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The HL7 Europe Working Group Meeting 2025: Advancing FHIR in Europe
Michaela Ziegler shares her insights and takeaways from the HL7 Europe Working Group Meeting 2025, which focused on the use of FHIR® within the European Health Data Space (EHDS). Find out what was covered during the meeting, as well as Switzerland’s role in European initiatives, and lessons learned from across Europe, and how the collaboration between IHE and HL7 is being strengthened – and why Michaela believes that continued engagement in advancing digital health interoperability is so important.
How we implemented the Gazelle EVS Client's new validation API in Matchbox
Matchbox is used within the Gazelle ecosystem for validating FHIR-based content and we have recently integrated it with the new validation API from EVS Client. In this post, we look at the structure, requirements and advantages of the new API, and the reasons for our integration, before detailing the steps we took to implement it.
But first, some background.
Navigating the Challenge: Interoperable Health Data Exchange in Switzerland
In a recent interview with eHealth Suisse, Oliver Egger, the founder of ahdis, discussed the challenges, strengths and future prospects of health data exchange in Switzerland and shared his view on the current state of interoperability in the Swiss healthcare sector. In it, he sheds light on the progress that has been made internationally as well as Switzerland's efforts to catch up in promoting interoperable data exchange.
You can read his thoughts, in English, below. The full interview, available in German, French and Italian, can be found on the eHealth Suisse website.