-world adoption while empowering citizens with greater control over their health data.
Towards EHDS Compliance for Public Health
Strengthening compliance with the European Health Data Space (EHDS) is essential to support public health by enabling better use of structured and interoperable health data across countries.
It highlights the need for aligned standards, improved data workflows, and coordinated implementation efforts to unlock new public health use cases and ensure effective data sharing at scale across Europe.
Public health data sets harmonized with EEHRxF HIDs
Harmonising public health datasets with the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EEHRxF) enables more efficient reuse of clinical data for surveillance, research, and decision-making.
By standardising data across systems and use cases, it supports real-time monitoring, improves data quality, and reduces the need for complex transformations, strengthening public health capabilities across Europe.
Proposal for a harmonized core data set across health care and research
A harmonised core dataset across healthcare, population health, and clinical research enables consistent data use and reuse across different domains and systems.
By aligning standards and data structures, it improves interoperability, supports cross-sector collaboration, and facilitates more efficient research, public health monitoring, and evidence-based decision-making across Europe.
The Industry xShare Label
The xShare industry label is an experimental, voluntary, pre-regulatory certification designed to help EHR systems and wellness app manufacturers demonstrate their technical readiness for the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EEHRxF). Focused on interoperability, secure data sharing, and patient data portability, the xShare industry label allows manufacturers to validate their solutions against emerging EHDS standards ahead of mandatory EU conformity processes.
Data Portability Business Use Cases
The industry xShare label
Standards in sync: five principles to achieve semantic interoperability for TRUE research for healthcare
The effective and meaningful exchange of data is pivotal for patient care, informed decision-making, and advancements in research and technology. This opinion piece explores the critical role of semantic interoperability (SI) in ensuring meaningful health data sharing across diverse systems. Emphasizing the imperative of synchronizing the use of data standards, we address the challenges posed by disparate data formats and underscore the impact on patient outcomes.
What Cybersecurity risks arise from increased interoperability and how can they be addressed?
XiA Open Learning Session #1 Cybersecurity.
Implementation of Yellow Button at Adoption Site - Madeira
Madeira’s aim in this project is to bring healthcare professionals and citizens closer, equipping health institutions with innovative, interoperable, and intelligent solutions that enhance the delivery of care.
By integrating the xShare Yellow button, patients will gain seamless access to their health information, while interoperability between healthcare providers is assured, fostering a single, secure, and standardized digital health market across Europe.
xShare Adoption Site demonstration - Madeira
This video discusses the implementation of the xShareYellow Button within the Madeira region’s digital health ecosystem, with the aim of enhancing healthcare interoperability and data sharing across Europe by aligning with international patient summary standards and the European Health Data Space regulations.
Implementation of Yellow Button at Adoption Site - Ireland
The Irish Adoption Site is a joint national partnership between the Department of Health (DoH) and the Health Service Executive (HSE). The DoH is responsible for the development of health strategy and the HSE is responsible for the implementation and operations of this health strategy.
xShare Adoption Site demonstration - Ireland
This video highlights the transformative potential of the xShare Yellow Button for digital health enhancement across Ireland. The technology is designed to facilitate seamless sharing of patient summary information between citizens and healthcare professionals via the HSE’s mobile app. This button allows patients to easily access, view, download, and share their health data securely with trusted health professionals, thereby promoting patient empowerment and ownership of personal health information.
Implementation of Yellow Button at Adoption Site - Italy
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 xShare’s goal of empowering individuals through better access and control over their health data, facilitating research, and improving healthcare quality.
Yellow Button Demonstration at Adoption Site - Italy
This video discusses the pilot implementation of the xShare Yellow Button — a digital health tool integrated into FTGM patient portal in Italy. This initiative represents a significant step toward advancing digital health maturity by enabling patients to access and share their health information electronically, moving beyond traditional paper-based documentation.
Implementation of Yellow Button at Adoption Site - Denmark
Care plans provide an overview of the patient’s illness and key values that are significant for treatment and monitoring. The Care plan module can be used as a dialogue tool with the possibility of supporting the patient’s self-care and agreeing goals for the individual patient. Patients’ care plans can be shared with healthcare professionals at hospitals and municipalities via the national eHealth infrastructure, which contributes to coherent and coordinated patient care.
Implementation of Yellow Button at Adoption Site - France
The french adoption site objective is to demonstrate the interest of the xShare Yellow Button applied to “Mon espace santé” and patients pre-screening with CT-SCOUT.
Implementation of Yellow Button at Adoption Site - Greece
IDIKA, as the designated Hellenic NCPeH, will demonstrate the use of the xSHARE Yellow Button and with that will promote the European EHRxF in their national ecosystem of EHR vendors and digital health app developers. GΝΟΜΟΝ will be responsible for the implementation of the xSHARE Yellow Button PoC.