Facilitating Seamless Connection of Health Data Sources Through Interoperability Standards
Digital Health Standards has been created by
Digital Health Europe
Interoperability in Healthcare
Calling patients, healthcare providers, researchers, health authorities and industry to “join the dots”
Connecting health data sources is crucial to enhance individual care and allow for big health data analysis. We can all help break down the health data silos by promoting the use of interoperability standards.
We need to connect health data sources, for many reasons
Health data is more and more collected and stored electronically, often through a variety of digital technologies, devices and apps.
The diversity of health information technologies means that data is often collected in separate, unconnected silos.
Patients want to benefit from safe, effective care, anywhere anytime
Health professionals want to offer coordinated, integrated care
Researchers want to speed up innovative findings
Care institutes want to improve care quality and efficiency
Public authorities want to enhance health surveillance and strategy
Industry wants to develop better-integrated tools, devices and apps
An answer to your key questions
- What are health data standards?
- How do health data standards function?
- Which are the major health data standards?
How can interoperability standards help connect health data sources? Why aren’t we there yet? What are the obstacles and facilitating factors?
How can digital systems understand the structure, the format and the meaning of health information? Which are the different levels of interoperability?
Who develops health standards? How do standards development organisations work? What are examples of major health standards?
Success stories
Discover some success stories where health data standards have helped to secure safety and quality of care
Big data for the early identification of other diseases associated with cancer
National Portal for Digital Exchange of COVID-19 Patient Data in The Netherlands
Shared Medication Treatment Plan – Switzerland
Health Optimum for care institute connection through telemedicine – Italy
One national IT-system for large-scale COVID-19 testing in the Netherlands
Feedback? Suggestions?
Would you like to share your success story with us? Do you have ideas how to further promote interoperability standards? Other suggestions? Just send us a message.