Swiss Health Data Space (SwissHDS) is a data space project from DigiSanté. DigiSanté is the Federal Department of Home Affairs’ programme to promote digital transformation in the healthcare sector, which is being implemented by the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) and the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) on behalf of the Federal Council.
SwissHDS is a virtual space that enables secure, legally compliant, fully automated and standardized data exchange. SwissHDS comprises the processes and IT systems of the specialised domains and actors within the healthcare sector. These processes and systems comply with the rules and specifications for interoperability and trustworthy handling of health data.
Stakeholders involved
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Use cases are currently being discussed that are of interest to several stakeholders, including the federal government (FOPH, FSO), cantons, service providers, insurers and research organisations. |
Provisional timetable |
Initialisation phase: until 2026 Implementation: from 2026 |
Data space sponsorship |
Confederation (FOPH) |
Data space contact |
digisante@bag.admin.ch |
Data space website |
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Organisations involved |
FOPH, FSO |
Link to governance or organisation |
Digital Transformation and Steering Directorate (DTS) Programme governance defined in accordance with HERMES ‒ links available if required. |
Key legislation |
