EHTEL Partnership
Cross-border health data interoperability and Virtual Human Digital Twin research
Digital Health · eHealth Interoperability
Technology Member
2021 – ongoing
TRL 8
Project Overview
NEWCO is a member of EHTEL, the European Health Telematics Association, contributing commercially deployed blockchain and NFC infrastructure to pan-European digital health initiatives. The collaboration focuses on Virtual Human Digital Twins, cross-border health record portability, and interoperability standards that align with the European Health Data Space mandate.
NEWCO Contribution
NEWCO contributes the Tap2SOS NFC emergency data layer as a reference implementation for cross-border patient record retrieval, and the COTIC blockchain as an audit infrastructure model for health data immutability and GDPR traceability within EHTEL's Digital Twins working group.
Key Outcomes
- Active contributor to EHTEL's Digital Health Working Group since 2021
- Tap2SOS cited as reference NFC implementation in EHTEL interoperability white paper (2023)
- COTIC blockchain mapped to HL7 FHIR audit event resources for EHDS compliance
- Joint position paper on blockchain-secured patient data portability submitted to DG SANTE
Consortium Partners
- European Commission – DG SANTE
- IHE Europe
- Nictiz (Netherlands)
- Health Level Seven International (HL7)
- SNOMED International
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