xShare project, in collaboration with the European EHRxF Standards and Policy Hub is proud to announce the xShare Open Call for early adopters of the xShare Yellow Button, to demonstrate readiness to implement the European Health Data Space (EHDS) regulation.
This open call invites startups, Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors, digital health app developers, and wellness platform providers to innovate using the xShare “Yellow” Button concept – an one-click solution for individuals to share their health data securely across systems in Europe.
The call seeks proposals that integrate the xShare Button into real-world healthcare or wellness scenarios, showcasing how one-time health data sharing can improve care delivery, personal health management, or research. Solutions should leverage the HL7 FHIR xShare IG. We are especially interested in Use Cases involving priority categories of personal electronic health data for primary use (EHDS Regulation, Art. 14) in the EEHRxF, such as:
- Patient Summaries (e.g. medical history, allergies, medications)
- ePrescription and eDispensation records (digital prescriptions and their fulfillment)
- Laboratory Test Results and reports
- Medical Imaging and Reports (radiology images and their interpretations)
- Hospital Discharge Reports (summaries of hospital stays)
And the new health data priority data categories to be proposed by xShare:
- IPS+R the extension of IPS for clinical research
- Care Plans
Innovative proposals may explore one-time sharing of these records via a Smart Health Link – a secure, time-limited link or QR code that encapsulates a person’s health data for easy sharing. Smart Health Links are an emerging standard (based on HL7 FHIR) that increases portability of health information by allowing patients to share a package of their data through a verifiable link. For example, a patient might click the xShare Button to generate a Smart Health Link containing their latest lab results, which they can then share with a specialist one time for a consultation. We encourage projects that demonstrate such novel data-sharing workflows in compliance with privacy and security best practices.
