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27 countries. 6 dimensions. Updated March 2026

France

85A

Lithuania

84A

Finland

79A

Germany

73B

Denmark

73B

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ANALYSIS

The two-speed EHDS

“The EHDS was designed as one space. What we are building, so far, is two.”

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MEMBER STATE10 May 2026

Austria goes live on MyHealth@EU with first corridor to Czech Republic

Austria activated its MyHealth@EU services on 25 February 2026, launching both the EU-Rezept cross-border ePrescription and the EU-Patientenkurzakte Patient Summary. Patients opt in via the ELGA portal using ID-Austria authentication; the first cross-border corridor runs to the Czech Republic, with additional Member States to follow during 2026. The EU-Rezept becomes mandatory across all EU Member States from 2029, but Austria reaches operational capability four years early — moving from MyHealth@EU preparation to a live cross-border ePrescription corridor. For practitioners tracking the gap between MyHealth@EU readiness on paper and actual cross-border data flow, Austria has just crossed it.

Source: Austrian Ministry of Social Affairs

INFRASTRUCTURE10 May 2026

Cyprus and Greece activate bilateral Patient Summary and ePrescription exchange

Cyprus and Greece officially activated bilateral cross-border digital health data exchange on 24 November 2025 under Project HUMAN, an EU-funded Interreg initiative. The system enables exchange of Patient Summary records — allergies, current medication, past illnesses, surgical history — and supports cross-border issuance and dispensing of electronic prescriptions in both directions, with citizens authenticating via Cy Login and consent managed by Cyprus's National eHealth Authority. Greece is now Cyprus's fifth confirmed live bilateral exchange partner, alongside Spain, Croatia, Poland, and Luxembourg. For Greece, this is the first dated public confirmation of operational MyHealth@EU exchange capability — moving the country from "preparing" to "live" on the D2 dimension well ahead of the 2029 mandate.

Source: Interreg Europe

COMMISSION10 May 2026

EDPB adopts research data guidelines citing EHDS as legal derogation

The European Data Protection Board adopted Guidelines 1/2026 on the processing of personal data for scientific research purposes on 15 April 2026, with public consultation open until 25 June 2026. The guidelines explicitly cite EHDS Article 53(1)(e) as a valid Article 9(2) derogation under GDPR for secondary use of health data — the first authoritative EDPB-level position connecting GDPR to the EHDS secondary use framework. National Health Data Access Bodies (HDABs) and Secure Processing Environments designing their access permit procedures have until now been working without a formal EDPB-endorsed legal basis. The 25 June consultation deadline matters: comments shape the version that will guide every Member State's secondary use processing once EHDS applies in March 2029.

Source: EDPB

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