GMDN Agency attends IHE Experience Days and the International Patient Summary Summit
30 March 2026
The GMDN Agency recently participated in two pivotal events focused on the future of health data interoperability: the IHE Experience Days and the 2nd International Patient Summary (IPS) Summit. Both gatherings provided platforms to discuss and advance the exchange of health information across Europe, particularly in light of the evolving European Health Data Space (EHDS) regulation.
The IHE Experience Days centred on the challenges and opportunities surrounding the seamless sharing of health data between systems throughout the European Union. The EHDS regulation, a cornerstone of these discussions, mandates that health data must be readily accessible and transferrable between diverse platforms, ensuring patients and providers can benefit from improved healthcare delivery.
Running concurrently with the IHE Connectathon, the event drew engineers, vendors, and organisations together to rigorously test the interoperability of their systems in realistic scenarios. This hands-on approach is vital to demonstrating how technical standards can be applied in practice, highlighting both successes and areas for improvement.
The IPS Summit, hosted by the Joint Initiative Council (JIC), brought further focus to the International Patient Summary—a key tool for facilitating the exchange of patient record data across organisational and national boundaries. The JIC, a coalition of standards development organisations, plays an important role in harmonising health informatics standards, working to address both gaps and overlaps in current practices. The GMDN Agency is proud to be an active member of this collaborative group.
Reflecting on the events, Graham Nash, Health Data Strategy Lead at the GMDN Agency, commented: “Attending both the IHE Experience Days and the IPS Summit offered invaluable insights into how health data interoperability can be strengthened across Europe. Collaboration among organisations like the JIC and practical testing at events such as the Connectathon are essential to ensuring that standards work in real-world settings and ultimately improve patient outcomes.”