The European Health Data Space (EHDS) is one of the more high-profile healthcare initiatives in Europe at the moment. But while many are still discussing strategies, we are delivering the technology to make it happen. We are currently enabling two cross-border solutions where health data flows securely between countries, while ensuring citizens get the care they need wherever they are in the EU.
Whether it’s a pharmacist in Spain providing medication based on a Danish prescription or a French emergency team seeing a patient’s vaccination history in seconds, these are not just concepts, but real operational systems. EHDS is designed to make healthcare seamless across borders. We’re proving it can work, and that it can work now.
Healthcare providers need more than a vision; they need infrastructure that works in real clinical settings, under strict data protection rules, and is interoperable with existing national systems. The EHDS framework sets the standard, but the challenge lies in integration. In Denmark, two national services from the Danish Health Datat Authority have been made EHDS-ready.
The first is the Danish Vaccination Register (DDV), which will now provide patient vaccination data to the EHDS Patient Summary alongside allergies, diagnoses and other vital health information. This is crucial in emergencies: if a Danish patient is unconscious abroad, a doctor can instantly see key medical history, including which vaccines they’ve received. The second is the Shared Medication Record (FMK), which will support ePrescription by enabling foreign pharmacies to view and fill prescriptions. This includes updating data in FMK from abroad.
For the Patient Summary, we built an interoperability layer that allows vaccination records to be securely retrieved as part of the EU-standard data exchange. For ePrescription, we enabled cross-border prescription services so Danish citizens can collect medicine in other EU countries, and those dispensations are immediately recorded in the home system.
Both projects required deep domain expertise, national-level integration skills, and certified processes (ISO 13485).
These two EHDS-aligned services take cross-border healthcare from wishful thinking to practical reality. This means faster, safer treatment for citizens when travelling, accurate information for clinicians in real time across Europe, and lower administrative barriers for pharmacies and hospitals.
As more EU member states move from discussion to deployment, we are proud to show how EHDS can work in practice. Setting the standard for connected healthcare in Europe.
CTO, Trifork Digital Health
CCO, Trifork Digital Health
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