The European Commission has opened the call DIGITAL-2026-BESTUSE-10-EHDS, under the Digital Europe Programme, to build deployment capacity for the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format (EEHRxF) and for the digital health services that underpin citizens' rights and the reuse of health data under the new European Health Data Space (EHDS) Regulation.
The most relevant point for you: cascade funding for SMEs
The consortium that wins this call will manage a portfolio of individual grants of up to €120,000 per entity, aimed at hospitals, clinics and SMEs, through three lines of work:
- Primary use: support for public administrations and healthcare providers to deploy or improve digital health services, including the adoption of the EEHRxF.
- Secondary use: development of a "toolkit" to make health data findable and accessible through the catalogues of Health Data Access Bodies (HDABs).
- Service provider training: a dedicated training framework for SMEs, preparing them to help healthcare centres with technical data conversion and with meeting the legal and technical requirements of the EHDS.
It is this third line that opens the most direct door for technology companies in the region: if your SME works with data, interoperability or healthcare software, it could benefit from this cascade funding once the main consortium is up and running.
Who can apply for the main funding (to manage the project)?
Legal entities (public or private) from EU Member States or countries associated with the Digital Europe Programme, as a consortium.
How much funding is available?
Total budget of €14.4 million, for 1 project.
Shall we help you prepare your application or position yourself for the cascade funding?
At DIGIS3, we support health/technology companies in Castilla y León in assessing whether they could take part in the main consortium, and help SMEs with health data solutions get ready for when the cascade funding of up to €120,000 opens.