04. EHDS Guide | Data Description & Specification

What makes this important?

Clear data descriptions are the basis for interoperability and efficient use.

Use the template to proceed:

To help you going through this process, we provide a Data Inventory & Specification Template, which you can download using the button below. The template will help you to create a complete description of your data, to describe it transparently and to promote interoperability:

  • Data source (e.g. Hospital, Practice)
  • Origin (e.g. clinical data, electronic prescriptions)
  • Format (e.g. HL7 FHIR, JSON, XML)
  • Content (e.g. diagnoses, medication data)
  • Processing (e.g. data aggregation, anonymization)
  • Special notes (e.g. legal particularities, standards)