An initiative of the Swiss Government
The Swiss Personalized Health Network is a national initiative under the leadership of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences (SAMS). In collaboration with the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics it contributes to the development, implementation and validation of coordinated data infrastructures in order to make health-relevant data interoperable and shareable for research in Switzerland.
SPHN has adopted a federative approach by building upon – and supporting – existing data sources and infrastructures across the country. To make health data interoperable and accessible for research, SPHN rallies all decision-makers from key clinical, research-, research support institutions and patient organizations around the same table.
See the Governance Structure.
Read the SPHN Factheet.
News
Nominations open for the National ORD Prize
The Academies of Sciences Switzerland have opened the nominations for the National Prize for Open Research Data (ORD prize). For the first time, the jury defined a new focus area on “Collaborative and/or interdisciplinary reuse of research data”. Applications are open until 31 July 2024. More information…
Swiss Personalized Health Network: Short Report 2023
A solid foundation for AI through SPHN semantic interoperability efforts
What are the bottlenecks to health data sharing in Switzerland?
SPHN has laid important foundations to enable and promote the responsible use of health data in research. However, the sharing of health data repeatedly faces hurdles and bottlenecks. A recently published study now provides new insights. More information...
SAVE THE DATE for the upcoming “Data for Health” symposium
SPHN Semantic Interoperability Framework release 2024.2
SPHN releases the 2024.2 edition of the SPHN Semantic Interoperability Framework package, which contains the SPHN Dataset, the SPHN RDF Schema and all necessary components and information for its use. More information...
Events
Key events and trainin in the realm of the Swiss Personalized Health Network