ehealth suisse

What ehealth suisse does

eHealth Suisse is the Swiss Competence and Coordination Centre of the Confederation and the Cantons for digital networking in the healthcare system. It coordinates the national eHealth strategy and supports implementation of the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) by providing specialist and communications expertise, interoperability specifications, and testing infrastructure across all 26 Swiss cantons. The organization operates as a government-funded coordination body (non-profit, public-private entity under the Swiss Confederation and Cantons) and does not charge commercial pricing; its funding flows from federal and cantonal budgets.

The underlying technology portfolio centers on international and national interoperability standards: IHE Profiles, FHIR-based exchange formats (documented in the CH EPR FHIR Implementation Guide), the Swiss XDS Metadata standard, and national exchange formats for eMedication (CH EMED), eVaccination (CH VACD), Transition of Care (CH eTOC), and allergy/intolerance data. eHealth Suisse also operates the Swiss National Release Center for SNOMED CT clinical terminology and runs the Digital Health Projectathon, an interoperability testing week modeled on the IHE-Europe Connectathon, supported by a Gazelle reference environment. Identity and secure communications are provided through integration with FOITT's Unique Personal Identifier (UPI) database, the Central Compensation Office's EPR-SPID assignment, SEDEX secure data exchange, and eCH standards (eCH-0213, eCH-0214, eCH-0215).

The customer base is institutional and public-sector oriented: the Swiss Confederation and Cantons as funders and policy counterparties, the GDK (Swiss Conference of Cantonal Governments), the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH/BAG), and FOITT as core coordination partners; healthcare professionals and hospitals as EPR users; certified EPR communities and software vendors as implementers subject to eHealth Suisse specifications and Projectathon testing; and the Swiss population as end users of EPR and digital health literacy materials. Distribution occurs through the official website, multilingual newsletters (German/French), accredited online training, the annual Projectathon, and federal/cantonal government channels.

Name

ehealth suisse

Legal name

eHealth Suisse

Website

https://e-health-suisse.ch

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

eHealth Suisse is the Swiss Confederation and Cantons' official coordination body for digital health networking, providing interoperability standards (IHE, FHIR, SNOMED CT), the SNOMED CT National Release Center, and EPR implementation support to federal authorities, cantons, healthcare providers, software vendors, and the Swiss population.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Digital Standards Coordination

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

EHR/EMR Integration & Interoperability Middleware (HL7/FHIR) (HLALAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

EHR Implementation, Optimization, Training & Managed Services (HLACAAAL), Patient-Mediated Exchange & Personal Health Data Access (Blue Button, SMART on FHIR) (HLACABAN)

Keywords

• Digital health coordination
• Electronic patient record
• Health data interoperability
• Medical terminology services
• Healthcare standards

Headquarters

HQ city

Bern

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

eHealth Suisse is the Swiss Competence and Coordination Centre of the Confederation and Cantons for digital networking in healthcare. It coordinates the implementation of the Swiss Electronic Patient Record (EPR), develops technical interoperability specifications (IHE Profiles, FHIR, eCH standards), operates the SNOMED CT National Release Center, and runs the Digital Health Projectathon for interoperability testing. It also provides programming aids, online training, and digital health literacy resources to support EPR rollout across Swiss cantons.

Product overview

eHealth Suisse is the Swiss Competence and Coordination Centre of the Confederation and Cantons for digital networking in healthcare. Rather than a commercial software product, eHealth Suisse provides the foundational standards, specifications, and coordination infrastructure for Switzerland's Electronic Patient Record (EPR) ecosystem. The core offering centers on the Electronic Patient Record framework, supported by interoperability specifications (IHE Profiles, FHIR Implementation Guides, national exchange formats), SNOMED CT terminology services as the Swiss National Release Center, and the Digital Health Projectathon for testing. Additional services include programming aids for EPR implementation, national exchange format specifications (CH EMED, CH VACD, CH eTOC), online training on interoperability standards, digital health literacy resources, and published research studies on digital health trends. The product portfolio functions as a coordinated national infrastructure rather than a single software product, with the EPR serving as the central framework connected through standardized technical specifications and testing programs.

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Products and services

• Electronic Patient Record (EPR) Switzerland's Electronic Patient Record (EPR) is a collection of personal documents containing a patient's health information, enabling secure sharing of medical data across healthcare providers. Targeted at Swiss citizens and healthcare providers.
• SNOMED CT National Release Center eHealth Suisse serves as the National Release Center (NRC) for SNOMED CT, providing the world's most comprehensive clinical terminology to support semantic interoperability in Swiss healthcare.
• Digital Health Projectathon A test week for medical IT systems inspired by IHE-Europe Connectathon, focusing on profiles and standards used by national eHealth projects to support interoperability testing in Switzerland.
• EPR Specifications Technical interoperability specifications including IHE Profiles, Swiss XDS Metadata, National Integration Profiles, XSD Schemas, eCH standards for UPI, electronic authentication means, and exchange formats for EPR implementation.
• Programming Aid for EPR Technical resources including UPI (Unique Personal Identifier) web services using eCH standards, and SEDEX secure communication client for EPR community connections.
• National Exchange Formats Standardized exchange formats including CH EMED (eMedication), CH VACD (eVaccination), CH eTOC (Transition of Care), CH AllergyIntolerance, and others for regulated healthcare data exchange.
• Reference Environment Testing environment (Gazelle) with XSD schemas for EPR implementation testing, supporting pre-production validation of healthcare IT systems.
• Online Training: Interoperability and Standards Continuing education webinar on standardization in health data exchange, providing healthcare professionals with practical understanding of interoperability and technical standards including FHIR and SNOMED CT. Recognized by ISFM for continuing medical education.
• Digital Health Literacy Resources Educational materials and training resources for population and healthcare professionals on digital health tools including EPR, with easy-to-read information and accessibility-compliant materials.

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Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Swiss Confederation (Federal Government)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFoundational partnership with the Swiss Confederation for national digital health coordination. eHealth Suisse serves as the official coordination body between the Confederation and Cantons for healthcare digitalization.
• Cantons (Swiss Cantonal Governments)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoordinated implementation of eHealth strategy across all 26 Swiss cantons through the GDK (Swiss Conference of Cantonal Governments) partnership.
• Swiss Conference of Cantonal Governments (GDK)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGDK-CDS logo appears on eHealth Suisse materials indicating close collaboration on health and social policy digitalization initiatives.
• Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH/BAG)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFOPH oversees EPR legislation and funding. eHealth Suisse provides technical coordination support for EPR implementation under FOPH leadership.
• Federal Office of Information Technology, Systems and Telecommunication (FOITT)coreTechnology or IntegrationFOITT manages the Unique Personal Identifier (UPI) database and technical infrastructure supporting EPR-SPID identification services.
• Central Compensation Office (CCO)coreTechnology or IntegrationCCO assigns and manages the patient identification number (EPR-SPID) linked to OASI numbers for the Electronic Patient Record system.
• IHE-EuropemajorTechnology or IntegrationInspired by IHE-Europe Connectathon, eHealth Suisse adapted the interoperability testing methodology for the Swiss Digital Health Projectathon.
• Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration established 2018 between countries and health authorities under WHO involvement. Switzerland participates, exchanging strategies and best practices for digital health services.
• World Health Organization (WHO)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWHO collaboration on digital health landscape analysis and European digital health strategy frameworks.
• Swiss Institute for Medical Education (ISFM)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerISFM provides accreditation for eHealth Suisse's online training on interoperability and standards, recognized for continuing medical education.
• Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFOPH commissioned OBSAN to analyze EPR usage data for 2024-2025, providing first comprehensive analysis of EPR utilization since introduction.
• Swiss Health Observatory (OBSAN)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOBSAN publishes comparative Swiss health data from Commonwealth Fund surveys and conducts specific analyses including EPR usage and digital health trends.
• eCH Standards OrganizationcoreTechnology or IntegrationeCH maintains interface standards (eCH-0213, eCH-0214, eCH-0215) for UPI/SPID messaging, queries, and broadcast mutations used in EPR implementation.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Nictiz: Netherlands' competence center for digital information exchange in healthcare, coordinating national interoperability standards and supporting the country's EHR and health information exchange initiatives. Comparable mandate to eHealth Suisse's coordination role.
• Gematik: Germany's national agency for digital health and the telematics infrastructure, including the electronic patient record (ePA). Direct functional peer as a federally mandated national coordination body for digital health standards and EPR infrastructure.
• Agence du Numérique en Santé (ANS): France's national digital health agency, responsible for interoperability frameworks, EHR (Mon Espace Santé) coordination, and national eHealth standards. Closely comparable as a state-mandated digital health coordinator in a neighboring European country.

Others

• IHE-Europe: European deployment of Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, the standards profiling body whose Connectathon methodology inspired eHealth Suisse's Digital Health Projectathon. Comparable as a partner/ecosystem organization rather than a direct competitor.
• HIMSS: Global non-profit advisory and advocacy organization for digital health transformation. Comparable as a sector-wide coordination and education body, though operating through thought leadership rather than government mandate.
• European Health Data Space (EHDS) coordination: EU-level initiative to enable cross-border health data exchange and secondary use of health data. Relevant adjacent authority whose eventual rules will shape (and potentially constrain) what eHealth Suisse coordinates within Switzerland.
• SNOMED International: Global owner and licensor of SNOMED CT. eHealth Suisse operates as Switzerland's National Release Center under SNOMED International's framework, making it the upstream governing body for one of eHealth Suisse's core service lines.
• HL7 International: Global standards body for health data interoperability, including FHIR. eHealth Suisse's CH EPR FHIR Implementation Guide is built on HL7/FHIR standards; HL7 is an ecosystem partner rather than a competing coordinator.

Broad incumbents

• NHS England (Digital): UK's national health digital function, responsible for NHS App, electronic patient record standards, and the Federated Data Platform. Comparable as a much larger national-level digital health coordination and standards body, though embedded within a national health service rather than a federal structure.

Regional players

• SPMS – Serviços Partilhados do Ministério da Saúde: Portugal's shared services entity for the Ministry of Health, operating national EHR platforms (e.g., SClinico, RSE) and coordinating health IT standards. Comparable as a state-owned national digital health coordinator in a smaller European market.

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Key risks4 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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