HaDEA opens €14.4 million Digital Europe call for EEHRxF deployment

The European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) published the DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10-EHDS call on 10 April 2026, with a €14.4 million budget for deploying the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EEHRxF) and digital health services supporting EHDS primary and secondary use. The call opened on 21 April 2026; applications are due by 17:00 Brussels time on 1 October 2026. The award uses a cascading funding model — the winning consortium passes through grants of up to €120,000 to hospitals, clinics, and SMEs. EEHRxF deployment is one of the slowest-moving parts of the EHDS technical stack; consortia that wait until late summer to assemble will not make the October cut-off.