Building capacity to deploy the EEHRxF and digital health services and systems to support the rights of citizens and reuse of health data under EHDS

Objective of the call

This call supports the implementation of the European Health Data Space (EHDS) by strengthening citizens’ rights to access, manage, and control their electronic health data across Europe.

Under the EHDS, citizens have the right to:

• Access their electronic health records (EHRs)

• Insert information into their records

• Request rectification

• Port their data

• Restrict access to their data

To make this possible, healthcare systems must adopt the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EEHRxF) and ensure interoperability across Member States.

The action builds capacity among public authorities, healthcare providers, data holders, and service providers (especially SMEs) to deploy digital health services aligned with EHDS requirements. It also supports the creation of dataset descriptions and quality labelling in line with Health DCAT-AP specifications.

The project will implement these objectives through cascading funding.

Scope of activities 

A single consortium will manage a portfolio of projects funded through a cascading funding mechanism. The selected consortium must demonstrate strong experience in managing such funding schemes and coordinating multi-partner portfolios.

The action is structured around three complementary work strands:

Work Strand 1 – Deployment of Digital Health Services

Support public authorities and healthcare providers in deploying large-scale digital health systems aligned with EHDS and EEHRxF.
This includes:

• Converting health data into the standard format

• IT deployment and system upgrades

• Staff training

• Process reengineering

Work Strand 2 – Health Data Management & Secondary Use

Develop a toolbox to help data holders improve data quality and enable secondary use of health data.
Activities include:

• Data cleaning and standardisation

• Creation of dataset descriptions

• Data quality and utility labelling

• Integration into health data access body catalogues

Work Strand 3 – Training Service Providers

Develop a training framework and prepare service providers (particularly SMEs) to support healthcare organisations in implementing EHDS requirements, including:

• Data conversion to/from EEHRxF

• Deployment of compliant digital health systems

• Creation and maintenance of dataset descriptions and labels

All three strands will operate in a coordinated and complementary way, ensuring that trained service providers can directly support public authorities and healthcare providers funded under the programme.

Eligible applicants 

Eligible participants include: 

• Healthcare providers (hospitals, clinics, primary care networks) 

• National and regional health authorities and health IT bodies 

• Research organisations and health data space operators 

• SMEs developing EHR and digital health tools 

• Patient organisations and citizen representatives 

Organisations must be based in EU Member States, EFTA/EEA, or Associated Countries (more info on eligible countries will be published soon)

Consortia must include partners from multiple Member States and demonstrate experience in managing Financial Support to Third Parties.

Eligible costs 

Eligible costs include: 

• Capacity-building activities and large-scale deployment 

• Data quality improvement and EEHRxF conversion 

• Development of tools and training frameworks 

• Management of cascade funding mechanisms 

• Support to third parties receiving funding 

Funding conditions 

Type of action: 
Grant for Financial Support to Third Parties (cascade funding)

Funding rate: 
100% for the consortium; 50% co-financing required from supported third parties

EU contribution per project: 
EUR 14.4 million, 85 % cascaded to third parties. At least 40% should be allocated to 
cascading funding in Work strand 1; and at least 25% to Work strand 2.
This means approx. EUR 12.2 million will be distributed through cascade calls. An estimated 
16–25 third parties will be selected. Each will receive around EUR 500,000

Number of funded projects: 
Single consortium selecting 16–25 third parties

Project duration: 
48 months 

Deadline for submission

Q3 2026