EU projects
Subgroup of Semantics
The Subgroup on Semantics contributes to the eHealth Network, a voluntary platform of national authorities responsible for health data exchange. The Subgroup on Semantics advises the eHealth Network on the strategic development of code systems in Europe and prepares proposals for semantic interoperability and standardization in Europe to advance cross-border health data exchange. The BfArM contributes viewpoints from Germany and coordinates them at the European level (see SGB V § 219d para. 6).
European Commission- Digital health and care (eHealth)
eHDSI-Collaboration
eHDSI stands for eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure and supports the cross-border exchange of health data in Europe, especially for the patient summary and the electronic prescription. DIMDI was involved in the precursor project epSOS (European Patient Smart Open Services) as an expert for semantic interoperability. Citizens in Europe should be able to access their health data at any time when they are traveling in Europe. eHDSI is building the infrastructure so that personal health data can be exchanged securely and interoperable between EU countries. Together with the other European countries and in coordination with the organizations involved in Germany, the BfArM is defining the semantic building blocks for cross-border data exchange and is supporting the fact that data can be provided and exchanged in an encoded form and thus language-independently (see SGB V § 219d para. 6).
eHDSI - Master Value Sets Catalogue (MVC)
X-eHealth
The X-eHealth project supports the advancement of cross-border health data exchange infrastructure in Europe. Within the framework of the project, a common path for the exchange of data in the area of laboratories, for medical images, for hospital discharge reports and for the documentation of rare diseases in the EU is being explored and prepared for possible implementation in the eHealth Digital Service Infrastructure (eHDSI). In order to accompany these developments at an early stage and also to introduce the developments into processes in Germany, BfArM is contributing its semantic expertise.
X-eHealth - Exchanging Electronic Health Records in a common framework
RD-Code
The European Union started a new project in January 2019 named RD-Code (Rare disease code) with participation of DIMDI and now BfArM as legal successor.
RD-Action
The European project Rare Disease Action (RD-Action) aimed at creating a consistent European way of meeting challenges in the field of rare disease.