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EHDS Checklist

With over 3 years to go before the initial EHDS requirements have to be met by healthcare applications and healthcare providers you're probably not in a terrible hurry to prepare for the EHDS. And I agree, there's no need to hurry. Three years is not that long however, so from a strategy perspective one probably should study the EHDS to see what impact it'll have on your organization and processes.

Jointly with some other EHDS pundits we've created a EHDS Checklist to help you formulate your thoughts related to the impact of the EHDS. This high-level checklists contains suggested steps that should be taken in the next 12 to 18 months, both for application vendors as well as for provider organizations. We'll continue to update the checklist as time progresses.

What is an 'EHR'

It has become a bit of an in-joke within the community that closely monitors the EHDS: what is a 'EHR' ? This discussion is held again and again.. The formal EHDS definition is rather wide ranging in nature, it basically states that nearly all applications (sofwtare and/or hardware) are EHRs. The EHDS requires that such 'EHRs' have to meet all sorts of requirements. Yes, this includes things like EMRs, lab systems, radiogy systems, PACS, PHRs, but also IV Pumps and patient kiosks. A hospital could have 100s of EHRs given this definition.

It just goes to show the envisioned impact of the EHDS.

-Rene

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Index of columns:

• EHDS checklist for application vendors and provider organizations (Nov 11, 2025)
• New EHDS-on-FHIR training course (Oct 26, 2025)
• Gender Identity in Interoperability Standards (Aug 25, 2025)
• FHIR and Narrative content (Jun 11, 2025)
• 6 Rules for Successful Interoperability Projects (Feb 13, 2025)
• Deploying FHIR at Scale (Dec 18, 2024)
• 9 Key Problems When Connecting to 400+ Servers (Sep 25, 2024)
• FHIR for HL7v2 experts (Aug 18, 2023)
• The FHIR open license (Feb 18, 2022)
• Bye bye IHE XDS and CDA. (Sep 01, 2021)
• Combining the best of IHE XDS with HL7 FHIR (Jun 27, 2019)
• FHIR DevDays and the year in review (Dec 27, 2018)
• Creation and Curation of FHIR Profiles - process and governance (Dec 14, 2017)
• Impact of the GDPR on the use of interoperability standards (Jun 27, 2017)
• Next XDS Release (Oct 27, 2016)
• Five years of FHIR (Aug 11, 2016)
• Update from the trenches on CDA R2.1/R3 and HL7v2. (Oct 15, 2015)
• Most often implemented IHE Profiles (Jun 08, 2015)
• Mapping HL7v2 messages to FHIR. (Apr 13, 2015)
• Recent and Future developments of the DICOM standard (Mar 06, 2014)
• Documenting the history of HL7 (Sep 03, 2013)
• Interoperability Standards - the no-sales pitch (Jul 09, 2013)
• CDA Implementation Guides - (not) invented here (Apr 17, 2013)
• Usage of IHE Profiles (Feb 25, 2013)
• 10 year anniversary - Dutch Ringholm HL7 v2 training courses. (Feb 19, 2013)
• HL7 Connectathons (Sep 09, 2012)
• Frequency of use of HL7 message types (Jul 24, 2012)
• Reflections on the HL7 membership model - the affiliate life cycle (Dec 28, 2011)
• RFH (Resources for Health): HL7 version 3 taken to the next step (Aug 18, 2011)
• Timezone Hotel (Mar 29, 2011)
• The changing role of HL7 country organizations (Jul 16, 2010)
• How to lower the hurdle for HL7 v3 implementers (Jan 21, 2010)
• The HL7 roadmap for CDA R3 and the CCD (Jan 17, 2009)
• HL7 based Tree inventory system (Jan 30, 2007)
• Workflow Bribery (Sep 15, 2006)

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