Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN)
Infrastructure building to enable nationwide use and exchange of health data for research

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.

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Cantonal hospitals are joining the SPHN

SPHN has launched a new program to integrate cantonal hospitals into its network. The tools provided by SPHN/BioMedT enable the hospitals to securely transfer interoperable data, paving the way for future research projects. More information...

SPHN Mocker released

With the increasing need for RDF data to test various tools and services within the SPHN Semantic Interoperability Framework, the SPHN Mocker allows users to effortlessly generate realistic mock data in RDF, ensuring that developers and researchers can thoroughly evaluate their applications in a controlled and consistent manner. More information...

Carefully connecting the dots towards a European Health Data Space

In 2023, SPHN met with representatives of the German and Dutch national health research data initiatives (MII and Health-RI respectively) in Berlin to compare experiences and best practice, and the resulting report has just been published. More information…

Looking back, looking ahead: Interview with Thomas Geiger and Katrin Crameri

The SAMS interviewed Thomas Geiger, Managing Director of SPHN, and Katrin Crameri, former Director of the DCC, for the latest issue of the Bulletin. Together they look back on the SPHN initiative and ahead to what lies ahead. More information…

“Data for Health” symposium: Registration now open!

SPHN and PHRT are pleased to invite you to the upcoming symposium “Data for Health: Joining Forces for a Swiss Health Research Data Ecosystem” on 31 October 2024 at the Kursaal, Bern. Registration is now open. More information…

 

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…

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