Finnish Health Data Hackathon

Organized byHL7 Finlandin collaboration withHL7 DenmarkHL7 NorwayHL7 Swedensupported byCity of HelsinkiIHE CatalystSensotrendand made possible by dozens of volunteers!

This hackathon takes place in Helsinki, Finland, connected to both the Radical Health Festival and the 30th Anniversary Symposium of HL7 Finland.

The focus of the hackathon is on patient access to data and on care plans.

Preparatory webinars are organized in December 2025, and the physical event takes place on January 19-21, 2026.

Tracks

There are two planned tracks on the hackathon, one focused on patient access and another focused on care plans.

Patient Access to Health Data

There are several initiatives working on patient access to health data, both in Finland and internationally.

See details!

Care Plans and Clinical Reasoning

Several participants have an interest to work on structured care plans, clinical decision support, computable care guidelines, and related terminologies.

See details!

More Tracks?

Do you want to work on something else? Feel free to propose a new track!

Webinars

Preparatory webinars were arranged in December, introducing the different tracks and the available technologies.

The recordings and presentations of the webinars are listed below.

There may still be some last minute webinars announced! Keep an eye on this page for updates!

You can also add the calendar containing all webinars and hackathon events to your own calendar application.

Practicalities

Time

The main event will take place on , starting at .

Some tracks continue on .

The results of the hackathon are presented to the audiences of both the Radical Health Festival and the Finnish Medical Convention (Lääkäripäivät) on .

Venue

The event will take place in:

Messukeskus, Rautatieläisenkatu 3, 00520 Helsinki

See Messukeskus on Google Maps!

See the arrival instructions on Messukeskus website. Use the entrance for meeting guests.

The main space for the hackathon is Room 203 A.

Room 203 is on the second floor or the Conference Centre of Messukeskus. Enter to the lobby of the Holiday Inn hotel, take the rotating stairs to the second floor, walk to your left, and follow the hallway to the end.

Costs

There are no participation costs associated to the hackathon.

You don't need to pay any fees to participate to the hackathon. It is free to attend.

You are not paid any reimbursement for participating to the hackathon.

Some tracks may offer prizes for the best implementations, but this depends on the track organizers.

Schedule

The schedule for Room 203 A is available on the Patient Access track page.

The schedule for Room 203 B is available on the Care Plans track page.

Results

What happens in the hackathon, stays in the hackathon - if you so wish. The hackathon is meant for experimenting and learning, and you can choose whether you want to share your results with others or not.

While each participant is free to choose what to share, each track is expected to produce some reportable results by the end of the hackathon. This can be code, documentation, blog posts, videos, or anything else that demonstrates what has been done during the hackathon.

The results are presented to the audiences of both the Radical Health Festival and the Finnish Medical Convention (Lääkäripäivät) on .

There is also an excellent opportunity for hackathon participants to demonstrate their products and projects at the Innovation Village of the Radical Health Festival, also open for attendees of both the Festival and the Finnish Medical Convention.

The results will be collected and published gradually on this website. See the Results page. There are already some initial results published, presenting some tools and libraries related to the topics of the tracks.

Participate

To take part in the hackathon, please fill in and submit the registration form!

You can see some of the registered participants on the sign-up sheets for the tracks.

See:

Please enter your own information there too!

Radical Health Festival Helsinki 2026

Attend the Radical Health Festival!

Registered participants of the hackathon are also entitled to a discount for the tickets to the Radical Health Festival:

  • SMEs: 65 % discount with the code RHFH2665 (from 595 € to 208,25 €)
  • Larger commercial companies: 60 % discount with the code RHFH2660 (from 1295 € to 518 €)

Get your festival tickets at Radical Health Festival's ticket store!

Any Questions?

Please don't hesitate to contact Heidi Hakala, the FHIR Ambassador of HL7 Finland, at heidi.hakala@productivityleap.com!

Also, the discussion is open at the #Finnish Health Data Hackathon channel at the chat.fhir.org FHIR chat!

HL7 Finland