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EHDSxShare


Added by:   National contact point
Added on:   07 Oct 2025
Updated by:   OECD analyst
Updated on:   25 Dec 2025

The xShare initiative aims to enable seamless health data sharing across Europe through the European EHRxF, with Cyprus integrating the xShare Button into national health portals to support data exchange, research, and innovation in the EHDS.

Name in original language

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Initiative overview

xShare envisions everyone sharing their health data in EEHRxF with a click-of-abutton. The xShare button to be featured across health portals and patient apps and allow people to exercise their data portability rights under GDPR. Hence, the European EHRxF will be the driver for research and innovation in EHDS. xShare will establish the European EHRxF Standards and Policy Hub, the “Hub” partnership of six standards developing organizations (CEN/TC251, HL7 Europe, IHE Europe, SNOMED, CDISC, IEEE) market actors (DIGITAL Europe, MedTech-Europe and EUCROF), supported by competence centers, nationals and regional authorities and European SMEs. xShare will develop: • Harmonized common specifications, create and maintain xBundles i.e., collection of common data specifications including FHIR implementation guides, tools and data sets, and educational support for key EHRxF health information domains as noted in the EHDS draft regulation Annex 1. 2) A set of common elements across EHRxF health information domains applicable across EHDS-1 (JA-9), public/population health (EHDS-2), and clinical research. • Extended harmonized IPS specification to include care plans and making it fit for the purpose of clinical research use cases i.e. clinical trial eligibility, real world data, patient reported outcomes, and returning clinical research data to patients. • xShare feature the xShare Button in 8 adoption settings in Hospital network (Italy), National portal (Greece, Ireland, Cyprus), regional network with emphasis in medical tourism and the connection of the public to the private sector (Catalunya and Madeira), entry of digital health applications to the myHealthSpace ecosystem in France. Care plans will be demonstrated in Denmark. xShare investigate the feasibility and value of the EU xShare Industry label as a vehicle towards implementing the draft EHDS regulation. Lastly open calls at the last year of the project aim to onboard with EHRxF almost 100 settings across Europe.

Name of responsible organisation (in English)

Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy

About the policy initiative


Organisation:

  • Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy

Category:

  • AI policy initiatives, programmes and projects

Initiative type:

  • Initiative to promote data access and sharing

Status:

  • Active

Start Year:

  • 2023

Binding:

  • Binding

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