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EHDS will have an impact well before 2029Publication date: Feb 13, 2026
When it comes to EHDS it's easy to have a wait-and-see attitude. After all, the first requirements will only apply after March 2029, and they only apply to 'new' applications introduced on the market after that date. That would however be a mistake.
EHDS-on-FHIR training courseThe EHDS has a number goals (I tend to use 4 different goals, shown in the diagram), each worded as a set of legal requirements on a specific target audience (the first column in the diagram below). If for example we focus upon the citizen rights (to access, view, correct, transfer their own data; a strengthening of the basic GDPR rights by adding real-time processing and requiring the use of specific data standards) - this applies from March 2029, and EU member states have to enable this via their (existing) national health data exchange infrastructures. They will however only be able to support this requirement by requiring healthcare provider organizations to support the patient rights by March 2029. Healthcare providers in turn will require their application vendors to support these rights. As such the EHDS defines quite a few (implicit) requirements on the application vendors. After all, that's where the data is entered and/or used, so the buck stops there.
EHDS Goals, Responsibilities As an application vendor you'll have to deal with with the implicit March 2029 EHDS requirements. Sure, the more complex requirements are the ones you'll have to support if you introduce either a new application, or one that has undergone a major revision - this forces you do develop a harmonized interoperability component and exchange data using the EU EEHRxF data format. We may expect that customers will require EHDS conformance as part of their RFPs, that EU member states (especially those with more advanced infrastructures already in place) may pass legislation to force vendors of existing applications into compliance by a specific date, and that vendors are likely to adhere to the EHDS for marketing reasons prior to the deadlines mentioned by the EHDS. In short: healthcare organizations and application vendors will be impacted by the EHDS legal requirements by March 2029.
Should you wish to be brought up to speed on the practical impacts of the EHDS please consider our 1-day EHDS-on-FHIR training course.
-Rene PermaLink to this page: https://www.ringholm.com/column/ehds-will-have-to-have-an-impact-well-before 2029.htm
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