Collaborating for Digital Health and Care in Europe
Community Update
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EHTEL is busy shaping a programme full of inspiring discussions, fresh perspectives, and opportunities to connect with the digital health community at the Annual EHTEL Symposium - "The EHDS is coming: Let’s get people and data ready" - fully embedded in the Radical Health Festival Helsinki (RHFH).
On 19-22 January 2026, the unified force of these two events will bring together innovators and implementers to exchange ideas, share experiences, and explore the EHDS implementation. Look forward to 4 dynamic sessions and plenty of opportunities to spark new collaborations.
EHTEL deal: Get an extra 10% off by using the code "RHF261".
➡️ NOW is the time to join EHTEL: Receive a complimentary ticket to the Radical Health Festival & EHTEL Symposium when you become an EHTEL member. A great way to experience the EHTEL community first hand. Check out the benefits of joining EHTEL and learn how to join.
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Following the summer, here is a look at all the latest and most useful news on digital health:
⏺️ EHTEL on the EHDS:
ESHIA alliance: EHTEL takes a central role in powering EHDS implementation.
⏺️ News from EHTEL members and friends:
Sorsix’s success: Company earns highest industry label for EHDS interoperability.
XiA survey: Contribute on expanding skills, training, and resources on digital health interoperability in Europe.
Xt-EHR Joint Action: What education is available on European health records in European medical schools.
⏺️ EHTEL & EU projects:
Benefitting fromLaurel’s DMAT: Unlocking societal impact in integrated long-term care supported by digital tools.
EHTEL is putting the EHDS in the spotlight at its upcoming Thought Leader Symposium: "The EHDS is coming: Let’s get people and data ready". On 19-21 January 2026 we're embracing a visionary and radical approach, by joining forces with the Radical Health Festival Helsinki.
Register now with the Super Early Bird offer! Seats are limited!
Now it's a good time to join EHTEL: free tickets are available as part of a new membership.
The ESHIA alliance has been set up as a platform for collaboration to support the EHDS. EHTEL Secretary-General is ESHIA’s inaugural President – a way of strengthening EHTEL’s commitment in support of EHDS implementers. Incubated by the xShare project, look out for plenty more information soon on next stages of work towards the EHDS and health standards interoperability.
Sorsix successfully completed testing at the IHE-Europe Connectathon Week, in Vienna, Austria. The firm demonstrated full support for the new xShare Yellow Button standard under the European Health Data Space (EHDS). Sorsix attained the Silver Industry Label — the highest certification level awarded at the event. Sorsix’s flagship product Pinga® is a future-proof solution for EU-wide digital health interoperability.
XiA needs your input! EHTEL believes that having EHTEL members’ input is vital to this XiA Call for action. Answering one – or all three – of XiA’s 5-10 minute long surveys is a great way to strengthen the importance and influence of international interoperability in Europe.
Help the Xt-EHR Joint Action understand what education’s available on electronic health records (EHRs)! Many students and healthcare professionals have limited exposure to education on this topic. Fill in the survey by 30 September 2025.
EHTEL is encouraging its members, and the digital health community, to learn from the Digital Maturity Model Tool (DMAT), developed by the Laurel project. The tool is a useful mechanism for incorporating societal impact and digital maturity into planning, service delivery, and innovation processes of integrated long-term care.
The EQUICARES project explores innovative approaches to address healthcare inequalities. Using and adapting tools such as the Levesque Framework, EQUICARES supports community-based co-creation of scalable solutions, whether digitally-enabled or not, and the development of policy recommendations.
i2X is committed to improving experiences for both health professionals and patients, by supporting industry preparedness. By bringing together numerous digital health companies, i2X fosters innovation and inclusiveness. EHTEL is glad to be involved in i2X as an associate partner, and proud to have two of our members contribute directly to the project: Tic Salut Social andCHU Liège.
Xt-EHR now welcomes your views on a new consultation on the deliverable 7.1 related to the technical requirements for laboratory results and reports. The deadline for providing your input is 13 October 2025. Several other Xt-EHR consultations are open with deadlines on 14 and 15 September 2025.
