HL7 mainly provides specifications for medical data and information that can be transported using various communication protocols. The HL7 User Group Switzerland is the Swiss national organization of the HL7 community and was founded in 2000. ahdis is actively involved in HL7 International, where we participate in workgroup meetings and provide the Technical Manager for the HL7 User Group Switzerland.

IHE is an international initiative to improve technical data exchange and interoperability of healthcare IT systems. ahdis is involved in the IHE International ITI Tech Committee and participates in the annual Connectathons as a monitor.

ahdis is a member of IHE Suisse, the Swiss national organization of the international IHE initiative, which was founded in 2010. ahdis supports eHealth Suisse and IHE Suisse in the organization of the annual Projectathon in Switzerland.

ahdis is a partner of ALIS-Connect, the working group of Swiss software suppliers and service providers with the stated goal of making pragmatic, fast and efficient contributions to interoperability and end-to-end digitized processes. From existing standards and from the combined experience of all participants, tools for required solutions can be provided quickly. ALIS-Connect was founded in 2002.

ahdis is a member of the VSFM, the Verband Schweizerischer Fachhäuser für Medizinal-Informatik, which promotes the use of norms and quality standards. VSFM developed two products to unify the standardization of data exchange. As a result, medical data has become interchangeable across systems. The VSFM was founded in 2009.