EURIDICE Specifications for HDS
IHE-Europe and HL7 Europe are, in collaboration with the Xt-EHR Joint Action of EU Member States, currently working under the EURIDICE label on a suite of specifications for health data spaces. These specifications are intended to be recommended to the European Commission for reference in the EHDS implementing acts to fulfill the EHDS regulation needs.
The specifications are intended to cover definitions for the major parts of the priority data categories and access log information, plus Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) through which the data could be communicated in the EHDS context.
These specifications aim to ensure seamless interoperability, standardized data exchange, and enhanced security across health data systems. By basing the specifications on EHDS requirements, the EURIDICE initiative supports the creation of a unified framework that facilitates cross-border healthcare delivery and research through health data spaces, while protecting patient privacy and data integrity.
Therefore, the EURIDICE initiative draws from existing and proven global scope specifications and refines them, or also augments them with additional European scope specifications where needed, to in addition fulfill EHDS and related European regulation needs.
Note that this page reflects the current understanding regarding the needed interoperability specifications and will evolve over time.
Priority Data Category & Access Event Log Data Specifications
Patient Summaries
- Patient Summary EURIDICE Specification (coming soon)
Electronic Prescription / Dispensation
- Medication Prescription and Dispense EURIDICE Specification(coming soon)
Medical Imaging Studies and related Imaging Reports
Medical Test Results, including Laboratory and other Diagnostic Results and Related Reports
Initially only the laboratory report will be addressed by the EURIDICE initiative. Not medical test results or diagnostic results in general.
- Laboratory Report EURIDICE Specification (coming soon)
Discharge Reports
- Discharge Report EUDIRICE Specification (coming soon)
Access Event Logging
- Access Event Log Format EURIDICE Specification (coming soon)
API for HDS in Europe
The specifications under this section define for health data spaces actors and transactions products shall implement for communicating data from priority data categories and access log information.
Explaining how existing and newly created specifications shall be used for communicating priority category data:
EURIDICE API for HDS in Europe (coming soon)
Specifications which are newly created through the EURIDICE initiative which cover aspects that are not addressed by already existing specifications:
Manifest-Based Access to DICOM Objects (IHE MADO Profile)