Patient Access Track

Several initiatives for patient access to health data in Finland and in the EU are present in the hackathon. There are plenty of opportunities to choose from on this track!

Finnish SMART App Launch

HL7 Finland has published the Finnish implementation guide for SMART App Launch. The affiliate is looking for feedback on the present version of the guide, and ideas for future development.

City of Helsinki / Apotti / Epic

The City of Helsinki is looking for ideas on how to improve patient access to data in Apotti, especially through the Maisa patient portal.

Apotti is an Epic installation in Finland. You can connect to their rich APIs. See entry-level instructions at Apotti's ecosystem page!

The EHR vendor Epic is a strong supporter of the HL7® FHIR® standard as the future of REST-based interoperability. They support over 500 FHIR APIs across 57 resources in accordance with the HL7 FHIR standard. This spans the DSTU2, STU3, and R4 versions of the FHIR specification. They continue to regularly grow their number of supported FHIR APIs. Organizations can grant access to these resources via the search and read/write RESTful APIs that are defined by FHIR. Epic deployments in Denmark, Finland, and Norway make use of Epic's integration capabilities - FHIR and beyond - every day. You can find out more at https://open.epic.com/CountrySpecific/.

The track leads share the vision where Apotti is an excellent springboard to global markets for Finnish health tech companies. The companies can integrate their products with healthcare system workflows and get initial validation through Apotti, and then scale global through Epic's customer base, and beyond.

Kanta

Kanta Patient Data Repository is a Finnish national service, storing data from primary and secondary care, from both public and private health care providers. Kanta has opened a new API for patient-facing apps. There is a test environment and support available for app developers looking to integrate with the service.

To get concrete implementation results during the hackathon, it is adviced to get started well in advance. Access to the test environment requires some bureaucracy and contracts, and a specific SSL client certificate issued by DVV.

However, you can also use the track to learn about Kanta APIs, discuss with Kela, and to plan future integration work.

Another Kanta service, the Kanta PHR is a platform for storing and exchanging health and wellness data produced and governed by the individual.

Developer support for Kanta PHR is being ramped down, as the feature will be undergoing major changes in the future, to be aligned with the new Right of natural persons to insert information in their own EHR set by the European Health Data Space (EHDS) regulation.

However, the documentation and the implementation guides are available, and it is possible to learn from them, discuss them, and even set up a development server to validate your implementation against the profiles.

xShare

xShare is a three-year Horizon Europe project envisioning everyone sharing their health data in European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EEHRxF), with a click-of-a-button. See the Open Call 2025 for early adopters of the xShare Yellow Button, and information on the xShare Industry Label.

Health Data and Identity Wallets

The EU project MyHealth@MyHands aims to ensure that all EU citizens have secure online access to their medical records. The project focuses on the role of identity wallets in enabling this access.

At the hackathon, the project will demonstrate a concept of the data chain involving EUDI Wallets, eHealth apps, national contact point infrastructure EU MyHealth@EU OpenNCP, and more - purpose-built for exploration and demonstrations.

MyData Global, funded by the Nordic Culture Point coordinates an Infrastructure Pilot for Wallets and AI focused on identity wallets and the International Patient Summary (IPS) specification. The pilot explores: